Professor John Woodward

Pro Vice-Chancellor

Department: Geography and Environmental Sciences

Faculty Pro-Vice-Chancellor - present
Faculty Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation) - to 2018
Associate Dean Research and Innovation, 2013-present.
Professor of Physical Geography, Northumbria University, 2012–present.
Director of Research, Department of Geography, 2010-2013.
Reader in Physical Geography, Northumbria University, 2008–2012.
Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Northumbria University, 2003–2008.
Research Associate, British Antarctic Survey, 2002-2003.
Lecturer in Physical Geography, Brunel University, 2001-2002.
PDRA, University of Leeds, 2000-2001.
PhD, University of Leeds, 1996-2000.
MSc, University of Alberta, Canada, 1994-1996.
BSc, University of Leeds and University of Liege, Belgium, 1991-1994.

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Key Publications

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Arctic transport of North American and Canadian wildfire aerosols, McCerery, R., Namdeo, A., Malard, L., Woodward, J., Pearce, D. 8 Aug 2026, In: Atmospheric Environment
Retreat and volume loss of two rapidly vanishing Svalbard glaciers since 1938: Elsabreen and Ferdinandbreen, Petuniabukta, McCerery, B., Lovell, H., King, O., Davies, B., Boston, C., Małecki, J., Carrivick, J., Woodward, J. 1 Jan 2026, In: Annals of Glaciology
Synchronous Holocene thinning of Pine Island Glacier and its tributaries influenced by ice-shelf unpinning, Johnson, J., Peters, S., Nichols, K., Halberstadt, A., Brown, K., Rood, D., Wilcken, K., Bett, D., Adams, J., Balco, G., Woodward, J. 11 Aug 2026, In: Nature Communications
Assessing the suitability of sites near Pine Island Glacier for subglacial bedrock drilling aimed at detecting Holocene retreat–readvance, Johnson, J., Woodward, J., Nesbitt, I., Winter, K., Campbell, S., Nichols, K., Venturelli, R., Braddock, S., Goehring, B., Hall, B., Rood, D., Balco, G. 24 Jan 2025, In: The Cryosphere
Exploring short‐term rockfall inventories in deglaciating catchments: From evidencing glacial history to modelling rockfall runout, Stewart, R., Westoby, M., Dunning, S., Rowan, A., Woodward, J. Dec 2025, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Glacial geology of the Hudson Mountains, Amundsen Sea sector, West Antarctica, Johnson, J., Nichols, K., Riley, T., Venturelli, R., Hodgson, D., Balco, G., Hall, B., Smith, J., Woodward, J. 15 Feb 2025, In: Quaternary Science Reviews
Landsystem models from remote and field based geomorphological mapping reveal diverse glacier dynamics on Svalbard, McCerery, R., Davies, B., Lovell, H., Calvo-Ryan, R., Pearce, D., Małecki, J., Woodward, J. 1 Sep 2025, In: Geomorphology
Lessons learned from shallow subglacial bedrock drilling campaigns in Antarctica, Braddock, S., Venturelli, R., Nichols, K., Moravec, E., Boeckmann, G., Campbell, S., Balco, G., Ackert, R., Small, D., Johnson, J., Dunbar, N., Woodward, J., Mukhopadhyay, S., Goehring, B. 1 Jan 2025, In: Annals of Glaciology
Microbial communities in sediments from different landform systems, Svalbard, McCerery, R., Woodward, J., Fernández Juliá, P., Calvo-Ryan, R., Muñoz-Muñoz, J., Davies, B., Pearce, D. Oct 2025, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
Preparation protocol for epifluorescence microscopy when working close to the detection limit, McCerery, R., Hall, L., Omanakuttan, J., Chai, H., Lawrence, J., Woodward, J., Pearce, D. 1 Mar 2025, In: Letters in Applied Microbiology