Professor Geraldene Wharton CGeog

Biography

Occupation: Senior Lecturer Physical Geog Employer: QMUL Memo: Geraldene is a Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography at Queen Mary, University of London. She has a BSc in Geography from Sheffield and a PhD from Southampton and her research interests since 2002 have focused on a NERC-funded project LOCAR (Lowland Catchment Research Thematic Programme). Geraldene has an extensive publications list and has advanced geographical knowledge by giving sixth form lectures on river process and river management. In addition to be Secretary of the Geography Section of the British Association for Advancement of Science (1993-1998), Geraldene was Honorary Secretary (Education) of the RGS-IBG and served on the RGS-IBG.TTA Steering Committee; and since 2000, Geraldene has been Director of the River Restoration Centre (RRC).