Mr Oliver Tomlinson

Faculty: Education, Health and Sciences

School: School of Science

Subject Area: Geographical, Earth and Environmental Sciences

I am the Assistant Subject Manager in Geographical, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES) with overall responsibility for all GEES undergraduate provision. I line manage a number of acadmeic staff and I am Programme Leader for undergraduate programmes in Geography on which I also teach.

Teaching responsibilities

Senior Lecturer in Geography mainly specialising in cartography, photogrammetry, remote sensing and GIS.

Professional interests

I do consultancy via the Centre for Land Evaluation & Management (CLEM) for whom I provide surveying, mapping and surface modelling expertise for projects like flood risk assessment. I also act in an advisory, training and/or consultancy capacity for SMEs and charitable organisations etc in the use / adoption of GIS and related technologies (such as GPS) and/or aid them in getting the most out of their geospatial data. Recently for example I provided database processing services and technical advice on database management and analysis for Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.

Research interests

My research has tended to focus on the application / use of GIS. Examples include flood risk assessment, forecasting population growth and looking at the relationships between census and health data.

Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Undergraduate qualifications

• BSc (Hons) Geography and Biology, Oxford Polytechnic

Postgraduate qualifications

• MSc GIS, University of Nottingham
• PG Cert Professional Practice in Education, University of Derby

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