Professor Graham K Westbrook PhD
Visiting Professor

Professor Graham K Westbrook is Visiting Professor within Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton.
Degrees
BSc London 1970, 1st class honours Geology
PhD Durham 1974, Marine Geophysics
Posts
1973-1974 Senior Demonstrator, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Durham
1974-1976 Lecturer in Geophysics, Department of Geology, University of Keele
1977-1984 Lecturer in Geophysics (Senior Lecturer 1984), Department of Geological Sciences, University of Durham
1984-2010 Professor of Geophysics, University of Birmingham.
1984-1988 Head of the Department of Geological Sciences
1996-1999 Head of School of Earth Sciences
Temporary and part-time posts
1982 Visiting Research Associate, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, New York, USA.
1985-1991 &1994-2000 Adjunct Senior Research Scientist (part-time) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, New York, USA.
2006 Visiting Research Professor at Institut Universitaire Europeen de la Mer, Université Occidentale de Bretagne, Brest, France.
2009- Visiting Professor, School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton.
2010- Visiting Senior Researcher at Ifremer (Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer), Centre de Brest, France.
2011- Professorial Research Fellow, School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton.
During his academic career, Graham Westbrook has held 28 research grants and contracts and has participated in 23 marine geological and geophysical research cruises. He has taught a wide range of subjects at both BSc and MSc level in the fields of geophysics and tectonics and has supervised 25 research students.