Glenn Havelock

I am a Lecturer and Research Associate in Geology and Earth Science with research interests in Holocene climate change and coastal-fluvial geomorphology, sedimentology, palaeoecology, and geoarchaeology.

Currently, I am a Research Associate in Salt-marsh Carbon Studies at the University of York, Department of Environment and Geography. I am also employed as a Senior Lecturer for UMUC (University of Maryland University College) at their Europe campus, teaching the following modules:

- Physical Geology
- Physical Geology Lab.

In addition, when I can find the time, I very much enjoy teaching Earth Science at Dr Rock Education (www.drrockeducation.com), where I deliver short courses in geology to the general public. Courses have included:

Rocks and Minerals
Fossils and Strata
Natural Disasters
Geology of Bedfordshire & Surrounds: The making of a landscape

I was a Lecturer and Assistant Professor at The George Washington University (Geological Sciences) and Temple University (Dept of Earth & Environmental Sciences) in the USA  from 2013 to 2016, with additional part-time teaching as an Adjunct Professor of Geology at the University of Baltimore and the University of Delaware  from 2012 to 2016. Classes taught include:

Lecture:
Historical Geology (GWU)
Environmental Geology (GWU)
Quaternary Environmental Change (GWU)
Earth in Focus (UB)
Disasters: Geology vs Hollywood (Geologic Hazards) (TU)
Evolution and Extinctions (Historical Geology) (TU)

Lab:
Physical Geology (GWU)
Historical Geology (GWU)
General Geology (Physical Geology) (UD)
Geology of the National Parks (TU)
Evolution and Extinctions (Historical Geology) (TU)

I am an earth scientist with a  B.Sc. in Geology and an M.Sc. in Sedimentology and Geomorphology. I graduated with a Ph.D. in Physical Geography (Holocene Environmental Change) from the University of Exeter, UK in 2009. This was followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (2009 - 2011) and then a period as a Smithsonian Research Associate (2011 - 2014) based at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. I have broad research interests in estuarine and fluvial geomorphology, paleohydrology and sedimentology, palaeoecology, biogeochemistry (stable isotopes), alluvial geoarchaeology, and Quaternary landscape/geomorphic evolution. I have specific research interests in the reconstruction of Holocene relative sea-level and estuarine palaeosalinity (and palaeo-river discharge); and in the reconstruction of mid-late Holocene climate variability using various geomorphic, palaeoecological and biogeochemical proxy records (coastal and fluvial environments).

I am currently writing up my PhD and postdoctoral research for publication. Papers for submission will address sea-level change, paleosalinity and climate change, fluvial and estuarine geomorphic evolution, OSL dating, diatom distribution/ecology, and more!....so watch this space!