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Profiles
Miss Amy Beswick
Research Assistant
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Biography
Biography
I started at the University of Plymouth in March 2024 as part of a NERC research project investigating landscape preconditioning by earthquakes, and the associated triggered landslide distributions. Working with
Dr Sarah Boulton and
Dr Suryodoy Ghoshal , my role as a research assistant is centred around developing high-resolution landslide inventories for environments with various climates and geologies. By combining these inventories with modelling techniques, landslide forecasting can be improved through a better understanding of the influence large earthquakes have upon global landslide distributions.
I started this position following completion of my Masters with Lancaster University where my research project explored sedimentation relationships between microplastic (MP) and volcanic ash particles, with the aim of developing a removal method of MPs from the oceans.
Qualifications
March, 2024 - Present: Research Assistant at the University of Plymouth, working on EXCESS project
2022 - 2023: MSc Volcanology and the Environment at Lancaster University, project titled: 'Investigating ash sedimentation and the effect of buoyant microplastic rafts upon settling dynamics'
2018 - 2021: BSc Physical Geography at Aberystwyth University, project titled: 'Assessing upstream and downstream river responses to slope failures'
Professional membership
Member of the Geological Society of London
Associate fellow of the Royal Geographical Society