Prof Paul Brewer
BSc Geography (UCW) PhD (Aberystwyth)

Professor
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
Contact Details
- Email: pqb@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0003-0834-8848
- Office: E2, Llandinam Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622586
- Research Portal Profile
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
Module Coordinator
- DA22420 - Gwaith Maes Daearyddiaeth
- GS22420 - Geography Fieldwork
- GS29620 - Crete Fieldtrip
- GS21800 - Field Skills
- GS25210 - Catchment Systems
- GS29420 - Wales Fieldtrip
- GS25320 - Berlin Fieldtrip
- GS10520 - Earth Surface Environments
Coordinator
- GS22420 - Geography Fieldwork
- GS21820 - Field Skills
- GS29620 - Crete Fieldtrip
- DA22420 - Gwaith Maes Daearyddiaeth
- GS25320 - Berlin Fieldtrip
- GS29420 - Wales Fieldtrip
- GS21800 - Field Skills
- GS25210 - Catchment Systems
- GS10520 - Earth Surface Environments
Lecturer
- GS22420 - Geography Fieldwork
- GS25320 - Berlin Fieldtrip
- GS10520 - Earth Surface Environments
- GS31120 - Applied Environmental Management
Additional Lecturer
- GS31120 - Applied Environmental Management
- GS17100 - Researching the Social World
- GS17120 - Researching the Social World
Tutor
- DA22420 - Gwaith Maes Daearyddiaeth
- EAM5220 - Advanced Skills in Geographic Information Systems
- EAM1120 - Advanced Research Skills 1: science communication and data analysis
- GS13020 - Researching the World: data collection and analysis
- GS31120 - Applied Environmental Management
- GS29620 - Crete Fieldtrip
- GS29420 - Wales Fieldtrip
- GS25210 - Catchment Systems
- GS34040 - Geography Dissertation
- GS22110 - Level 2 Geography Tutorial
- DA22110 - Tiwtorial Daearyddiaeth Lefel 2
- GS22100 - Level 2 Geography Tutorial
- DA22100 - Tiwtorial Daearyddiaeth Lefel 2
- GS34000 - Geography Dissertation
- EAM4320 - Global Climate Change: Debates and Impacts
- GS17120 - Researching the Social World
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, Pandey, M, Petropoulos, G, Brewer, P, Srivastava, PK, Manevski, K, Toulios, L, Bachari, N-E & Macklin, M 2020, Spectroradiometry as a tool for monitoring soil contamination by heavy metals in a floodplain site. in PC Pandey, PK Srivastava, H Balzter, B Bhattacharya & GP Petropoulos (eds), Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Theory and Applications. Earth Observation, Elsevier, pp. 249-268.
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
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