Prof Paul Brewer

BSc Geography (UCW) PhD (Aberystwyth)

Prof Paul Brewer

Professor

Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

Contact Details

Profile

  • 2015-present Professor of Physical Geography
    • 2013-2015 Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Aberystwyth University
    • 1993-2012 - Lecturer in Physical Geography, Aberystwyth University
    • 1987-1993 Research Assistant (UWA)
    • 1987 BSc Geography (UCW)
    • Member of Centre for Catchment and Coastal Research (CCCR) Executive Committee
    • Director of Fluvio river basin consultancy

Additional Information

  • AU Quality Assurance Committee
  • AU Research Degrees Board
  • IGHPP Executive Committee
  • DGES Executive Committee
  • DGES and IGHPP Director of Postgraduate Studies
  • DGES Postgraduate Exam Board Chair
  • DGES Learning and Teaching Committee

Teaching

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Research

Research Interests

Geomorphology, fluvial processes, channel pattern change, siltation and sedimentation problems, impacts of tailings dam failures and metal mining activity on fluvial systems.

DGES Projects (Principle Investigator)

  • COWEB - Citizen Observatory Web. Funded by EU FP7

DGES Projects (Affiliated With)

  • Virtual Observatory. Funded by NERC.
  • Impacts of hydrological variability on material transfers through the river estuary transition zone. Funded by NERC.

Current PhD Students

Postdoctoral Supervision

  • Dr Barry Evans

Research Groups

Publications

Lamine, S, Petropoulos, G, Brewer, P, Bachari, N-E-I, Srivastava, PK, Manevski, K, Kalaitzidis, C & Macklin, M 2019, 'Heavy metals soil contamination detection using combined geochemistry and ASD Field Spectrometry over a highly contaminated floodplain site in the United Kingdom', Sensors, vol. 19, no. 4, 762. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19040762
Hudson-Edwards, KA, Byrne, P, Bird, G, Brewer, P, Burke, I, Jamieson, H, Macklin, M & Williams, R 2019, 'Origin and fate of Vanadium in the Hazeltine Creek Catchment following the 2014 Mount Polley mine tailings spill, British Columbia, Canada', Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b06391
O'Grady, MJ, Evans, B, Eigbogba, S, Muldoon, C, Campbell, A, Brewer, P & O'Hare, GMP 2019, 'Supporting participative pre-flood risk reduction in a UNESCO biosphere', Journal of Flood Risk Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12520
Kincey, M, Warburton, J & Brewer, P 2018, 'Contaminated sediment flux from eroding abandoned historical metal mines: Spatial and temporal variability in geomorphological drivers', Geomorphology, vol. 319, pp. 199-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.07.026
Ettritch, G, Hardy, A, Bojang, L, Cross, D, Bunting, P & Brewer, P 2018, 'Enhancing digital elevation models for hydraulic modelling using flood frequency detection', Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 217, pp. 506-522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.08.029
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