
Profiles
Dr Jenny Gales
Lecturer in Hydrography & Ocean Exploration
School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Biography
Biography
- Lecturer in Hydrography and Ocean Exploration
- Programme Lead for BSc Ocean Exploration and Surveying
- Deputy Programme Lead for MSc Hydrography
Research: Antarctic Continental Margin Processes and Evolution, Continental Margin Geomorphology, Process Sedimentology, Ice Sheet Change, Antarctic Climate History.
Specialities: Marine Geomorphology, Bathymetry, Marine Geophysics, Marine Geology, Glacial Processes, Marine Robotics
Qualifications
2022 - present Programme Lead - BSc Ocean Exploration and Surveying
2017 - present Lecturer in Hydrography and Ocean Exploration
2017 - present Deputy Programme Lead - MSc Hydrography
2015 - 2017 Post Doctoral Research, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
2013 - 2015 Marine Geoscientist, British Geological Survey, Edinburgh
2009 - 2013 PhD, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
2008 - 2009 MRes Marine Geology & Geophysics, University of Southampton
2005 - 2008 BSc Oceanography with Physical Geography, University of Southampton
Professional membership
The Hydrographic Society UK & Ireland
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
Currently teaches:
- OS105 Mapping the Marine Environment (Module Leader)
- OS305 Coastal Survey
- OS316 Exploration for Energy and Minerals (Module Leader)
- MAR521 Acoustic and Oceanographic Survey
- Maxine King - Deciphering submarine slope processes on the Ross Sea continental margin
Research
Research
Research interests
- Submarine geomorphology
- Process sedimentology and process geomorphology
- Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
- High-latitude continental margins, submarine canyons, landslides, gullies, channels, fjords, deltas
- Marine robotics
Research groups
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
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