Curriculum Vitae

This is a shortened version of my full CV. If you would like to see the full version for any reason (perhaps you are going to offer me a job!), mail me at the address below.

Personal details

• Full name:  Peter John CLARKE

• Nationality:  British Citizen

• Address:  School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Cassie Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle NE1 7RU, U.K.
  Tel. +44 (0)191 222 6445, Fax +44 (0)191 222 6502, e-mail Peter[dot]Clarke[at]newcastle[dot]ac[dot]uk

Education and other qualifications

• 1981 - 1988:  Dulwich College, London SE21.

• 1989 - 1992:  Queens' College, University of Cambridge.

  • B.A.(Hons.) 1992 [M.A., 1996], Natural Sciences (Geological Sciences), class II.1.

• 1993 - 1996:  Exeter College and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford.

  • D.Phil. 1997, Earth Sciences (abstract here): 

• 1998 - 1999:  University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

  • Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
    

• Clean, full UK driving licence (1988).
• St. John Ambulance `Lifesaver Plus' certificate (1995).
• MLTB Summer Mountainwalking Leadership Certificate (Plas y Brenin, 1998).
• HSE First Aid at Work certificate (Northumbria Ambulance Service, 1999, 2002, 2005).

Positions held

• 1998 - present:  School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, UK (Department of Geomatics pre-2002).
• Lecturer 1998-2004, Reader in Geophysical Geodesy 2004-2007, Professor of Geophysical Geodesy since 2007.
• Teaching of undergraduate courses in GPS, geodesy and geophysics.
• Research into global and regional deformation monitoring and geodesy; global loading and the water cycle; ocean tide loading; plate tectonics.
• Administrative roles have included:  Chair of the Board of Examiners in Geomatics (2008-2010, also Secretary 2002-2007); School postgraduate research "Tsar" & Chair of PGR Board of Studies, with responsibility for PhD/MPhil study across the School (2005-2008); School Postgraduate Tutor & Chair of PG Staff-Student Committee (2004-2005); membership of University working groups for postgraduate regulations and electronic progress monitoring (2007-2008); membership of Faculty Graduate School committee (1999-2008); PhD/MPhil admissions coordinator for Geomatics (1999-2004); UNIX/Linux systems coordination and administration (1998-present); elected member of University Senate (2012-present).
•  2003 (Apr-Dec):  Visiting Assistant Professor, Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. 
• Collaborative research into global loading deformation and the water cycle. 

• 1997 - 1998:  Junior Research Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Oxford, UK.
• 1996 - 1998:  Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.
• Investigation of co- and post-seismic crustal deformation using GPS and InSAR observations and theoretical models; study of lithospheric dynamics and seismic hazard in the Aegean.
• Familiarity with the Bernese GPS processing software, DIAPASON InSAR processing software, Unix, C, Fortran, Awk, GMT and LaTeX.
• 1992 - 1993:  Post-Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.

• September 1991:  Student trainee, Siemens Plessey Ltd., Romsey, Hampshire, UK.
• 1988 - 1991:  Sponsored student trainee, Marconi Underwater Systems Ltd., Croxley, Hertfordshire, UK.

Affiliations and service

• American Geophysical Union (1998-).
• UNAVCO Global Velocity working group (1999-).
• Associate Member, International GPS Service (1999-).
• IAG Special Study Group 1.181 "regional permanent arrays" (1999-2003).
• Higher Education Academy [formerly Institute of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education] (2001-).
• IERS Special Bureau on Loading (2002-).
• Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society (2002-).
• GNSS “Pinpoint” Faraday Partnership (2002-).
• NASA Interdisciplinary Science global sea level peer review panel (2003).
• NERC Services Review Board (2004).
• NERC Space Geodesy Steering Committee (2004-2007).
• NERC Geophysical Equipment Facility Steering Committee (2006-2010; Chair 2010-).
• Board of Editors, Journal of Geodesy (2007-).
• Suppleant, COST Action ES0701 management committee (2007-)
• NERC Peer Review College (2008-).
• European Science Foundation review college (2008-).
• British Geophysical Association committee (2009-).
• ESRC/NERC interdisciplinary PhD studentships peer review panel (2010).
• NERC Networks of Sensors peer review panel (2010).
• NERC New Investigators peer review panel (2011).
• UK National Correspondent to International Association of Geodesy [IAG] (2011-).
• UK International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics [IUGG] National Committee (2011-).

Recent research grants

• UK Natural Environment Research Council:
  

• Global geodetic investigation of widespread intraplate deformation (PI, 1999-2002).
• Elastic and inelastic ocean tide loading response in the British Isles from long-term GPS observations (PI, 2001-2004).
• Solid Earth deformation and changes in mass transport of the hydrosphere (PI, 2002-2005).
• Validation of GRACE gravity field determination using GPS (PI, 2003-2004).
• Changes in glacier geometry and extent in Svalbard: implications for sea-level rise during the 20^th and 21^stcenturies (Co-I, 2003–2006). 
• Global loading at tidal timescales (PI, 2006–2010).
• Tidal dynamics of the Filchner-Ronne and Larsen C ice shelves from GPS observations and model assimilation (PI, 2007–2010).
• The determination of a new global GPS-derived surface velocity field and its application to the problem of 20th century sea-level rise (Co-I, 2007-2011).
• Urgent assessment of the earthquake and tsunami hazard in western Sumatra following the 09/07 Mentawai Islands earthquake sequence (PP, 2007-2008).
  
• Improved constraints on global-scale hydrological change by determining secular geocenter motion and low degrees of the surface mass load (PI, 2008-2014).
• Consistent multi-technique geodetic estimates of present-day contributions to regional sea level change (PI, 2009-2012).
• Improved models of West Antarctic glacial isostatic adjustment through new crustal motion data (Co-I, 2009-2014).
• Reducing the uncertainty in estimates of the sea level contribution from the westernmost part of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (PI, 2014-2019).

• UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council:
• Correction of tropospheric artefacts in SAR interferograms using GPS observations (PI, 1999-2002).
• Synergy of GPS, digital photogrammetry and InSAR for coastal zone monitoring (Co-I, 2000-2003).
• Auto-BAHN: towards millimetre-accurate real time positioning using GNSS (Co-I, 2005-2007).
• Institutional Award Equipment Funding (PI, 2013).
  

• Other academic, professional, or related bodies:

  • GPS subsidence monitoring at Houghton-le-Spring (British Geological Survey; PI, 2001-2002).
  • An assessment of ocean tide loading models for precise GPS positioning in Great Britain (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Education Trust; Co-I, 2004-2005).
  • Tropospheric effects on GNSS positioning for airborne applications (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Education Trust; Joint PI, 2011).

• Industrial research and consultancy:

  • Continuous monitoring of North Sea oil platform movement using GPS (Shell UK; Co-I, 1998-2002; PI, 2002-2013).
  • Subsidence monitoring at Wytch Farm oil field, Dorset (BP; Co-I, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010).
  • Review and validation of improvements to GPS subsidence monitoring at Ekofisk field, southern North Sea (Phillips Petroleum; PI, 2002-2003).
  • Permanent GPS monitoring of BP Shah Deniz platform, Caspian Sea (Fugro; Co-I, 2005-2013).
  • An examination of commercial network RTK GPS services in Great Britain (The Survey Association; Co-I, 2008).
  • Further examination of commercial network RTK GNSS services in Great Britain (The Survey Association; Co-I, 2011).

Research students

• Newcastle Ph.D. (co-)advisees: 

  • David Lavallée (2000):  Tectonic plate motions from global GPS measurements.
  • Jamal Gledan (2004):  Development of low-cost GPS strategies for deformation monitoring.
  • Simon Edwards (2005):  Reduction of tropospheric artefacts in SAR interferograms using GPS data.
  • Craig Allinson (2006):  Ocean tide loading in the British Isles from GPS observations.
  • Stuart Edwards (2006):  GPS calibration and validation of altimetric satellite radiometers.
  • Anna Freemantle (2006):  Present-day Adriatic tectonics: rigorous tests using continuous GPS.
  • Sofia Rontogianni (2007):  Strain rates in Greece using GPS measurements from 1994-2000.
  • Ahmed Ragheb (2008):  Filtered and semi-continuous single epoch GPS for deformation monitoring.
  • Ian Thomas (2008):  GPS estimates of sub-daily to decadal changes in Antarctic water vapour, 1995-2006.
  • Mohammed Assiadi (2012):  Enhancement of the accuracy of single epoch positioning for long baselines with application to structure deformation monitoring.
  • David Booker (2012):  Secular changes in Earth's shape and surface mass loading.
  • Reza Amouzgar, Pippa Cowles, Grace Nield, Ciprian Spatar, Sam Webb (current).

• Newcastle M.Phil. (co-)advisees: 

  • Julian Rainbow (2001):  Optimising navigational precision utilising potential GNSS constellations.
  • Ravindran Gunasingam (2003):  Single-epoch ambiguity resolution using low-cost GPS receivers.

Other interests

• Mountaineering and walking (UK; French Pyrenees and Alps; New Zealand Alps, Chile, US Rockies).
• Scouting (sometime helper with 25th Camberwell Scout Group).
• Exploration and travel (treasurer of 1992 Oxford University Expedition to Mount Mulanje, Malawi; extensive travel in Europe and USA, also Sumatra, New Zealand and Chile).
• Running, orienteering and cycling.

Publications

See my separate publications list for details of academic publications.  (Researcher ID:  B-1783-2008)   (ORCID:  0000-0003-1276-8300).