David Petley
David Petley | |
|---|---|
| 10th Vice-Chancellor University of Hull | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Susan Lea |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | King's College London University College London |
David (Dave) Neil Petley (born 30 May 1968) is an earth scientist who has been Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull since 2022. He was previously Vice President for Innovation at the University of Sheffield.[1][2]
Education
[edit]Petley has a BSc in geography from King's College London (1990) and a PhD in earth sciences from University College London.[3]
Career
[edit]He worked as a lecturer at the University of Sunderland and later at the University of Portsmouth. In 2000 he moved to the University of Durham where he established the Institute for Hazard, Risk and Resilience; in 2012 he became Dean of Research at Durham and also Dean of Global Engagement. Following a move to the University of East Anglia, he was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise. In 2016 he was appointed to a similar role at the University of Sheffield; he became vice-president for Innovation at the same university in 2020. He resigned, effective in August 2022, from the University of Sheffield.[4][2]
Interests
[edit]Petley's major research interest is landslides, and in particular their mechanics, via both laboratory modelling and monitoring in the field. He has also worked extensively on the human and economic costs of landslides.[5][4][2][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "University of Hull welcomes new Vice-Chancellor".
- ^ a b c "Landslide expert handed top job at the University of Hull". 19 May 2022.
- ^ "Dave Petley". 2 April 2019.
- ^ a b Petley, David (17 May 2022). "The University of Hull, The Landslide Blog". AGU Blogosphere, American Geophysical Union./
- ^ Petley, D. (2010) "Landslide Hazards", in Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention Andrew S. Goudie, Irasema Alcantara, Irasema Alcántara-Ayala (eds.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 63-73 ISBN 978-0-521-76925-9
- ^ David Petley (2012). "Global patterns of loss of life from landslides". Geology. 40 (10): 927–930. doi:10.1130/G33217.1.
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