Professor Gerd Masselink

Biography

Role   Professor of Coastal Geomorphology Coastal Marine Applied Research (CMAR) consultancy Gerd Masselink is a Professor in Coastal Geomorphology with over 20 years’ experience in collecting and analysing coastal data, and over 100 papers published in peer-reviewed international journals. Gerd obtained his MSc in Physical Geography from Utrecht University in 1989 and obtained his PhD in Marine Science from Sydney University in 1994. He was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Western Australia from 1995 to 1998, and came to the UK in 1999 to take up a post as Lecturer in Physical Geography at Loughborough University. In 2005 he moved to Plymouth University where he became a full professor in 2007. He lead the Coastal Processes Research Group from 2009 to 2011, and was the Associate Head of School (Marine Science) in the School of Marine Science and Engineering from 2011 to 2015. Gerd has led numerous research council funded projects, all involving nearshore wave and sediment transport processes and shoreline dynamics. His expertise is in the collection and analysis of coastal and nearshore morphological and hydrodynamic data, and project management.

Research Interest

Role   Professor of Coastal Geomorphology Coastal Marine Applied Research (CMAR) consultancy Gerd Masselink is a Professor in Coastal Geomorphology with over 20 years’ experience in collecting and analysing coastal data, and over 100 papers published in peer-reviewed international journals. Gerd obtained his MSc in Physical Geography from Utrecht University in 1989 and obtained his PhD in Marine Science from Sydney University in 1994. He was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Western Australia from 1995 to 1998, and came to the UK in 1999 to take up a post as Lecturer in Physical Geography at Loughborough University. In 2005 he moved to Plymouth University where he became a full professor in 2007. He lead the Coastal Processes Research Group from 2009 to 2011, and was the Associate Head of School (Marine Science) in the School of Marine Science and Engineering from 2011 to 2015. Gerd has led numerous research council funded projects, all involving nearshore wave and sediment transport processes and shoreline dynamics. His expertise is in the collection and analysis of coastal and nearshore morphological and hydrodynamic data, and project management.