Professor Andrew Cooper

Professor of Coastal Studies

School of Geog & Environmental Scs

Coleraine campus

Room G262,
Cromore Road,
Coleraine,
Co. Londonderry,
BT52 1SA,

Environmental Sciences Research

Professor of Coastal Studies

Professor Andrew Cooper


Overview

Education

PhD Geology, University of Natal, 1991

MSc Geology, University of Natal, 1987

BSc Geology, Queen’s University, Belfast 1984

Teaching interests

Andrew teaches on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules on the geography and environmental science degree programmes. He is Course Director for the Pg.Dip/MSc in Coastal Zone Management.

Research interests

Andrew works in areas of coastal environmental change at various temporal scales, from the Quaternary through to short-term changes.  He has a diverse range of interests in the geomorphology and sedimentology of estuaries, lagoons, beaches and dunes and rocky coasts.

He has published on coastal environments worldwide and is interested in how scientific understanding of ‘how coasts work’ can be applied to practical aspects of coastal management.