Dr Glenn Guneyli-Havelock

About

I am an earth scientist and lecturer in climate change at Kingston University with research interests in Holocene climate change, coastal-fluvial geomorphology, sea-level change, sedimentology, palaeoecology, and geoarchaeology. I was Course Leader for BSc Environmental Science in 2021-22.

I have a BSc in Geology (University of Derby) and an MSc in Environmental Sedimentology and Geomorphology (University of Reading). I gained a PhD in Physical Geography (Quaternary Environmental Change) from the University of Exeter in 2009, where I investigated sea level change and climate change during the mid-late Holocene (from 5,000 yrs BC to present). This was followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Maryland, USA (2009-2012).

I am an enthusiastic educator and currently teach the following modules:

• Rivers, Oceans and the Atmosphere (Module Leader)
• The Challenge of Climate Change (Module Leader)
• The Challenge of Climate Change – MSc (Module Leader)
• Introduction to Physical Geography and Environmental Hazards (former Module Leader)
• Geomorphology and Geophysical Hazards (former Module Leader)
• Disaster Risk Reduction
• Research and Fieldwork Skills

I was a Lecturer in Physical Geography and a Research Associate in Salt-marsh Carbon Studies  (https://www.c-side.org/) at the University of York, 2019-2021, teaching a range of physical geography and environmental science modules. I was a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at The George Washington University (Geological Sciences) and Temple University (Dept of Earth & Environmental Sciences) in the USA from 2012 to 2016, teaching a range of earth science modules, with additional part-time teaching as an Adjunct Professor of Geology at the University of Baltimore and the University of Delaware. I maintain a connection with Temple University by teaching occasional online modules in Geology as a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor).

I have also held positions as a Geotechnical Engineer, Research Associate in Geoarchaeology (University of Newcastle), and Scientific Officer (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology).