Professor Ian Foster CGeog

Biography

Ian is currently Professor of Geomorphology at the University of Northampton. Previously he was the Director of the School Centre for Environmental Research and Consultancy at Coventry University. He has a BSc in Geography from University of London, Kings College and a PhD from Geography, University of Exeter. Ian’s research focuses on dissolved and sediment-associated contaminant fluxes and pathways in river catchments over the last 100 years. Current research projects include Badia Research and Development Programme; funding from Defra and the UK Environment Agency researching agricultural land drains and roads in relation to sediment and sediment-associated nutrient pathways; a grant from NERC (URGENT Thematic Programme) researching sediment and sediment-associated contaminant fluxes in the river Tame, Birmingham, UK and a NERC grant researching soil erosion and sediment dynamics in the heavily gullied grazing lands of the S African Karoo. Ian has an extensive publications list and has been involved in supervising and examining a large number of PhD theses.