Professor Desmond Walling CGeog

Biography

Memo: Desmond is Reardon Smith Professor of Geography at Exeter University. He has a BA (Hons) in Geography and PhD in Geography (Hydrology), from the University of Exeter. Des’ research interests include land erosion and the suspended sediment loads of rivers, global patterns of erosion and sediment yield and their response to environmental change, catchment studies focusing on establishing sediment budgets and quantifying sediment sources, sinks and outputs. Des is a co-coordinator of the IGBP-PAGES LUCIFS project, a member of the UK National Committee for the IGBP and a member of the Steering Committee of the recently launched NERC LOCAR Community Research Programme. Des has published 22 books and more than 320 scientific papers.