The Coastal Processes
Research Group is an internationally recognised group of researchers,
specialising in field studies of coastal processes. We aim to be a
leading contributor to the international research community seeking to
understand and predict the behaviour of coastal and estuarine systems in
support of appropriate management of coastal resources and
activities.
Membership
The group has a membership comprising 9 academics, 4 post-doctoral researchers, 14 PhD students and 2 scientific officers. Since 2006, members of the group have received external funding in excess of £4 million, published over 70 papers in refereed journals. We have an established equipment base valued at over £1 million.
Links
The group has links with researchers in the Marine
Physics Research Group and the Coastal Engineering Research Group via
the Centre for Coastal Science and Engineering (CCOSE) which is at
the heart of the new University of Plymouth Marine Institute. We also
work extensively with researchers in Europe and elsewhere.
Research opportunities
beach morphodynamics and nearshore sediment
transport
coastal erosion and storm
impacts
video monitoring of coastal
systems
coastal process modeling
estuarine processes and evolution
Teaching
Members of the group also contribute significant
proportions of the teaching for several successful undergraduate and
postgraduate programmes including: