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Workshop Leaders

Professor Brian Rippey

Professor Brian Rippey, Freshwater Research Group, University of Ulster, Coleraine

Prof. Rippey’s interests include; aquatic chemistry; the fate and effects of oxygen, heavy metals and phosphorus in lakes, particularly the sedimentary record of environmental change and processes. Ecological assessment and environmental toxicology.

For further information on Prof. Rippey’s research interests and academic background click on the following link:

http://www.ulster.ac.uk/staff/rippe...

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Professor John McCloskey

Professor John McCloskey, Geophysics Research Group, University of Ulster, Coleraine

John McCloskey was born and brought up in Derry City and studied Geology at Queen’s University Belfast before completeing his PGCE in Physics and teaching physics in secondary schools for 10 years. He was awarded the Institute of Physics Physics Teacher of the Year Award for 1992, the same year he completed his PhD in Geophysics at the University of Ulster. In 1993 he was appointed as Lecturer in Numerical Simulation of the Environment at the University of Ulster and was given a personal chair in Geophysics in 2002. His main research interests are in earthquake processes and in particular in the communication between earthquakes by stress interaction. For the last 5 years he has focused his effort almost excusively on the unfolding sequence of large earthquakes in western Sumatra and has become involved with efforts to prepare vulnerable populations for future events in the this area.

For further information on Prof. McCloskey’s research interests and academic background click on the following link:

http://www.science.ulster.ac.uk/geo...

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Dr Alan Cooper

Dr Alan Cooper, Senior Lecturer in Plant Ecology, University of Ulster, Coleraine

Dr. Cooper is a Senior Lecturer in Plant Ecology within the School of Environmental Sciences. He is the leader of the Northern Ireland Countryside Survey (NICS). Previously he was the coordinator of a European Commission Research Project funded under Life Environment Programme and member of the Northern Ireland statutory Committee for Nature Conservation and the Countryside.

For further information on Dr. Cooper’s research interests and academic background click on the following link:

http://www.ulster.ac.uk/staff/coope...

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Dr Paul McKenzie, Lecturer in GIS, University of Ulster, Coleraine

Paul McKenzie is a lecturer in Geography at the University of Ulster with research interests in the integration of remote sensing and GIS to monitor changes in habitat pattern across space and time. He has a BSc in Geography, a PGCE in Primary Education, an MSc in GIS and a PhD in Environmental Science, all from the University of Ulster. Outside work he enjoys running and hill walking.

http://www.science.ulster.ac.uk/lns...

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David Rogers, Research Associate in GIS, University of Ulster, Coleraine

David is a research associate in GIS with the Northern Ireland Countryside Survey (NICS) at the University of Ulster. His research interests include mobile electronic data capture and GIS to monitor temporal habitat change. David has a BSc in Environmental Science and an MSc in GIS from the University of Ulster.

http://www.ulster.ac.uk/staff/roger...

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