{"id":20876,"date":"2020-03-05T13:25:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T13:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/williams-christopher\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T09:10:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T09:10:42","slug":"williams-christopher","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/williams-christopher\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Christopher Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"content-section\" id=\"tabs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I oversee the shaping and development of BGS&#8217;s digital geological data pipelines together with the data and analysis related processes that enable data interactivity. My leadership in this area includes developing new ways of working with predominantly geological data, from its initial capture through to refinement. This is central to how\u00a0 BGS delivers one of its core functions as a geological survey &#8211; the capture and provision of geological data and information for a range of potential users and applications, which is directly aligned with the Maps and Models for the 21st Century component of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/bgs-maps-out-priorities-with-five-year-strategy\/\">BGS 2023-2028 strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"content-menu\"><li class=\"active\"><h5><a href=\"#tabs-1\">Biography<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-2\">Research<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-3\">Research and publications<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-4\">Skills &amp; qualifications<\/a><\/h5><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container tabs-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-1\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Christopher Williams&#8217;s Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>2023- ongoing: Head of Digital Mapping, British Geological Survey<\/li>\n<li>2017 \u2013 2023: Geospatial Analysis Lead, British Geological Survey<\/li>\n<li>2014 \u2013 2017 : Postdoctoral Researcher, Glaciology, University of Bristol<\/li>\n<li>2013 \u2013 2014 : Postdoctoral Researcher, Glaciology, Swansea University<\/li>\n<li>2009 \u2013 2013 : PhD, Glaciology, University of Leeds<\/li>\n<li>2006 \u2013 2009 : BSc (Hons), 1st Class, Geography, Newcastle University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-2\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Research interests<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>Systems science &#8211; opportunities for cross-disciplinary data integration<\/li>\n<li>Environmental change and associated impacts (socially, ecologically)<\/li>\n<li>Terrain analysis &#8211; geomorphometrics<\/li>\n<li>Environmental process modelling (space and time)<\/li>\n<li>Quaternary environments and associated processes<\/li>\n<li>Data infrastructure framework and best practice development<\/li>\n<li>2014 \u2013 2017 : <a href=\"https:\/\/zenodo.org\/record\/827347#.WdNHc9go_cs\">Synthetic Channel Mesh development <\/a>(R)<\/li>\n<li>2013 \u2013 2017 : <a href=\"https:\/\/zenodo.org\/record\/830251#.WdNG7Ngo_cs\">Linear Feature Mapper <\/a>(Python)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-3\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p>For a full list of publications, please refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1436-6479%C2%A0\">ORCID<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-4\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>Data and analysis focussed solution architecture<\/li>\n<li>Programme and project management<\/li>\n<li>Geospatial analytics and programming<\/li>\n<li>Environmental numerical modelling<\/li>\n<li>Field based environmental data collection techniques<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":59806,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"70879,82598,91715,68790,100916,80413","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"tags":[],"bgs_role":[1515],"level":[],"location":[154],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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