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:  Geospatial Engineering, School of Engineering, Cassie Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom.
  Tel. +44 (0)191 20 86351, e-mail Peter[dot]Clarke[at]newcastle[dot]ac[dot]uk

Education and other qualifications

• 1981 - 1988:  Dulwich College, London.

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

  • BA(Hons) 1992, Natural Sciences (Geological Sciences), class II.1 [MA, 1996].

• 1993 - 1997:  Exeter College and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford.

  • DPhil 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 including nonprofit class C1,D1 (1988).
• MiDAS minibus driver certificate (2012, 2017).
• Level 2 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work (2016).  
• Previously:  St. John Ambulance `Lifesaver Plus' certificate (1995); Northumbria Ambulance Service HSE First Aid at Work certificate (1999, 2002, 2005).
• MLTB Summer Mountainwalking Leadership Certificate (Plas y Brenin, 1998).

Positions held

• Current role:  Professor of Geophysical Geodesy, and Deputy Director of Civil and Geospatial Engineering, School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
• Also:  External Examiner for BSc/MSci programmes in Geology, Geophysics, and Earth & Planetary Science, Imperial College, London, UK (2023-).

• 1998 - present:  Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
  (Department of Geomatics 1998-2002, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences 2002-2017, School of Engineering 2017-present).
• Lecturer 1998-2004, Reader in Geophysical Geodesy 2004-2007, Professor of Geophysical Geodesy since 2007.
• Teaching of undergraduate courses in GPS/GNSS, geodesy, geophysics and geohazards, informatics (Linux), research methods.
• Research into precise GNSS geodesy; global and regional deformation monitoring; global loading and the water cycle; ocean tide loading; glacial isostatic adjustment; plate tectonics; earthquake source mechanism determination and tsunami warning; global reference frames; tropospheric water vapour effects on GNSS.
• 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 (2012-2015); 
• Deputy Head of School (2016-2017); 
• Geospatial Engineering [formerly Geomatics] group leader (2014-2021); 
• Deputy Director of Civil and Geospatial Engineering (2021-present).
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (Department of Aerospace Engineering Science) and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA (2003). 
• 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).
• Fellow, 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 2010-2014).
• Board of Editors, Journal of Geodesy (2007-2015).
• Suppleant, COST Action ES0701 management committee (2007-2011)
• NERC Peer Review College (2008-).
• European Science Foundation review college (2008-).
• British Geophysical Association committee (2009-2015; Treasurer 2011-2015).
• 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] (2011-2018; 2023[acting]).
• UK International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics [IUGG] National Committee (2011-2018; 2023[acting]).
• Academy of Finland, Earth Sciences review panel (2012, 2016, 2021).
• NERC Large Grants panels (2013, 2016, 2017).
• TSB Satellite Applications Catapult NE Centre of Excellence steering committee (2014-2023).
• NERC Standard Grants panels ad hoc member (2014, 2015).
• NERC Earth Sector Services and Facilities Advisory Group (2014-2016).
• NERC COMET+ associate member (2015-).
• NERC Standard Grants Panel A core member (2017-2022).
• NASA Earth Surface & Interior peer review panel (2019).
• NERC Advisory Network (2019-).
• European Science Foundation, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences peer review panel (2019).
• NERC Exploring the Frontiers peer review panel (2022).
• NERC Pushing the Frontiers moderating / peer review panel (2022).
• NERC Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund panel (2022).

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-PI, 2009-2015).
• Resolving Antarctic ice mass TrEndS (RATES) (Co-PI, 2012-2015).
• iSTAR-D:  The contribution to sea-level from the Amundsen Sea sector of Antarctica (Co-PI, 2013-2017).
• Reducing the uncertainty in estimates of the sea level contribution from the westernmost part of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (PI, 2014-2020).
• Quantifying West Antarctic mantle viscosity via precise GPS measurement of Earth's response to surface mass balance anomalies (Co-I, 2017-2025).
• Tidal loading and asthenospheric anelasticity (PI, 2018-2024).

• 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).
  • Mitigation of GNSS multipath by the use of dual-polarisation observations (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Education Trust; Joint PI, 2013-2014).
  • Regional glacial isostatic adjustment and CryoSat elevation rate corrections in Antarctica [REGINA] (European Space Agency; PI, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015),
    

• Industrial research and consultancy:

  • Continuous monitoring of North Sea oil platform movement using GPS (Shell UK; Co-I, 1998-2002; PI, 2002-2016).
  • 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 (BP/Fugro; Co-I, 2005-2014).
  • 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).
  • Reprocessing and analysis of offshore platform GNSS data (Hurricane Geo Inspection Survey / Petronas; PI, 2016).
  • Optimisation of the value and performance of PageNET (Ordnance Survey International / NAMRIA; PI, 2017).
  • East of Leeds control survey validation (Central Alliance; PI, 2018).
    

Research students and postdoctoral scholars

• Current research students:

• Mohamed Akl (2021-).  Assessment and management of groundwater resources using integration of remote sensing and geographical information system (GIS).
• Rebecca Guiney (2021-).  Investigating the capabilities of multi-scale and multi-sensor geospatial data to monitor rapidly depleting groundwater resources in Delhi, India.
• Rinrada Srikwanma (2021-).  Multipath effects in multi-GNSS.

• Former research student (co-)advisees: 

  • David Lavallée (PhD, 2000):  Tectonic plate motions from global GPS measurements.
  • Julian Rainbow (MPhil, 2001):  Optimising navigational precision utilising potential GNSS constellations.
  • Ravindran Gunasingam (MPhil, 2003):  Single-epoch ambiguity resolution using low-cost GPS receivers.
  • Jamal Gledan (PhD, 2004):  Development of low-cost GPS strategies for deformation monitoring.
  • Simon Edwards (PhD, 2005):  Reduction of tropospheric artefacts in SAR interferograms using GPS data.
  • Craig Allinson (PhD, 2006):  Ocean tide loading in the British Isles from GPS observations.
  • Stuart Edwards (PhD, 2006):  GPS calibration and validation of altimetric satellite radiometers.
  • Anna Freemantle (PhD, 2006):  Present-day Adriatic tectonics: rigorous tests using continuous GPS.
  • Sofia Rontogianni (PhD, 2007):  Strain rates in Greece using GPS measurements from 1994-2000.
  • Ahmed Ragheb (PhD, 2008):  Filtered and semi-continuous single epoch GPS for deformation monitoring.
  • Ian Thomas (PhD, 2008):  GPS estimates of sub-daily to decadal changes in Antarctic water vapour, 1995-2006.
  • Mohammed Assiadi (PhD, 2012):  Enhancement of the accuracy of single epoch positioning for long baselines with application to structure deformation monitoring.
  • David Booker (PhD, 2012):  Secular changes in Earth's shape and surface mass loading.
  • Grace Nield (PhD, 2014):  The effect of Late Holocene ice-mass changes on glacial isostatic adjustment in West Antarctica.
    
  • Sam Webb (PhD, 2015):  Kinematic GNSS tropospheric estimation and mitigation over a range of altitudes.
  • Ciprian Spatar (PhD, 2016):  Observability and estimation of geocentre motion using multi-satellite laser ranging.
  • Reza Amouzgar (PhD, 2017):  High-performance tsunami modelling with modern GPU technology.
  • Philippa Cowles (PhD, 2017):  Sidereal filtering for multi-GNSS precise point positioning and deformation monitoring.
  • Junjie Wang (visiting research student, 2016-17):  [ocean tide loading in the East China Sea].
  • Yasir Al-Husseinawi (PhD, 2019). Spaceborne InSAR for dam stability.
  • Majid Abbaszadeh (PhD, 2021).  Multi-constellation GNSS estimation of ocean tide loading displacement.
  • Katarina Vardić (PhD, 2021).  A GNSS velocity field for estimating tectonic plate motion and testing global glacial isostatic adjustment models.
  • Marine Roger (PhD, 2022).  Co- and post-seismic deformation of the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake revealed by Earth Observations.
  • Ahmed Mohammed (PhD, 2023).  Impact of combining GPS and GLONASS for reference frame densification using PPP.

• Research student examination: 
• Newcastle University:  Ugur Sanli (PhD, 1999); Grant Kilby (PhD, 2002); Jim Turner (PhD, 2003); Abdulaziz Alothman (PhD, 2004); Nadim Dayoub (PhD, 2010); Liz Petrie (PhD, 2010); Ian Martin (PhD, 2011); Matthew Goode (PhD, 2014); Chen Yu (PhD, 2019).
• Also, independent viva chair on many occasions.
• Australian National University:  Janosch Hoffmann (PhD, 2016).
• University College London:  Chris Atkins (PhD, 2016).
• Technical University of Delft, Netherlands:  Yu Sun (PhD, 2017).
• Nanyang Technological University, Singapore:  Rino Salman (PhD, 2020).

• Postdoctoral researchers/fellows advised, and other research assistants: 
• Anne Bottrill (1999-2002).
• Dr Konstantin Nurutdinov (1999-2005).
• Dr Matt King (2002-2007).
• Dr Nigel Penna (2004-2006).
• Dr David Lavallée (2004-2008).
• Dr Anna Freemantle (2006-2007).
• Dr Sibylle Goebell (2007-2011).
• Dr Paramesh Banerjee (2008-2009).
• Dr Maxim Keshin (2008-2011).
• Dr Rory Bingham (2008-2012).
• Dr Sophie Bassett (2009-2014).
• Dr Kirill Palamartchouk (2011-2016).
• Dr Liz Petrie (2013-2015).
• Dr Achraf Koulali (2018-2021).
• Dr Andreja Susnik (2018-2020).
• Dr Joelle Nicolas-Duroy (2019-2021).
• Dr Pingping Huang (2022-).

Other interests

• Mountaineering and walking (UK; Ireland; French Pyrenees and Alps; New Zealand Alps; Mulanje Mountains, Malawi; 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, Canada, Chile and Antarctica).
• Running, orienteering and cycling.
• Northumberland :  my wife (who is Director) and I run a small company, Leaholme Cottage Ltd, which under the name "Leaholme Cottages" operates luxury self-catering holiday cottages in Newton-by-the-Sea and Alnwick.  For more details see www.leaholmecottages.co.uk .

Publications

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