Professor

Bio

Professor Terry joined Zayed University in 2014.  Before that, he previously held academic positions at the University of Exeter (UK), the University of the South Pacific (Fiji), Kagoshima University (Japan) and the National University of Singapore (Singapore). As a field-based geoscientist, he has over three decades of research experience in the Asia–Pacific and Arabian–Mediterranean regions.  His current work mainly investigates earth surface processes, in particular those causing natural hazards and posing disaster risk. He is an Assistant Editor on the boards of the journals Geoscience Letters and Natural Hazards, both published by Springer Nature.  Past professional responsibilities have included elected Treasurer of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), founding President of the Interdisciplinary Geosciences section of the AOGS, and Chair of the Steering Group on Natural Hazards & Disaster Risk for the International Council of Science Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ICSU-ROAP), formerly hosted by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia. He currently serves as the Chair of the International Advisory Board for the International Centre of Excellence for Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR ICoE-Taipei), hosted by Academia Sinica in Taiwan.

Office

Dubai Academic City, Dean's Office

Phone:

+971-4-402 1744

Email:

Teaching Areas

Earth Systems

Geosciences

Environmental Hazards

Field Studies

Research and Professional Activities

Climatology, Hydrology, Geomorphology, Natural Hazards