ProfessorPeter Allison
Department of Earth Science & Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
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- Department of Earth Science & Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
- 020 7594 6479 (Work)
- 4.84, Royal School of Mines, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
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Biography
Professor of Earth Sciences: 2013-present
Head of Section (E2M2) 2011-present
Reader: Imperial College 2008-2013
Director of Undergraduate Studies: 2001-2005
Lecturer then Senior Lecturer: Imperial College: 1997-2008
Lecturer University of Reading: 1989-1996
Post-doc Kochi University Japan: 1989
Post-doc University of Washington: 1987-1988
PhD University of Bristol: 1984-1987
Research Interests
Ocean modelling, modern and ancient
Palaeobiology
Fossil preservation
Evolutionary change in benthic faunas
Epi-continental seas
Recent Measures of Esteem
Co-editor (with Dave Bottjer, USC) of "Taphonomy: Bias and Process Through Time (2011) published as part of the "Topics in Geolobioloy Series" (Springer)
SEPM awarded us 'Honorable Mention' (2008) for our paper: Wells, M.R., Allison, P.A., Piggott, M.D., Gorman, G.J., Hampson, G.J., Pain, C.C., and Fang, F., 2007, Numerical modeling of tides in the late Pennsylvanian Midcontinent seaway of North America with implications for hydrography and sedimentation: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 77, p. 843-865.
Guest co-editor of issue 270 (issues 3-4, 2008) of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Biotic Sediment Interactions), pages 217-406.
2006 Invited Key-note speaker 'Palaeogeography and Palaeobiogeography' at Cambridge
2006 Invited Key-note speaker at "The Application of Earth System Modelling to Exploration" Snowbird, USA.
2006 Co-chair 'Epi-continental Seas in the Geological Record' Geological Society of America
2005 Co-chair 'Taphonomy' Geological Society of America
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Professor of Earth Sciences: 2013-present
Head of Section (E2M2) 2011-present
Reader: Imperial College 2008-2013
Director of Undergraduate Studies: 2001-2005
Lecturer then Senior Lecturer: Imperial College: 1997-2008
Lecturer University of Reading: 1989-1996
Post-doc Kochi University Japan: 1989
Post-doc University of Washington: 1987-1988
PhD University of Bristol: 1984-1987
Research Interests
Ocean modelling, modern and ancient
Palaeobiology
Fossil preservation
Evolutionary change in benthic faunas
Epi-continental seas
Recent Measures of Esteem
Co-editor (with Dave Bottjer, USC) of "Taphonomy: Bias and Process Through Time (2011) published as part of the "Topics in Geolobioloy Series" (Springer)
SEPM awarded us 'Honorable Mention' (2008) for our paper: Wells, M.R., Allison, P.A., Piggott, M.D., Gorman, G.J., Hampson, G.J., Pain, C.C., and Fang, F., 2007, Numerical modeling of tides in the late Pennsylvanian Midcontinent seaway of North America with implications for hydrography and sedimentation: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 77, p. 843-865.
Guest co-editor of issue 270 (issues 3-4, 2008) of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Biotic Sediment Interactions), pages 217-406.
2006 Invited Key-note speaker 'Palaeogeography and Palaeobiogeography' at Cambridge
2006 Invited Key-note speaker at "The Application of Earth System Modelling to Exploration" Snowbird, USA.
2006 Co-chair 'Epi-continental Seas in the Geological Record' Geological Society of America
2005 Co-chair 'Taphonomy' Geological Society of America
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