Prof Geoffrey Petts

Foretitle(s): Prof
Surname: PETTS
Style: Prof Geoffrey Petts
Recreations: The Artic, antiquarian books on all aspects of water, rivers and artic exploration, watercolour painting, golf, hockey, cricket, fishing

Career: Univ of Loughborough: lectr in geography 1979-86, sr lectr in geography 1986-89, prof of physical geography 1989-94, head Dept of Geography 1991-94; Univ of Birmingham: prof of physical geography 1994-, dir of environmental sci and mgmnt 1994-97, dir Centre for Enviromental Res and Trg 1997- (researcher 2007-), head Sch of Geography and Environmental Sci 1998-2001, pro-vice-chllr 2001-07; vice-chllr and rector Univ of Westminster 2007-; hon prof Beijing Normal Univ 2011; dir Int Water Res Assoc 1992-94; UNESCO: memb Scientific Advsy Panel Man and Biosphere Prog 1989-97, memb Scientific Advsy Ctee IHP Eco-Hydrology Prog 1998-2000; memb: Scientific Advsy Bd US Dept of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Serv 1989-99, Scientific Ctee on Water Res Int Cncl for Sci (ICSU) 1996-2003; life memb Cncl Freshwater Biological Assoc; chair Podium (UK HE and FE for London 2012); Busk Medal of the Royal Geographical Soc 2007, Lifetime Achievement Award Int Soc for River Science 2009; FRSA, FRGS

Books and Publications: Rivers (1983), Impounded Rivers: Perspectives for Ecological Management (1984), Rivers and Landscape (jtly, 1985), Regulated Rivers in the UK (jt ed, 1988), Alternatives in River Regulation (jt ed, 1989), Water, Engineering and Landscape (jt ed, 1989), Water, Engineering and Landscape (jt ed, 1990), Lowland Floodplain Rivers: Geomorphological Perspectives (jt ed, 1992), River Conservation and Management (jt ed, 1992), Rivers Handbook Vol 1 (jt ed, 1992) and Vol 2 (jt ed, 1994), Hydrosystemes Fluviaux (jt ed, 1993), Changing River Channels (jt ed, 1995), Man's Influence on Freshwater Ecosystems and Water Use (ed, 1995), Fluvial Hydrosystems (jt ed, 1996), River Restoration (jt ed, 1996), River Flows and Channel Forms (jt ed, 1996), River Biota (jt ed, 1996), Global Perspectives on River Conservation (jt ed, 2000), Urban Rivers: Our Inheritance and Future (jtly, 2002), Braided Rivers (jt ed, 2006)