Paul Dunlop

2004 - PhD University of Sheffield

2009 - PgCert Higher Education Practice (PgCHEP), Ulster University 

1999 - BSc Hons Geography, Queens University Belfast

2010 - Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Paul Dunlop is Research Director for Geography and Environmental Sciences at Ulster University.  He is a glaciologist and physical geographer who specialises in reconstructing Quaternary glacial environments in terrestrial and marine settings. Understanding how ice sheets operate over long-time scales provides critical information on the global climate system and the processes of climate change.  This research area requires a multidisciplinary approach and Paul uses a variety of cutting edge techniques to investigate glacial landscapes that includes satellite remote sensing, GIS, marine geophysics and cosmogenic nuclide and radiocarbon dating to work out what was happening during the last Ice Age and to help age constrain glacial events.  

Recent and Current Research Projects

1. GLAciated North Atlantic Margins (GLANAM) EU Marie-Curie ITN

2. Will Climate change in the Arctic increase the landslide-tsunami risk to the UK? - NERC

3. The completion and testing of an Aftershock Forcasting Tool for Emergency Respons (AFTER) - NERC

4. Research for Emergency Aftershock Response (REAR) - GCRF NERC

5. UK Canada Arctic Research Partnership - NERC

6. Adaptation and Resilience tools for monitoring ClimaTe change Impacts in NPA Communities (ARCTIC) - EU Interreg Northern Periphery & Arctic Programme

Paul teaches remote sensing and physical geography on a range of undergraduate modules on the geography and environmental science degree programmes. At postgraduate level he delivers teaching on remote sensing for the MSc in Geographical Information Systems.