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Colin Thorne
BornSeptember 1952 (age 71)
Alma materUniversity of East Anglia
AwardsBack Award (2016)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Nottingham
Queen Mary University of London
Colorado State University
ThesisProcesses of Bank Erosion in River Channels (1978)
Doctoral advisorRichard Hey

Colin Reginald Thorne (born September 1952) is Chair of Physical Geography at the University of Nottingham.[1] A fluvial geomorphologist with an educational background in environmental sciences, civil engineering and physical geography; he has published 9 books and over 120 journal papers and book chapters.[2]

He was educated at Kelvin Hall School and the University of East Anglia (BSc; PhD, 1978).[3] He was awarded the Collingwood Prize by The American Society of Civil Engineers in 1986[4] and the Back Award of the Royal Geographical Society in 2016.[5]

Colin has been heavily involved in governmental policy including leading the geomorphology work package in the UK's Foresight flood and coastal defence project.[6] He has also sat on the government's SAGE advisory group after the UK Floods.[7] Professor Colin Thorne's research has also had public impact in the Costa Rica vs. Nicaragua International Court of Justice case, where Colin acted as an expert witness.[8]

During a career spanning four decades, has held academic posts at UEA, Colorado State University, the USDA National Sedimentation Laboratory, USACE Waterways Experiment Station, NOAA Fisheries, and the University of Nottingham. He is also a Concurrent Professor at Nanjing University and an Affiliate Professor at Colorado State University.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Colin Thorne". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Colin R. Thorne - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Colin Thorne" (PDF). Kelvin Hall School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Collingwood Prize | ASCE | Past Award Winners". www.asce.org. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  5. ^ "2016 medals and awards recipients announced". Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  6. ^ Office of National Statistics. (2004). Future Flooding: executive summary. Available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/300332/04-947-flooding-summary.pdf Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  7. ^ SAGE. (2014) "Minute of 2nd SAGE Meeting 19 February 2014". Available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383998/sage-minutes-19-february-2014.pdf Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  8. ^ International Court of Justice. (2014) "Dispute concerning construction of a road in Costa Rica along the San Juan River (Nicaragua v. Costa Rica)" Available at: https://www.icj-cij.org/files/case-related/152/18534.pdf Retrieved 2020-06-05.

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