Biography
Born in Birmingham (UK) in 1971. Went to High School in Birmingham and Swansea. Graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Physics from the University College Swansea. Went on to do a PhD in Atmospheric Physics at the University of Wales Aberystwyth entitled "Lidar and Radar Observations of the Vertical Propagation of Gravity Waves in the Middle Atmosphere" with Prof. Lance Thomas. Completed my first postdoctoral research position based on Lidar (Laser radar) studies of the propagation of gravity waves into the stratosphere at the University of Wales Aberystwyth. My next post was at the University of Leicster (UK) where I was a postdoctoral research associate working on optical remote sensing of the Earth's surface. This was part of work carried out in the Geography Department of the University of Leicester with Dr. Fraser Gemmell. I then went to work at the University of Sheffield (UK) using synthetic aperture radar data to examine the Earth's surface and vegetation. During my time at Sheffield I worked with Prof. Shaun Quegan in the Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics. After this postdoctoral post I went to work for Alenia Marconi Systems as a Systems Engineer where I helped research the use of monopulse radar systems on-board homing missiles. In November 2001 I took up a post as a Lecturer in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
More importantly while doing all these works related things I have managed to find enough time to marry my wife Sian and have two children (Bill and Lucy).