Dr John Hillier M. A. (Cantab), M.Sci, DPhil (Oxford)

Lecturer in GIS - Physical Geography

Email: J.Hillier@lboro.ac.uk

Tel : +44 (0)1509 223727
Fax: +44 (0)1509 223930

Room NN.111e, Martin Hall , East Park

Career

2010 – Lecturer in GIS
2008 – 2010 Catastrophe Modeller, Zurich Insurance.
2005 – 2008 Bibby Research Fellow, Cambridge.

Web Pages

Home Page
Academia.edu

Research Interests

I am a physical geographer whose research interests overlap with the geological. My geo-morphological work develops algorithms and novel methods in quantitative geomorphology to investigate active and Quaternary Earth processes. In conjunction with the insurance industry, my work on catastrophes aims to better understand the perils and methods to quantify them. There are currently several foci to these interests:

Catastrophe Modelling: Currently catastrophe models are GIS systems treat perils as independent, only accounting in a limited fashion for intra-annual clustering and interrelations between the perils. I am interested in investigating these interactions in the Earth System, and implementing them in models.

Geomorphology: I am interested in objectively and robustly quantifying glacial landforms such as drumlins, in order to investigate glacial processes.

Deep Marine Geophysics: The shape of the Pacific seafloor contains information about i) how the tectonic plates form and age ii) how the deep Earth flows, melts and erupts iii) what it takes to sink a coral atoll. Through quantitative analysis, I aim to use form to constrain process.

Associations

CHES – Centre for Hydrological and Ecosystem Science
PARC – Polar and Alpine Research Centre

Undergraduate Teaching

GYA003 – Quantitative Methods in Geography

GYA006 Practicing Geography - Residential Fieldcourse

GYA110/112 Environmental Hazards: From Mitigation to Management

GYP036 – Natural Hazard and Catastrophe Modelling for Environmental Management

Peer-reviewed Journal Publications

Citation Information:

Croon, M. B., Hillier, J. K. & Sclater J. (2011) Comment on “Mantle flow drives the subsidence of oceanic plates” Science 331 1011 doi:10.1126/science.1193587.

Sparkes, R., Tilmann, F., Hovius, N., Hillier, J. K., (2010) Subducted seafloor relief stops rupture in South American great earthquakes: Implications for rupture behaviour in the 2010 Maule, Chile earthquake. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 298 89-94 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.07.029.

Hillier, J. K., (2010) The Subsidence of ‘Normal’ Seafloor: Observations do Indicate ‘Flattening’ J. Geophys. Res. 115, B03102, doi:10.1029/2008JB005994.

Hillier, J.K., Smith, M. (2008) Regional-Residual Separation; Strengthening the Signal and Visualizing Glacial Lineaments. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 33, 2266-2276 doi: 10.1002/esp.1659.

Hillier, J. K., Tilmann, F., Hovius, N., (2008) Submarine geomorphology: New views on an 'unseen' landscape, Basin Research 20, 467-472.

Hillier, J. K., (2008) Seamount (submarine volcano) detection and isolation with a modified wavelet transform, Basin Research 20, 555-573.

Hillier, J. K., Bunbury, J, Graham, A, (2007) Monuments on a Migrating Nile. Journal of Archaeological Science, 34 1011-1015 doi:10.1016/j.jas.2006.09.011.

Hillier, J.K., Watts, A.B. (2007) Global Distribution of Seamounts From Ship-Track Bathymetry Data. Geophys. Res. Lett, 34, L113304, doi:10.1029/2007GL029874.

Hillier, J. K. (2007) Seamount Volcanism in Space and Time. Geophys. J. Int. 168(2) 877-889 doi:10.1111/j.1365-246-X.2006.03250.x.

Hillier, J.K., Watts, A.B. (2005) The Relationship Between Depth and Age in the North Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 110 B02405, doi:10.1029/2004JB003406.

Hillier, J.K., Watts, A.B. (2004). Plate-like subsidence of the East Pacific Rise - South Pacific Superswell system. J. Geophys. Res., 109 B10102, doi:10.1029/2004JB003041.