University service (main roles)
2012 - 2018: Associate Dean for Resources, Faculty of Science and Technology, Lancaster University.
2006 - 2009: Head of Department, Department of Environmental Science, Lancaster University.
2002 - 2006: Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Environmental Science, Lancaster University.
2000 - 2006: Chair of Faculty IT Committee, Lancaster University.
1997 - 2006: Director of Studies for BSc Environmental Science, Department of Environmental Science, Lancaster University.
1989 - 2000: Second year tutor for BSc Environmental Science, Department of Environmental Science, Lancaster University.
Editorial boards
2010 - present: Associate Editor, Water Resources Research
2012 - present: Associate Editor, Vadose Zone Journal
2008 - 2009: Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrology
2007: Guest Editor, Vadose Zone Journal special issue on Ground Penetrating Radar
2004: Guest Editor, Vadose Zone Journal special issue on Hydrogeophysics
2003 - 2010: Associate Editor, Vadose Zone Journal
2002 - 2006: Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
2001 - 2004: Associate Editor, Water Resources Research
Research grant panels
2018: Chair, NERC/ESRC Panel on Unconventional Hydrocarbons
2014 - 2017: Member, NERC Pool of Panel Chairs
2003 - 2006: Member, NERC Peer Review College
2000 - 2006: Member, EPSRC Peer Review College
External committee and advisory panel membership
2018: Member, International Evaluation Committee, H+ network of hydrogeological sites in France.
2018: Member, Panel for Evaluation of the Department of Earth Sciences at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2012 - 2017: Member, Wyoming Center for Environmental Hydrology and Geophysics External Advisory Committee
2012 - 2016: Member of Advisory Board, Geoelectrical Imaging for Site Investigation for Urban Underground Infrastructure, Lund University, Sweden
2016 - present: Member of Advisory Board, ENIGMA (European training Network for In situ imaGing of dynaMic processes in heterogeneous subsurfAce environments), Université de Rennes, France
2007 - present: Member of Advisory Board, HOBE Center for Hydrology, University of Copenhagen
2006 - 2008: Chair, Hydrogeophysics Committee, American Geophysical Union
2003 - 2006: Deputy Chair, Hydrogeophysics Committee, American Geophysical Union
2005 - 2008: Member, Near Surface Geophysics Focus Group, American Geophysical Union
2005 - 2008: Member, Hydrological Measurement Facility Geophysics Advisory Group
2001 - 2004: Committee member, Near Surface Geophysics Group, Geol. Soc.
2001: Member, NERC Lowland Catchment Research Technical Expert Committee
Conference organistion
AGU Fall 2010, Hydrogeophysical data fusion and integrated site investigation methods session, lead-convenor, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, 2010.
Integrated Hydrogeophysical Inversion workshop, co-organiser, Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS), Banff, Canada, July 2008.
HydroPredict’2008 conference, member of Scientific Advisory Committee, Prague, 2008.
AGU Fall 2006, Watershed characterisation session, lead-convenor, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, 2006.
Uncertainty in Groundwater Models conference, organiser, Lancaster University, November, 2006.
CMWR XVI, Computational Method in Water Resources, convenor of session on Hydrogeophysical Data Fusion, Copenhagen, June 2006.
AGU Fall 2005, Watershed characterisation session, co-convenor, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, 2005.
EAGE Near Surface 2005, workshop on Hydrogeophysics, lead organiser, Palermo, 2005.
AGU Fall 2004, Hydrogeophysics session, co-convenor, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, 2004.
NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Soil and Groundwater Contamination: Improved Risk Assessment, Member Organising Committee, St. Petersburg, July, 2004.
FEM_MODFLOW, Int. Conf. On "Finite-Element Models, MODFLOW, and More 2004: Solving Groundwater Problems", Member Scientific Advisory Committee, Prague, Sept. 2004.
Chalk Conference, organiser, Geological Society, London, May 2004.
AGU Fall 2003, Hydrogeophysics session co-convenor, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, 2003.
AGU/EGS Spring 2003, Hydrogeophysics session co-convenor, Nice, France, 2003.
Geoscience98, Groundwater Geophysics session co-convenor, Geological Society, Keele University, 1998.
Short courses
Hydrogeophysics, organiser of 3 day PhD course hosted by FIVA, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2010.
Hydrogeophysics, organiser of 3 day PhD course hosted by FIVA, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2006.
Hydrogeophysics - New Geophysical Tools for Hydrological Investigation, Certificate Course, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, May 12-16, 2008.
External examiner
2002 - 2006: External Examiner, BSc Environmental Science, University of Dundee
External examiner for PhD at: ETH Zurich, Switzerland; Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand; Technical University of Berlin; Curtin University, Australia; University of Lausanne, Switzerland; University of Waterloo, Canada; University of Padova, Italy; University of Bonn, Germany; University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA; University of Bochum, Germany.
2012 - 2018: Associate Dean for Resources, Faculty of Science and Technology, Lancaster University.
2006 - 2009: Head of Department, Department of Environmental Science, Lancaster University.
2002 - 2006: Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Environmental Science, Lancaster University.
2000 - 2006: Chair of Faculty IT Committee, Lancaster University.
1997 - 2006: Director of Studies for BSc Environmental Science, Department of Environmental Science, Lancaster University.
1989 - 2000: Second year tutor for BSc Environmental Science, Department of Environmental Science, Lancaster University.
Editorial boards
2010 - present: Associate Editor, Water Resources Research
2012 - present: Associate Editor, Vadose Zone Journal
2008 - 2009: Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrology
2007: Guest Editor, Vadose Zone Journal special issue on Ground Penetrating Radar
2004: Guest Editor, Vadose Zone Journal special issue on Hydrogeophysics
2003 - 2010: Associate Editor, Vadose Zone Journal
2002 - 2006: Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
2001 - 2004: Associate Editor, Water Resources Research
Research grant panels
2018: Chair, NERC/ESRC Panel on Unconventional Hydrocarbons
2014 - 2017: Member, NERC Pool of Panel Chairs
2003 - 2006: Member, NERC Peer Review College
2000 - 2006: Member, EPSRC Peer Review College
External committee and advisory panel membership
2018: Member, International Evaluation Committee, H+ network of hydrogeological sites in France.
2018: Member, Panel for Evaluation of the Department of Earth Sciences at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2012 - 2017: Member, Wyoming Center for Environmental Hydrology and Geophysics External Advisory Committee
2012 - 2016: Member of Advisory Board, Geoelectrical Imaging for Site Investigation for Urban Underground Infrastructure, Lund University, Sweden
2016 - present: Member of Advisory Board, ENIGMA (European training Network for In situ imaGing of dynaMic processes in heterogeneous subsurfAce environments), Université de Rennes, France
2007 - present: Member of Advisory Board, HOBE Center for Hydrology, University of Copenhagen
2006 - 2008: Chair, Hydrogeophysics Committee, American Geophysical Union
2003 - 2006: Deputy Chair, Hydrogeophysics Committee, American Geophysical Union
2005 - 2008: Member, Near Surface Geophysics Focus Group, American Geophysical Union
2005 - 2008: Member, Hydrological Measurement Facility Geophysics Advisory Group
2001 - 2004: Committee member, Near Surface Geophysics Group, Geol. Soc.
2001: Member, NERC Lowland Catchment Research Technical Expert Committee
Conference organistion
AGU Fall 2010, Hydrogeophysical data fusion and integrated site investigation methods session, lead-convenor, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, 2010.
Integrated Hydrogeophysical Inversion workshop, co-organiser, Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS), Banff, Canada, July 2008.
HydroPredict’2008 conference, member of Scientific Advisory Committee, Prague, 2008.
AGU Fall 2006, Watershed characterisation session, lead-convenor, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, 2006.
Uncertainty in Groundwater Models conference, organiser, Lancaster University, November, 2006.
CMWR XVI, Computational Method in Water Resources, convenor of session on Hydrogeophysical Data Fusion, Copenhagen, June 2006.
AGU Fall 2005, Watershed characterisation session, co-convenor, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, 2005.
EAGE Near Surface 2005, workshop on Hydrogeophysics, lead organiser, Palermo, 2005.
AGU Fall 2004, Hydrogeophysics session, co-convenor, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, 2004.
NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Soil and Groundwater Contamination: Improved Risk Assessment, Member Organising Committee, St. Petersburg, July, 2004.
FEM_MODFLOW, Int. Conf. On "Finite-Element Models, MODFLOW, and More 2004: Solving Groundwater Problems", Member Scientific Advisory Committee, Prague, Sept. 2004.
Chalk Conference, organiser, Geological Society, London, May 2004.
AGU Fall 2003, Hydrogeophysics session co-convenor, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, 2003.
AGU/EGS Spring 2003, Hydrogeophysics session co-convenor, Nice, France, 2003.
Geoscience98, Groundwater Geophysics session co-convenor, Geological Society, Keele University, 1998.
Short courses
Hydrogeophysics, organiser of 3 day PhD course hosted by FIVA, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2010.
Hydrogeophysics, organiser of 3 day PhD course hosted by FIVA, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2006.
Hydrogeophysics - New Geophysical Tools for Hydrological Investigation, Certificate Course, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, May 12-16, 2008.
External examiner
2002 - 2006: External Examiner, BSc Environmental Science, University of Dundee
External examiner for PhD at: ETH Zurich, Switzerland; Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand; Technical University of Berlin; Curtin University, Australia; University of Lausanne, Switzerland; University of Waterloo, Canada; University of Padova, Italy; University of Bonn, Germany; University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA; University of Bochum, Germany.