Joseph Holden (geographer)

Joseph Holden
Born (1975-12-26) 26 December 1975 (age 49)
NationalityBritish
Alma materFitzwilliam College, Cambridge (MA)
Durham University (PhD)
AwardsPhilip Leverhulme Prize (2007)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Leeds
ThesisRunoff production in blanket peat covered catchments (2000)
Doctoral advisorTim Burt
Websiteenvironment.leeds.ac.uk/geography/staff/1049/professor-joseph-holden

Joseph Holden FRGS FRMetS (born 26 December 1975) is a British physical geographer who specialises in hydrological research, geomorphology and land management. He is Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Leeds.[1]

Early life and education

Holden was born in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. He read Geography at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, receiving a BA (later upgraded to MA) in 1997 and he subsequently completed his PhD at Durham University in 2000.[2]

Academic career

After finishing his PhD, Holden joined the University of Leeds as a teaching fellow. He became Lecturer in Physical Geography in 2005, Reader the following year and Professor of Physical Geography in 2007. At the time he was the youngest full Professor in the country.[3]

Holden is one of the programme directors of a UK Research and Innovation project looking into river pollution.[4] As of April 2023, his h-index is 64.[5]

Honours

Holden was a recipient of the 2007 Philip Leverhulme Prize and in 2011 was awarded the Gordon Warwick Medal by the British Society for Geomorphology.[6][2]

References

  1. ^ "Professor Joseph Holden". School of Geography, University of Leeds. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b Cleaver, John, ed. (November 2013). "Members' News" (PDF). Journal of the Fitzwilliam Society: 74. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Joe Holden". Yorkshire Integrated Catchment Solutions Programme (iCASP). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  4. ^ Murugesu, Jason Arunn (2 April 2023). "How the UK's rivers are being overlooked and why we need to fix them". New Scientist. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Joseph Holden". Google Scholar. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2007" (PDF). Swansea University. The Leverhulme Trust. 2007. p. 4. Retrieved 26 April 2023.