Paul Russell

Teaching interests

*** Registered practitioner of the UK Higher Education Academy ***

I currently lead three taught modules:
IMS5101 Research Skills (Generic research training module for 120 Masters students and new PhD students)
IMS5203 (Advanced option module, 10 Masters students)
EOE3410 Integrating Fieldweek SW France (40 Stage 3 students).

I currently teach on the BSc Ocean Science and Ocean Exploration degrees (modules EOE1305 and EOE3306), the BSc Marine Sports degrees (module EOE3410) and the MSc Applied Marine Science (module IMS5203), plus also leading a postgrauate research skills module (IMS5101) across the marine and environmental Masters scheme. I have previously taught on the MSc Hydrography, providing a core module on applied oceanography and sedimentation.

My main teaching interests are at postgraduate level. I was Admissions Tutor from 1993-95, Programme Leader 1995-2000 and Deputy Programme Leader 2001-present for the MSc Applied Marine Science that is run in collaboration with Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML). During my time as Course Leader I increased the number of NERC studentship awards from two to six (the maximum) and so helped establish the MSc Applied Marine Science as one of the UK's premier MSc courses. I introduced a new module to the course in 'Coastal Erosion and Protection' and so established a strong pathway through the degree in 'Coastal Management and Engineering.' Many former MSc Applied Marine Science students who took this pathway have gone on to be excellent coastal research students and many others are now widely spread across UK and international marine consultancy companies.

Building on the success of the MSc Applied Marine Science, in 2000 I became Associate Dean (Graduate School) for the Faculty of Science. This post involved expanding the range of Masters provision across the Faculty based on the Applied Marine Science model and establishing a Faculty Graduate School that provided a continuum of postgraduate training from MSc (4 months research) to MRes (9 months research) to formal PhD research training. I remain Director of Postgraduate Programmes for the resulting MSc/MRes Environmental and Marine Sciences scheme that is one of the University's largest Masters schemes with an annual intake of around 120 students studying on 10 different Masters pathways. The latest addition to this scheme is an MSc/MRes Marine Renewable Energy that had its first intake in October 2010. I currently lead the Research Skills module that is taught to these 120 Masters students plus the new PhD students.

At undergraduate level I have taught on a wide range of marine modules with particular expertise in teaching complex physical oceanography to a wide range of student abilities using active learning in interactive structured lectures. I have led modules in physical oceanography, ocean circulation, the global ocean and hydrodynamics and contributed to modules on waves & tides, remote sensing, marine pollution and marine resources. In 2000 the University established a BSc in Surf Science and Technology to serve the growing regional, national and international surfing industry. I was encouraged to co-author a text book to support this degree. The resulting 'Surf Science' text book is now published by the University of Hawaii press and has become an international best seller, having sold over 20,000 copies to date. On this degree I currently organise and run the Stage 3 South-West France fieldtrip for ~ 50 marine sports students each year. As a result of my work in surf science, the EPSRC selected me to be a 'role model' in their New Outlooks in Science and Engineering (NOISE) campaign aimed at attracting more young people into careers in science and engineering, see http://www.noisemakers.org.uk/modules/articles/show_press.cfm?id=10

*** In 2011, nominated as an inspiring speaker through Robert Reston's (BBC business editor) 'Speakers for Schools' programme ***

I am a member of the School of Marine Science and Engineering Senior Management Team where I represent the School's Postgraduate Programmes and links with the Marine Institute. I am also a member of the School's Teaching and Learning Committee.

 

Staff serving as external examiners
Served as External Examiner for the PhD of Martin Austin, 'Swash, groundwater and sediment transport processes on a gravel beach,' Department of Geography, University of Loughborough, 9th November 2005.

 

Research interests
*** VC Enterprise Awards 2011 'Innovative Research Award' Finalist ***

*** Part of delegation to the Guildhall / Buckingham Palace to receive the Queens Anniversary Award, 'Education and research solutions for the global marine sector', 2011-2015 ***

My research interests include beach processes, field studies of coastal hydrodynamics and sediment transport, coastal erosion and surf science. I represent the Marine subject area for UoA 17 (UoA 7 for REF2014) and have been returned as part of the University's top rated units in Environmental Sciences and Geography in all the UK Government's Research Assessment Exercises (1996, 2001, 2008) since becoming a lecturer.

From 2005-2009 I led the Coastal Processes Research Group (www.coastalprocesses.org), one of the University's largest and strongest research groups, with 8 members returned in UoA 17 for the RAE2008. The University's RAE2008 UoA 17 bid was its largest and best performing unit with 36.5 staff submitted, and half of the outputs rated as 3* (internationally excellent) or 4* (world leading). The RAE committee highlighted '...a developing strength in coastal oceanography'.

I currently lead the University-approved Centre for Research in Coastal and Ocean Science and Engineering (CCOSE) (www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/ccose) that brings together a coherent group of staff from the marine physical sciences, physical geography and coastal engineering. 21 of the 24 CCOSE academic staff were RAE2008-returned in some of the University's best perfoming UoA's (Environmental Sciences, Geography and Civil Enginering). I am currently leading the submission for this research centre for REF2014 in UoA 7.

Previous advances in my own research include the role of infragravity waves in beach erosion (via the NERC British Beach and Nearshore Dynamics programme, 1990-1993); new understanding of sediment transport in the swash zone (via my NERC swash grant, 2000-2003) and the development of a new cross-shore sediment tranport 'shape function' model (via my NERC cross-shore sediment transport grant, 2004-2008).

Present research themes:

1. Understanding shoreline erosion/accretion via new bed-level measurements
As part of my EPSRC overseas travel grant in 2005 working with Dr Ian Turner at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, we developed a new ultrasonic bed-level instrument for measuring shoreline erosion/accretion at the wave-by-wave timescale. EPSRC assessed this grant as 'outstanding' and 'internationally leading in research quality, potential scientific impact and cost effectiveness'. This work led to succesful grant applications to the Australian Research Council (2007-2010) and to NERC (2008-2010) to deploy an array of such instruments on sand and gravel beaches. The data is providing new understanding of the processes responsible for shoreline erosion and accretion. The latest application of this work is in the EPSRC NUPSIG project (2011-14) which is looking at storm impacts on gravel beaches.

2. Rip currents and their link to beach morphology and beach safety
As part of a Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF2) PhD studentship 50% funded by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), with PhD student Tim Scott, we have been able to link wave-induced changes in beach morphology to rip currents and so to beach safety. As a result we are able to predict at what times certain beaches will be at their most dangerous. We are continuing to develop this work with the RNLI through a ~ £0.5M NERC Partnership Grant to improve our understanding of rip currents on macrotidal beaches. This NERC Partnership Grant started 1st April 2010 and has involved two large scale field experiments at Perranpoth beach in 2011. We are currently developing a Natonal Rip Current Forecast with the Met Office. The project with RNLI has also been extended into 2014 to cover rips controlled by structiures such as groynes, and extra fieldwork will be carried on on this aspect at Bournemouth.

*** This work was featured on a NERC Planet Earth podcast *** http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/multimedia/story.aspx?id=1021

*** Coverage on BBC news ***
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-13712840

3. Wave hub impacts on seabed and shoreline processes (WHISSP)
With PhD student Tim Poate, and PDRA Martin Austin, we are carrying out regular 3D surveys of the beaches in the lee of the proposed wave hub in St Ives Bay. These particular beaches sit on the dissipative (flat) / intermediate (with bars and rips) boundary and slight decreases in wave height and/or increases in wave period will increase the time these beaches spend in the intermediate state. This is important as intermediate beach states are more dangerous due to their bar and rip current features. The plan is to continue these measurements until after the wave energy devices have been deployed in 2012 so that any changes to the beaches (in terms of erosion, accretion, beach state, surfability etc) can be monitored. An EU grant proposal SOWFIA (Study of Wave Farm Impacts Assessment), that commenced October 2010, seeks to extend this work to a number of other sites round Europe and establish a co-ordinated European Policy for Impact Assessment. This work is currenty being taken forward in Kit Stokes PhD, 2011-2014.

4. The impact of climate change on coastal erosion
I am co-author of the annually updated 'Impacts of Climate Change on UK Coastal Erosion and Coastal Geomorphology', part of the Marine Climate Change Impact Partnership Annual Report Card, http://www.mccip.org.uk/arc/2007/erosion.htm




 

UoP Research group membership

Centre for Coastal and Ocean Science and Engineering (CCOSE) 
Coastal Processes 
Marine Institute 

Other research

 

 

Research degrees awarded to supervised students

Postdoctoral Research Fellows:

1. Dr Tim Poate. EPSRC NUPSIG grant, 2011-2014
2. Dr Martin Austin. NERC rips grant, 2010-2013.
3. Dr Tim Scott. Knowledge Exchange Fellow, NERC rips grant, 2010-2013
4. Dr Chris Blenkinsopp. ARC Bed-level project, 2007-2010.
5. Dr Martin Austin. SWRDA-PRIMARE WHISSP project, 2007-2010.
6. Dr Tony Butt. NERC X-Shore grant, 2004-2007.
7. Dr Martin Austin. NERC X-shore grant 2005-2006. 
8. Dr Tony Butt. NERC swash grant, 2000-2004.
9. Dr Jon Miles. NERC swash grant, 2001-2003.
10. Dr Andrew Saulter. EPSRC COSMOD project, 1998-2001.
11. Dr Jon Miles. EU COAST3D project, 1997-2001.
12. Dr Yolanda Foote. NERC macrotidal beaches grant, 1994-1995.
 
PhD supervision - seven current students:

1. Ellie Woodward. Rip Currents and Implications for Beach Safety. Funded by MI / RNLI. 2012-
2. Kit Stokes. Coastal Impacts of Marine Renewables. Funded by SMSE. 2011-
3. Claire Earlie. Coastal Cliff Erosion in Cornwall. Funded by ESF-CUC. 2011-
4. Luis Pedro Melo De Almeida. Coastal Resiliance in Extreme Storms. Funded by EPSRC. 2011-
5. Rob McCall. XBEACH on gravel beaches. Funded by EPSRC NUPSIG project. 2011-
6. Antony Thorpe. Sediment Transport in Rips. Funded by NERC. 2010-
7. Saul Reynolds. Ripple Dynamics in the Avon Estuary. Funded by PRIMaRE. 2008-

PhD supervision - eleven completions:

1. Gabriela Garcia-Rubio. Shoreline changes in the Yucatan Peninsula. Funded by CONACYT (Mexican Government), 2007- 2011. PhD awarded.
2. Tim Poate. Morphological change on high energy beaches in the lee of the Wave Hub. Funded by SWRDA via the Peninsula Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMARE). 2008-2011. PhD awarded.
3. Robert Brewin. Investigation of the role of phytoplankton functional types in CO2 flux variability. Funded by a NERC studentship, 2007-2010. PhD awarded.
4. Tim Scott. Classification and risk assessment of UK beaches. Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF2) studentship with the RNLI. 2006-2009. PhD awarded.
5. Jonathan Tinker. Modelling profile evolution on natural beaches with a sediment flux shape function. Tied-studentship on my NERC X-Shore grant. 2004-2008. PhD awarded.
6. George Graham. The effect of vegetation on sediment deposition in salt marshes. NERC quota studentship. 2004-2008. PhD awarded.
7. Darren Evans. The role of swash in shoreline change. Tied-studentship on my NERC swash grant with Loughborough Uni. 2000-2004. PhD awarded.
8. Ismael Marino-Tapia. Understanding profile changes on beaches. Funded by CONACYT (Mexican Government), 1999-2003. PhD awarded.
9. Tony Butt. Swash zone sediment transport on natural beaches, 1997-1999. PhD awarded.
10. Andrew Saulter. Infragravity wave driven sediment transport on beaches, 1994-1999. PhD awarded.
11. Jon Miles. Enhanced sediment transport near seawalls and reflective beaches, 1993-1997. PhD awarded.

 

 

Grants & contracts

Total funded grant income as a named investigator is £3.3 million to Plymouth from 20 grants, of which 5 grants with a combined value of around £1.5 million to Plymouth are currently active (in 2012).

Funded:

1. Coastal Cliff Erosion in Cornwall. £60,000. Funded by The National Trust and European Social Fund. PhD Studentship awarded to Masselink and Russell. 1st October 2011 to 30th September 2014.

2. Adaptation and resiliance of coastal energy supply (ARCoS). £200,000 to Plymouth. EPSRC collaborative grant with Liverpool University and others. Plymouth investigators Masselink and Russell. This project looks at the coastal resiliance of the UKs coastal power stations in extreme storms and includes a PhD studentship based at Plymouth, supervised by Masselink and Russell. Project commenced 1st August 2011 and runs till 2016.

3. New understanding and prediction of storm impacts on gravel beaches (NUPSIG). £515,000 EPSRC proposal approved for funding. PI Masselink with CI's Russell and Davidson. This project makes use of the bed-level sensors (projects 7, 8 and 11 below) to obtain new measurements of overwash processes on gravel beaches. Commenced 1st March 2011 and runs till spring 2014.

4. Dynamics of Rip Currents and Implications for Beach Safety (DRIBS). £495,000 NERC Partnership Proposal approved for funding. PI, Masselink with CI, Russell. This proposal follows directly on from my HEIF2/RNLI PhD studentship (project 9 below). Commenced 1st April 2010 and runs till autumn 2013.

5. Study of Ocean Wave Farm Impacts Assessment (SOWFIA). EU proposal, approved for funding but final amounts still being negotiated with EU. Original bid was for 4.2M euro of which UoP share is 1.275M euro. Project commenced 1st October 2010. Project Co-ordinator is Dr Deborah Greaves (UoP) with nine other UoP staff (including Russell) and 10 partner institutes round Europe.

6. Wave hub impacts on seabed and shoreline processes (WHISSP). £560,000 from the Peninsula Research Institute in Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMARE) funded by the SWRDA, 2007-2010. Williams, Russell and others. My role in this project, with my PhD student Tim Poate, involved monitoring changes in beach morphology on the popular tourist beaches in the lee of the wave hub, see http://www.wavehub.co.uk/

7. Beach change over individual wave cycles on sand and gravel beaches. £92,029 funded by the NERC, 2008-2010 (NE/F009275/1). PI, Masselink with CI, Russell. This project funded the deployment of the UoP sediment transport measuring equipment with the bed-level array (see 10 below) at sand (Truc Vert, France) and gravel (Slapton, UK) beach sites. The aim was to advance quantitative understanding of fundamental erosion/accretion processes at the shoreline on natural beaches, and improve modelling capabilities of swash zone sediment transport and beach change.

8. Wave-by-wave bed-level changes at the beachface of gravel and sand beaches. (ARC: DP0770118). £129,000 funded by the Australian Research Council, 2007-2010. CI Turner (UNSW, Australia) with PIs, Russell and Masselink (UoP). This project built on the success of my overseas travel grant (refer 10 below). Specifically it purchased and developed a 40-sensor bed-level array for deployment at the shoreline on sand (Truc Vert, France) and gravel (Slapton, UK) beaches.

9. Classification and Risk Assessment of UK Beaches. £30,000 from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and matching £30,000 from the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF2). PhD studentship. PI, Russell, 2006-2009. An extra £10,000 was awarded by the RNLI in January 2009 to extend the work for another year.

10. Cross-shore sediment transport and profile evolution on natural beaches (X-SHORE project). Funded by the NERC. PI, Russell. Co-Is, O'Hare and Masselink. £235,000 to UoP, 2004 - 2008. This project used detailed measurements of sediment transport in the nearshore zone to refine a 'shape function' model of on-offshore transport which is then tested against field data on a barred beach site.

11. Development of innovative instrumentation to measure high frquency bed level changes in the swash zone. EPSRC overseas travel grant. Collaboration with Dr Turner, Water Research Laboratory, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. PI, Russell. £6500. Feb-Oct, 2005. The Individual Grant Review was rated as 'outstanding' overall, and 'internationally leading in research quality, potential scientific impact and cost effectiveness.'

12. Development of new instrumentation at the University of New South Wales, Australia, to measure swash zone bathymetry to support participation in international research programme (SWASH3D). UNSW Engineering Faculty Research grant awarded to Turner and Russell. £2500. Feb-March 2005. This small grant funded the purchase of materials to construct and test the first prototype instrument at UNSW during Russell’s sabbatical visit (see 3 above).

13. Planning for an integrated field study of swash zone processes (SWASH3D). US Office of Naval Research (ONR) - Global. Collaborators: Coco (NZ), Puleo (USA), Raubenheimer (USA), Reniers (NL), Russell (UK) andTurner (AUS). £11,250 from the Conference Support Program to fund a planning meeting for the proposed SWASH3D field experiment, analysis and modelling. University of Delaware, March 2005.

14. The role of swash in shoreline change. Funded by the NERC. PI, Russell. Co-Is, Huntley and Masselink (University of Loughborough). £239,000 to UoP, October 2000-2003. This project made detailed measurements of sediment transport in the swash zone of steep and shallow beaches and used these data to determine the processes of shoreline change. The grant included collaboration with Scripps Institute of Oceanography in California.

15. COSMOD: Quantification of sediment entrainment in the coastal zone. Funded by the EPSRC. Collaborative project with Cambridge University and the University of Liverpool. UoP PIs, Russell and Huntley. £127,000 to UoP, 1998-2001. In this project we deployed an innovative sector scanning sonar and precision altimeters to monitor the evolution of bedforms inside the surf zone. The Individual Grant Review rated the UoP component of this project as ‘tending to outstanding’ and ‘internationally leading in both research quality and research planning and practice.’

16. COAST3D: Coastal study of three-dimensional sand transport processes and morphodynamics. Funded under the EU MArine Science and Technology (MAST) III programme. Collaborative project with various European partners. UoP PIs, Russell, Huntley and Bird. £322,000 to UoP, 1997-2001. This project used extensive field measurements to improve large-scale morphodynamic models in the coastal zone. Our input was in measuring and characterising the influence of long period waves on the sediment transport, through large-scale field experiments in Holland and at Teignmouth in the UK.

17. NICOP: Naval International Collaborative Opportunity Program. Intermediate scale coastal behaviour: Measurement, modelling and prediction. Funded by the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR). UoP PI, Huntley. The total project is $740,000 co-ordinated from Plymouth, with a UoP share of £139,000, 1997-2001. As part of this project I visited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Field Research Facility at Duck, North Carolina during the SANDYDUCK nearshore sediment transport experiments in 1997.

18. INDIA: Inlet Dynamics Initiative, Algarve. Funded under the EU MArine Science and Technology (MAST) III programme. Collaborative project with various European partners. UoP PIs, Huntley and Davidson. £93,000, 1997-2000. This project examined the movement of the barrier islands off Faro in Portugal using video remote sensing.

19. SASME: Swash and Surf Zone Mechanics. Funded under the EU MArine Science and Technology (MAST) III programme. Collaborative project with various European partners. UoP PIs, Huntley and Bird. £93,000, 1997-2000. This was a laboratory based project.

20. Sand transport on macrotidal beaches. Funded by the NERC. PIs, Russell and Huntley. £18,000, 1994-1995. This grant involved the collation of a number of nearshore datasets collected during the British Beach And Nearshore Dynamics (B-BAND) programme, to show consistent patterns in sediment transport on a variety of different beaches. The project report was rated ‘good’ by the NERC.

 

Publications

To date, a total of 111 research publications plus three book chapters and one text book with over 20,000 copies sold.

BOOKS:
Butt, T. and Russell, P.E. with Grigg, R., 2004. 'Surf Science: An Introduction to Waves for Surfing.' University of Hawaii Press, USA, and Alison Hodge publishers, UK, 144pp. ISBN 0 8248 2891 7 (USA), ISBN 0 906720 36 2 (UK).
Highly successful text book originally written to support the BSc Surf Science and Technology degree run at the University of Plymouth, UK, and at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. The book has proceeded to attract a large worldwide audience of coastal water users, with over 20,000 copies sold to date. Currently has the highest (5-star) rating on Amazon. Reviews and purchase information from uhpbooks@hawaii.edu and www.alison-hodge.co.uk .

Butt, T. and Russell, P.E., 2002. 'Surf Science: An Introduction to Waves for Surfing.' Alison Hodge publishers, 147pp. ISBN 0 906720 31 1.

Chapters in books: 
Scott, T., Russell, P.E., Masselink, G., Austin, M., Wills, S. and Wooler, A., 2010. Rip current hazards on large tidal beaches in the UK. In: S. Leatherman and Fletemeyer (editors), Rip Currents: Beach Safety, Physical Oceanography and Wave Modelling, CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group, Boston, MA, USA.

Masselink, G. and Russell, P.E., 2007. Impacts of climate change on coastal erosion and geomorphology. In: P.J. Buckley, S.R Dye and J.M. Baxter (editors), Marine Climate Change Impacts Annual Report Card 2007, Online Summary Reports, MCCIP, Lowestoft, www.mccip.org.uk

Mariño Tapia, I.J. and Russell,P.E., 2003. Predicting morphological changes on a complex 3D site using the GENESIS model. In: C. Goudas (editor), Soft Shore Protection: An Environmental Innovation in Coastal Engineering. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 1402011539.


PAPERS IN REFEREED INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS:
[50 of which 33 are first authored by myself or my research students, others are labelled J. These totals don't include 'submitted' or 'in prep' articles]

Austin, M.A., Masselink, G., Russell, P.E., Turner, I.L. and Blenkinsopp, C, 2011. Alongshore flows in the swash zone of a sandy and gravel beach. Coastal Engineering, 58(8), 690-705.

Blenkinsopp, C., Masselink, G., Turner, I.L. and Russell, P.E., 2011. Can swash-by-swash velocity moments be used to predict net cross-shore sediment flux at the beachface? Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, 9, 19-34.

(J) Senechal, N., Russell, P.E. and others, 2011. The ECORS - Truc Vert 2008 field experiment: extreme storm conditions over a three-dimensional morphology system in a macrotidal environment. Ocean Dynamics, 61, 2073 - 2098.

Scott, T, Masselink, G. and Russell, P.E., 2011. Morphodynamic characteristics and classification of beaches in England and Wales. Marine Geology, 286, 1-20.

Austin, M.A., Scott, T., Brown, J., Brown, J., MacMahan, J., Masselink, G. and Russell, P.E., 2010. Temporal observations of rip current circulation on a macrotidal beach. Continental Shelf Research, doi 10.1016/j.csr.2010.03.05.

Blenkinsopp, C.E., Turner, I.L., Masselink, G. and Russell, P.E. 2010. Swash zone sediment fluxes: Field observations. Coastal Engineering, doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2010.08.002

Blenkinsopp, C.E., Turner, I.L., Masselink, G. and Russell, P.E., 2010. Validation of volume continuity method for estimation of cross-shore swash flow velocity. Coastal Engineering, doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2010.05.005. (Short communication).

(J) Masselink, G., Russell, P.E., Turner, I.L. and Blenkinsopp, C.E., 2010. Swash zone sediment transport, step dynamics and morphological response on a gravel beach. Marine Geology, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.03.005

Austin, M., Masselink, G., O’Hare, T. and Russell, P.E., 2009. Onshore sediment transport on a sandy beach under varied wave conditions: flow velocity skewness, wave asymmetry or bed ventilation. Marine Geology, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.01.001

Butt, T, Tinker, J., Masselink, G. and O’Hare, T. and Russell, P.E., 2009. The cross-shore distribution of sediment fluxes in the inner-surf and swash zones. Journal of Coastal Research, 25(4), 991-1001.

(J) Masselink, G., Russell, P.E., Turner, I.L. and Blenkinsopp, C.E., 2009. Net sediment transport and morphological change in the swash zone of a high-energy sandy beach from swash event to tidal cycle timescales. Marine Geology, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.09.003

Poate, T., Masselink, G., Kingston, K. and Russell, P.E., 2009. Response of high-energy, macrotidal beaches to seasonal changes in wave conditions and individual storms: examples from North Cornwall, UK. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56 (10th International Coastal Symposium), 747-751.

Russell, P.E., Masselink, G., Blenkinsopp, C.E. and Turner, I.L., 2009. A comparison of berm accretion in the swash zone on sand and gravel beaches at the timescale of individual waves. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56 (10th International Coastal Symposium), 1791-1795.

Tinker, J., O'Hare, T., Masselink, G., Butt, T. and Russell, P.E., 2009. A cross-shore suspended sediment transport shape function parameterisation for natural beaches. Continental Shelf Research, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2009.03.011.

(J) Turner, I.L., Russell, P.E., Butt, T.,  Masselink, G. & Blenkinsopp, C.E., 2009. In-situ estimates of net sediment flux per swash:  Reply to Discussion by T.E. Baldock of “Measurement of wave-by-wave bed-levels in the swash zone." Coastal Engineering, doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2009.06.001

Scott, T., Russell, P.E., Masselink, G. and Wooler, A., 2009. Rip current variability and hazard along a macrotidal coast. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56 (10th International Coastal Symposium), 895-899.

(J) Turner, I.L., Russell, P.E. and Butt, T., 2008. Measurement of wave-by-wave bed-levels in the swash zone. Coastal Engineering, doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2008.09.009.

(J) Masselink, G., Austin, M., Tinker, J., O’Hare, T. and Russell, P.E., 2008. Cross-shore sediment transport and morphological response on a macrotidal beach with intertidal bar morphology, Truc Vert, France. Marine Geology, 251, 141-155.

(J) Masselink, G., Buscombe, D., Austin, M., O’Hare, T.J. and Russell, P.E., 2008. Sediment trend models fail to reproduce small-scale sediment transport patterns on an intertidal beach. Sedimentology, 55, 667-687.

Austin, M.J., Masselink, G., O’Hare, T.J. and Russell, P.E., 2007. Relaxation time effects of wave ripples on tidal beaches. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L16606, doi:10.1029/2007GL030696.

Butt, T., Russell, P.E., Miles, J. and Turner, I.L., 2007. Sediment transport processes in the swash zone of sandy beaches. International Coastal Symposium. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue 50, 636-640. ISSN 0749.0208.

Marino-Tapia, I., Russell, P.E., O'Hare, T., Davidson, M.A. and Huntley, D.A., 2007. Cross-shore sediment transport on natural beaches and its relation to sandbar migration patterns. Part 1: Field observations and derivation of a transport parameterization. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, C03001, doi:10.1029/2005JC002893.

Marino-Tapia, I., O'Hare, T., Russell, P.E., Davidson, M.A. and Huntley, D.A., 2007. Cross-shore sediment transport on natural beaches and its relation to sand bar migration patterns: Part 2: Application of the field transport parameterization. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, C03002, doi:10.1029/2005JC002894.

(J) Masselink, G., Augur, N., Russell, P.E. and O'Hare, T., 2007. Short-term morphological change and sediment dynamics in the intertidal zone of a macrotidal beach. Sedimentology, 54(1), 39-53.

(J) Masselink, G., Austin, M., O’Hare, T.J. and Russell, P.E., 2007. Geometry and dynamics of wave ripples in the nearshore zone of a coarse sandy beach. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, C10022, doi:10.1029/2006JC003839.

Scott, T.M., Russell, P.E., Masselink, G., Wooler, A. and Short, A., 2007. Beach rescue statistics and their relation to nearshore morphology and hazards: a case study for south-west England. International Coastal Symposium. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue 50, 1-6. ISSN 0749.0208.

Miles, J.R., Butt, T. and Russell, P.E., 2006. Swash zone sediment dynamics: a comparison of a dissipative and an intermediate beach. Marine Geology, 231, 181-200.

(J) Masselink, G. and Russell, P.E., 2006. Flow velocities, sediment transport and morphological change in the swash zone of a dissipative and reflective beach. Marine Geology, 227, 227-240.

Butt, T. and Russell, P.E., 2005. Observations of hydraulic jumps in high energy swash. Journal of Coastal Research, 21, 1219-1227.

Butt, T, Russell, P.E., Puleo, J. and Masselink, G., 2005. The application of Bagnold-type sediment transport models in the swash zone. Journal of Coastal Research, 21, 887-895.

(J) Masselink, G., Evans, D., Hughes, M. and Russell, P.E., 2005. Suspended sediment transport in the swash zone of a dissipative beach. Marine Geology, 216, 169-189.

Butt, T., Russell, P.E., Puleo, J., Miles, J.R., and Masselink, G., 2004. The influence of bore turbulence on sediment transport in the swash and inner surf zones. Continental Shelf Research, 24, 757-771.

(J) Masselink, G., Russell, P.E., Coco, G. and Huntley, D.A., 2004. Test of edge wave forcing during formation of rhythmic beach morphology. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, C0, 6003, doi:10.1029/2004JC002339.

Miles, J.R. and Russell, P.E., 2004. Dynamics of a reflective beach with a low tide terrace. Continental Shelf Research, 24, 1219-1247.

Saulter, A.N., Russell, P.E., Gallagher, E. and Miles, J.R., 2003. Observations of bed level changes in a saturated surf zone. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, C4, 3112, doi:10.1029/2000JC000684.

Butt, T., Miles, J.R., Ganderton, P. and Russell, P.E., 2002. A simple method for calibrating optical backscatter sensors in high concentrations of non-cohesive sediments. Marine Geology, 192, 419-424.

(J) Caldeira, M., Russell, P.E. and Amorim, A., 2002. Evidence of an unproductive coastal front in Baia D’Abra, an embayment on the south-east of Madeira Island, Portugal. Bulletin of Marine Science, 69(3), 1057-1072.

Miles, J.R., Russell, P.E., Ruessink, B.G. and Huntley, D.A., 2002. Field observations of the effect of shear waves on sediment suspension and transport. Continental Shelf Research, 22, 657-681.

Butt, T., Russell, P.E. and Turner, I., 2001. The influence of swash infiltration-exfiltration on beachface sediment transport: onshore or offshore? Coastal Engineering, 42(1), 35-52.

Miles, J.R., Russell, P.E. and Huntley, D.A., 2001. Field measurements of sediment dynamics in front of a seawall. Journal of Coastal Research, 17(1), 195-206.

(J) Ruessink, B.G., Miles, J.R., Fedderson, F., Guza, R. and Elgar, S., 2001. Modelling of the alongshore current in a nearshore barred environment. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106 (C10), 22451-22463.

Butt, T. and Russell, P.E., 2000. Hydrodynamics and cross-shore sediment transport in the swash zone of natural beaches: a review. Journal of Coastal Research, 16(2), 255-268.

Butt, T. and Russell, P.E., 1999. Sediment transport mechanisms in high energy swash. Marine Geology, 161, 361-375.

Russell, P.E. and Huntley, D.A., 1999. A cross-shore transport shape function for high energy beaches. Journal of Coastal Research, 15, 198-205.

Foote, Y., Russell, P.E., Huntley, D.A. and Sims, P., 1998. Energetics prediction of frequency-dependent suspended sand transport rates on a macrotidal beach. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 23, 927-941.

(J) Davidson, M.A., Russell, P.E., Huntley, D.A. and Hardisty, J., 1993a. Tidal asymmetry in suspended sand transport on a macrotidal intermediate beach. Marine Geology, 110, 333-353.

(J) Hardisty, J., Davidson, M.A., Russell, P.E., Huntley, D.A. and Hoad, J., 1993. Numerical experiments with gravity and infragravity waves on a macrotidal beach profile. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue 15, 198-214.

(J) Huntley, D.A., Davidson, M.A., Russell, P.E., Foote, Y. and Hardisty, J., 1993. Long waves and sediment movement on beaches; recent observations and implications for modelling. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue 15, 215-229.

Russell, P.E., 1993. Mechanisms for beach erosion during storms. Continental Shelf Research, 13 (11), 1243-1266.

PAPERS IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:
[31 of which 22 are first authored by myself or my research students, others are labelled J]

(J) Lanckriet, T., Puleo, J., Masselink, G., Turner, I., Russell, P. and Conley, D., 2012. Detailed field measurements of sheet flow sediment transport in the swash zone. Proceedings 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2-6th July 2012 Santander, Spain.

McCall, R., Roelvink, D., Massekink, G., Russell, P.E. and Davidson, M.A., 2012. Modelling overwash on gravel beaches. Proceedings 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2-6th July 2012 Santander, Spain.

Poate, T., Masselink, G., Russell, P.E., and McCall, R., 2012. Contrasting storm impacts on gravel beaches. Proceedings 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2-6th July 2012, Santander, Spain.

(J) Puleo, J., Conley, D., Masselink, G., Russell, P.E. and others, 2012. Comprehensive study of swash zone hydrodynamics and sediment transport. Proceedings 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2-6th July 2012, Santander, Spain.

Thorpe, A., Miles, J., Masselink, G. and Russell, P.E., 2012. Field measurements of megaripples in a rip current on a macrotidal beach. Proceedings 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2-6th July 2012, Santander, Spain.

Poate, T, Austin, M., Russell, P.E., Masselink, G. and Kingston, K., 2011. 3D beach response to seasonal wave climate, Cornwall, UK. Proceedings Coastal Sediments 2011, Florida.

(J) Masselink, G., Scott, T. and Russell, P.E., 2010. Large-tidal beaches: a synthesis with examples from England and Wales. Invited presentation, Ocean Sciences 2010, Portland. (abstract GO43A-01).

Blenkinsopp, C.E., Turner, I., Masselink, G. and Russell, P.E., 2009. Measurements of net cross-shore sediment flux at the timescale of individual swashes. 19th Australasian Conference on Coastal and Ocean Engineering. 16-18th September 2009, Wellington, New Zealand. CD-ROM.

Blenkinsopp, C.E., Turner, I., Masselink, G. and Russell, P.E., 2009. Field measurements of net sediment flux from individual swashes on a sandy beach. Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics, 7-11th September 2009, Tokyo, Japan. CD-ROM.

Scott, T.M., Russell, P.E., Masselink, G., Wooler, A. and Short, A., 2009. High volume sediment transport and its implications for recreational beach risk. Proceedings 31st International Conference on Coastal Engineering (Hamburg, Sept 2008), 4250-4262.

(J) Masselink, G., Austin, M., Russell, P.E., O’Hare, T., Ganderton, P., Tinker, J. and Butt, T., 2009. Field investigation of wave ripple dynamics in the shallow nearshore of two sandy beaches. Proceedings 31st International Conference on Coastal Engineering (Hamburg, Sept 2008), 1533-1545.

(J) Turner, I.L., Masselink, G., Russell, P.E. and Blenkinsopp, C.E., 2009. Bed-level change over individual swash cycles on sand and gravel beaches. Proceedings 31st International Conference on Coastal Engineering (Hamburg, Sept 2008).

(J) Sénéchal, N., Russell, P.E., and others, 2008. ECORS-TRUC VERT 2008, Qualification des modèles de houle et de morphodynamique. (In French). Proceedings Xéme Journées Nationales des Génie Côtier -Génie Civil, Sophia Antipolis, France, Oct 2008

Tinker, J., Russell, P.E., Masselink, G., O'Hare, T., Butt, T., Ganderton, P. and Gallagher, E., 2007. Field measurements of velocity moment shape functions. Proceedings 30th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (San Diego, Sept 2006), World Scientific, 3987-3999.

(J) Masselink, G. and Russell, P.E., 2005. Field measurements of flow velocities on a dissipative and reflective beach – implications for swash sediment transport. Proceedings Coastal Dynamics ’05. Paper on CD-ROM.

Marino-Tapia, I., O’Hare, T.J., Russell, P.E., Davidson, M.A. and Huntley, D.A., 2005. Sandbar dynamics from a parametric morphodynamic model. Proceedings 29th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (Lisbon, Sept 2004), World Scientific, 2755-2766.

Butt, T., Russell, P.E., Turner, I., Miles, J.R. and Masselink, G., 2005. The effect of grain size and wave energy on the role of in-exfiltration and swash zone sediment transport. Proceedings 29th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (Lisbon, Sept 2004), World Scientific, 2377-2389.

Evans, D., Masselink, G., Russell, P.E., Butt, T., Miles, J.R. and Ganderton, P., 2003. Application of Bagnold’s model in the swash zone using field data. Proceedings of the International Conference on Coastal Sediments, (Florida, May 2003). CD-ROM Published by World Scientific Publishing Corp. and East Meets West Productions, ISBN 981-238-422-7.

Butt, T., Evans, D., Russell, P.E., Masselink, G., Miles, J.R. and Ganderton, P., 2003. An integrative approach to investigating the role of swash in shoreline change. Proceedings 28th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (Cardiff, July 2002), World Scientific, 917-928.

Marino-Tapia, I., O’Hare, T.J., Russell, P.E., Davidson, M.A. and Huntley, D.A., 2003. Onshore and offshore bar migration modelled with an energetics-type sediment transport model. Proceedings 28th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (Cardiff, July 2002), World Scientific, 2686-2698.

Marino-Tapia, I., Russell, P.E., O’Hare, T.J., Davidson, M.A., Saulter, A.N., Miles, J.R. and Huntley, D.A., 2002. Relationship between vertical wave asymmetry and the fourth velocity moment in the surf zone: implications for sediment transport. Proceedings 4th International Symposium on Ocean Wave Measurement and Analysis (San Francisco, Sept 2001), ASCE, 1295-1305.

Marino-Tapia, I., and Russell, P.E., 2001. Predicting morphological changes on a complex 3D site using the GENESIS model. Proceedings 1st International Conference on Soft Shore Protection Against Coastal Erosion (Patras, Greece, October 2000), University of Patras Press, 53-67.

Saulter, A.N., Russell, P.E. and Huntley, D.A., 2001. The effect of bedforms on coastal sediment transport. Proceedings 27th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (Sydney), ASCE, 2672-2685.

Butt, T., Russell, P.E. and Huntley, D.A., 1998. A simple PC-based significant wave model. Proceedings Coastal Dynamics ‘97, (Plymouth), ASCE, 108-117.

Miles, J.R., Russell, P.E. and Huntley, D.A., 1998. Suspended sediment response to wave reflection. Proceedings Coastal Dynamics ‘97, (Plymouth), ASCE, 704-713.

Saulter, A., O’Hare, T., and Russell, P.E., 1998. Analysis of infragravity wave-driven sediment transport on macrotidal beaches. Proceedings Coastal Dynamics ‘97, (Plymouth), ASCE, 1033-1042.

Miles, J.R., Russell, P.E. and Huntley, D.A., 1997. Field investigation of suspended sediment transport and wave reflection near a seawall. Proceedings 25th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (Orlando), ASCE, 2612-2624.

Russell, P.E., Foote, Y. and Huntley, D.A., 1996. An energetics approach to sand transport on beaches. Proceedings Coastal Dynamics ‘95 (Gdansk), ASCE, 829-840.

(J) Davidson, M.A., Russell, P.E., Huntley, D.A., Cramp, A. and Hardisty, J., 1993. An overview of the British Beach And Nearshore Dynamics (B-BAND) programme. Proceedings 23rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (Venice), ASCE, 1987-2000.

(J) Foote, Y., Huntley, D.A., Davidson, M.A., Russell, P.E., Hardisty, J. and Cramp, A., 1993. Incident wave groups and long waves in the nearshore zone. Proceedings 23rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (Venice), ASCE, 974-989.

Russell, P.E., Davidson, M.A., Huntley, D.A., Cramp, A., Hardisty, J. and Lloyd, G., 1991. The British Beach And Nearshore Dynamics (B-BAND) programme. Proceedings Coastal Sediments, (Seattle), ASCE, 371-384.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS (e.g. published abstracts with oral presentation)
[30 of which 25 are first authored by myself or my research students, others are labelled J]

Austin, M.A., Scott, T., Masselink, G. and Russell, P.E., 2009. Macrotidal rip current experiment: circulation and dynamics. Plymouth Marine Sciences Partnership (PMSP) Symposium ‘Science for a Changing World’, 7 April 2009.

Poate, T., Austin, M.A., Russell, P.E., Masselink, G. and Kingston, K., 2009. Morphological response of high-energy macrotidal beaches to seasonal changes in wave conditions. PMSP Symposium, 7 April 2009.

Scott, T., Russell P.E. and Masselink, G., 2009. Rip current variability and hazard along a macrotidal coast. PMSP Symposium, 7 April 2009.

Blenkinsopp, C.E., Turner, I.L., Russell, P.E. and Masselink, G., 2008. Field measurements of bed-level change in the swash zone at wave-by-wave timescales. Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conferenece, University of Oxford, 9-11 April.

Scott, T., Russell, P.E., Masselink, G. and Wooler, A., 2008. Seasonal and geographical variations in rip current sytems and beach morphology: implications for beach safety in the UK. British Geomorphological Association conference, July 2008. Abstract.

(J) Turner, I.L., Masselink, G., Russell, P.E., Blenkinsopp, C. and Peak, S., 2008. Bed-level change over individual swash cycles on sand and gravel beaches. Proceedings 31st International Conference on Coastal Engineering (Hamburg, Sept 2008). Poster.

(J) Masselink, G., Austin, M.A., Russell, P.E. and O'Hare, T., 2007. Onshore sediment transport on a sandy beach: wave skewness, flow acceleration or bed ventilation? Marine Institute Conference presentation and abstract. University of Plymouth, December 2007.

Scott, T., Russell, P.E., Masselink, G., Wooler, A. and Short, A., 2007. Spatiotemporal dynamics in beach morphology and their implications for assessing UK beach hazards: a case study for SW England. Marine Institute Conference presentation and abstract. University of Plymouth, December 2007.

Russell, P.E., 2007. Beach processes research using in-situ measurements – twenty years of personal research experiences. Continental Shelf Research Symposium in honour of Professor M.B. Collins, Swansea University, UK. 14th July 2007.

(J) Gallagher, E., MacMahan, J., Russell, P. and Masselink, G., 2006. Morphological variability and grain size from digital images. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS21D-02.

Russell, P.E., 2006. Cross-shore sediment transport in relation to processes on the beaches of S.W. France. Invited abstract and lecture. University of Bordeaux, France. 15^th May 2006.

(J) Turner, I., Russell, P.E. and Butt, T., 2006. Swash zone bed level measurements at wave-by-wave frequencies. Abstract accepted for 30th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (San Diego, Sept 2006).

Butt, T. and Russell, P.E., 2006. Vertical gradients of suspended-sediment flux in the inner-surf and swash zones. Abstract presented at the American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 20-24 February 2006. Paper number OS43O-02.

(J) Gallagher, E., MacMahan, J., Russell, P., Masselink, G. and Augur, N., 2006. Morphological variability and grain size from digital images. Abstract presented at the American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 20-24 February 2006. Paper number OS42C-06.

Russell, P.E., 2005. Beach response to waves and currents. Invited abstract and lecture. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. 10th March 2005.

Butt, T. and Russell, P.E., 2005. Investigating the accuracy of surf forecasts over various time scales. Paper presented at the 4th International Surfing Reefs Symposium, Manhattan Beach, California, January 2005.

Russell, P.E., Butt, T., Miles, J.R., Puleo, J. and Huntley, D.A., 2004. The role of swash on nearshore hydrodynamics, sediment transport and morphological evolution. Keynote presentation and workshop report. 1st International Workshop on Swash Zone Processes, ICCE Lisbon, 19 Sept 2004.

Miles, J.R, Russell, P.E., Ruessink, G. and Huntley, D.A., 2004. Tidal variation in shear wave energy. Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 26-30 January 2004.

Miles, J.R., Russell, P.E., Butt, T., Masselink, G., Evans, D., Ganderton, P. and Huntley, D.A., 2002. Swash zone sediment dynamics on steep and shallow beaches. Abstract presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 6-10 December 2002.

Miles, J.R. and Russell, P.E., 2002. Swash zone sediment dynamics. Abstract presented at the Challenger Centenary Conference for Marine Science. Plymouth, September 2002.

Miles, J.R. and Russell, P.E., 2001. Results from the COAST3D project at Teignmouth. Abstract presented at Devon’s Living Coastlines conference. Newton Abbott, Devon, April 2001.

Marino-Tapia, I. and Russell, P.E., 2000. Cross-shore transport processes on natural beaches and implications for modelling. Abstract presented at UK Marine Science 2000. Norwich, September 2000.

Miles, J.R., Ruessink, B.G., De Boer, A.G., Russell, P.E., Thornton, E.B. and Huntley, D.A., 2000. Shear wave and edge wave distribution on a barred beach. Abstract presented at the 27th International Conference on Coastal Engineering. Sydney, July 2000.

Butt, T., Davidson, M.A. and Russell, P.E., 1998. Erosion and accretion processes on the North Cornish coast. Abstract presented to the Cornwall Coastal Environmental Research Forum. Falmouth, Cornwall, October 1998.

Butt, T. and Russell, P.E., 1998. Time-series measurements of sediment transport in the swash zone of a natural beach. Abstract presented at UK Oceanography. Southampton, September 1998.

Russell, P.E., 1996. Sand transport processes in the coastal zone. Abstract presented to the Cornwall Coastal Environmental Research Forum. Falmouth, Cornwall, October 1996.

Miles, J.R., Russell, P.E. and Huntley, D.A., 1996. Field investigation of sediment suspension and transport in front of a seawall. Abstract for the Geology Society Marine Studies Group meeting. Southampton, January 1996. [Prize for the best oral presentation].

Miles, J.R. and Russell, P.E., 1995. The changing river and beach profiles of the Teign estuary. Abstract presented at the Royal Geographical Society meeting. Teignmouth, Devon, May 1995.

Russell, P.E., 1994. Advances from the British Beach And Nearshore Dynamics (B-BAND) programme. Abstract presented at the Geological Society meeting on Shallow Water Sedimentary Processes: Transport, Fluxes and Budgets. London, October 1994.

Miles, J.R. and Russell, P.E., 1994. Identification of ripples outside the surf zone using co-spectral techniques. Abstract presented at UK Oceanography. Stirling, September 1994.

 

Conferences organised
Steering Committee for the International Coastal Symposium, Plymouth, 2013.

Organising Committee for International Conference on Coastal Dynamics, Plymouth, 1997.

 

Other academic activities

Head of Research for one of the University's leading new research centres: Centre for Coastal and Ocean Science and Engineering (CCOSE) which includes 24 academic staff, 21 of whom were returned in RAE2008 units that achieved 50% 3*/4* ratings.

Curretly leading the submission for Physical Oceanography in UoA 7 for REF 2014.

Programme Leader MSc/MRes Environmental and Marine Sciences (EMS) scheme (2000 - present), one of the University's largest Masters schemes with an annual intake of 120 students studying on 10 different Masters pathways. Includes MSc, MRes and Faculty PhD Research Training. During the time I have led the EMS scheme, over 1000 Masters students have successfully graduated from it.

Leader Coastal Processes Research Group (2006 - 2009), one of the University's top research groups, comprising the largest single group returned in the School RAE2008 bid with 8 staff members selected for inclusion.

From 2000 to 2005, worked as a 'role model' for the EPSRC's New Outlooks in Science and Engineering (NOISE) campaign aimed at attracting more young people into careers in science and engineering.

 

 

Additional information
Former competitive surfing career in 1980s:

Former European Surfing Champion in Open (1983-85) and Senior (1991-93) divisions. Winner of the first European Professional Surfing Circuit in 1984. Twice British Champion. Six times English Champion. Five times British Universities Champion.

Highest ranking in World Surfing Championships: 3^rd Juniors, 7^th Open. Highest placed European surfer at biennial World Championships in 1980, 1984, 1986 & 1988. British Team Captain at biennial World Championships in 1984, 1986 & 1988. Former British and English Team coach. Former British Surfing Association Executive Committee member.

In 2004 voted the 4^th best ever British surfer by Carve magazine’s poll (behind Russell Winter, Carwyn Williams and Rodney Sumpter). Sponsored by Alder Sportswear since 1981. Well known throughout the British & European surfing industry and community.  

Links

http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/ccose

(Centre for Coastal and Ocean Science and Engineering)

http://www.coastalprocesses.org

(Coastal Processes Research Group)

http://www.alison-hodge.co.uk

(Surf Science book and reviews)

http://www.noisenet.ws

(EPSRC role models)