Matthew Perks
Senior Lecturer In Physical Geography at Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMatthew Perks is a Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography with nine years of academic experience and a PhD in Fluvial Geomorphology from Durham University. He researches fluvial geomorphology, aquatic pollution and habitat quality, and designs novel monitoring technologies to track transient hydrological and water-quality changes in temperate headwater catchments. His work blends field-scale innovation—low-cost sediment sensors, UAV/TLS surveying and flood hydraulic monitoring—with advanced data science using C++, MATLAB and Python. At Newcastle University he has led projects detecting subtle in-stream nutrient dynamics and characterizing hydro-geomorphological responses to flash floods. He is comfortable translating complex environmental processes into actionable monitoring networks and reproducible analyses. Colleagues describe him as a method-driven geomorphologist who bridges hands-on field experimentation with computational rigor.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Fluvial Geomorphology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Fluvial Geomorphology at University of Durham
Github Skills (10)
cnc-controller8
point-cloud7
surface7
ply6
data-analysis4
computer-graphics4
aws4
3d-printing3
toolbox2
velocity2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
CatchmentSci/Undergrad-Teaching
Dec 2016 - Nov 2021
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
CatchmentSci/livox
Feb 2022 - Jul 2022
Contributions:24 commits, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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