Dr David Kerridge

Dr David Kerridge Director, Earth Hazards and Observatories

Location: Edinburgh

Tel: 0131 6500 220

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Biography

  •  2013 –present :  Director, Earth Hazards and Observatories
  •  2011 – 2013 :  Director of Geoscience Research
  •  2008 – 2011 :  Head of Earth Hazards and Systems
  •  2000 – 2007 :  Manager, Seismology and Geomagnetism Programme
  •  1997 – 2000 :  Manager, Earthquake and Forensic Seismology and Geomagnetism Group
  •  1992 – 1997 :  Manager, Geomagnetism Group

Awards

  •  2010 :  MBE: services to geophysics
  •  2009 :  Royal Astronomical Society: Award for Services to Geophysics

Skills

  •  Geophysics
  •  Mathematical methods
  •  Science Leadership

Boards and committees

  •  2011 –present :  Member, Natural Hazards Partnership
  •  2010 –present :  Member, Space Environment Impacts Expert Group
  •  2009 –present :  Chair, Scientific Council of the Bureau Central de Magnétisme Terrestre
  •  2008 –present :  Member, INTERMAGNET Executive Council

Professional association

  •  Member of the AGU
  •  Member of the Royal Astronomical Society
  •  2003 – 2008 :  Chair of the Executive Council of INTERMAGNET
  •  1999 – 2003 :  Member of the Executive Committee of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
  •  1999 – 2003 :  President, International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy

Research interests

  •  Geomagnetism — the core field and core processes
  •  Natural hazards and risk
  •  Space weather, seismology, volcanology, earth observation, space geodesy

Published outputs