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 13 academics, 4 post-doctoral researchers, 14 PhD students and 1 scientific officer. Since 2006, members of the group have received external funding in excess of £2.4 million, published over 75 papers in refereed journals and presented over 25 papers at major international conferences. We have an established equipment base with value in excess of £400,000.
Links
The group has links with researchers in the Shelf Sea Oceanography 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 and cohesive sediment dynamics
water column turbulence and mixing
Teaching
Members of the group also contribute significant proportions of the teaching for several successful undergraduate and postgraduate programmes including:
