Martin Hurst
Senior Lecturer In Landscape Dynamics at University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMartin Hurst is a geomorphologist and Senior Lecturer in Landscape Dynamics at the University of Glasgow with 11 years of professional experience studying how tectonics, climate and storms shape eroding terrestrial and coastal landscapes. He combines quantitative analysis of topography and field observation with numerical modeling and cosmogenic radionuclide geochronometry to reconstruct past rates of change and predict future landscape evolution at human-relevant timescales. His work focuses on tectonically active regions and rapidly eroding coastlines, seeking to infer lost landscape form from the scant physical record those systems leave behind. Trained with a PhD and first-class BSc from the University of Edinburgh, he brings both academic rigor and applied problem-solving from a prior role as a quantitative geomorphologist at the British Geological Survey. He emphasizes translating process understanding into actionable predictions for planning and hazard assessment, including event-to-decadal forecasting. A detail that often goes unnoticed: he explicitly targets the mismatch between long-term geological signals and short-term human-relevant forcings to make his research directly useful for decision-making.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geology/Earth Science, General, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geology/Earth Science, General at The University of Edinburgh
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Github Skills (38)
ecology9
prediction-model9
generated-code9
dynamics8
architecture7
satellite-imagery7
vector7
raster7
python7
high-performance6
statistics6
visualization6
journal6
matplotlib6
cli5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mdhurst1/Rock_Coast_Modelling_Lab
Sep 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:25 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 6 months
mdhurst1/Rocky-Profile-Model
Jul 2021 - Sep 2024
C++ Implementation of Hiro Matsumoto's Shore Platform Numerical Model, underpinned by a Cosmogenic Radionuclide Production Model
Contributions:2 releases, 1 review, 3 PRs in 3 years 2 months
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