Professor Sir Paul Curran CGeog

Biography

Occupation: Vice-Chancellor Employer: City University London Memo: Paul has been Vice-Chancellor of City University London since 2010, having served as Vice-Chancellor of Bournemouth University and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Southampton. Paul has a BSc (Hons) in Geography from Sheffield, an MBA (Dist) from Southampton and a PhD and DSc in remote sensing from Bristol. A former NASA research scientist and advisor to the European Space Agency (ESA), Paul's award-winning work in ecological Earth observation, involving the use of satellite sensors to monitor the environment, is published widely. With a focus on climate change, current research involves the estimation of terrestrial chlorophyll content at regional scales. Paul is currently President of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc), Chair of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), a member of NERC Council and a member of two UUK policy committees. He has been awarded the Otto von Gruber Award from the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, the Cuthbert Peek Award and Patrons Medal from the RGS and several awards from NASA, ESA and the RSPSoc.