Christopher Williams Geospatial analysis lead

Dr Christopher Williams

Geospatial analysis lead
BGS Keyworth
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Christopher Williams’s Biography

  • 2017 – ongoing : Geospatial Analysis Lead, British Geological Survey
  • 2014 – 2017 : Postdoctoral Researcher, Glaciology, University of Bristol
  • 2013 – 2014 : Postdoctoral Researcher, Glaciology, Swansea University
  • 2009 – 2013 : PhD, Glaciology, University of Leeds
  • 2006 – 2009 : BSc (Hons), 1st Class, Geography, Newcastle University

Research interests

  • Systems science – opportunities for cross-disciplinary data integration
  • Environmental change and associated impacts (socially, ecologically)
  • Terrain analysis – geomorphometrics
  • Environmental process modelling (space and time)
  • Quaternary environments and associated processes
  • Data infrastructure framework and best practice development
  • 2014 – 2017 : Synthetic Channel Mesh development (R)
  • 2013 – 2017 : Linear Feature Mapper (Python)

Key papers

Published work

ORCID

Open source software

2014 – 2017 : Synthetic Channel Mesh development (R)
2013 – 2017 : Linear Feature Mapper (Python)

Blogs

GeoCode (My personal geo-related blog)

Skills

  • Geospatial analysis (QGIS, ArcGIS, GDAL/OGR, SAGA, GRASS)
  • Programming/scripting (Python, R)
  • Data cleaning, integration and manipulation (including vector/raster)
  • Numerical modelling (environmental, statistics)
  • Field based data collection techniques in geomorphology/glaciology/hydrology
  • Project management

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