Peter Hogarth

I am currently a PhD research student at the University of Liverpool, studying sea level science under a NERC EAO DTP funded project entitled “Is the rate of coastal sea level rise accelerating? Seeking to answer this deceptively simple but important question is proving to be challenging and enjoyable, and at Liverpool I am fortunate to be able to work with some of the leading scientists in this field, and to have access to the global data archives and records held by the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) and the UK archives of the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), both based in the NOC building in Liverpool.  Although post graduate research is intrinsically very focussed, the DTP also offers a wide range of training and networking opportunities in the UK and abroad. To date I have participated in the Spring school held at the Met. Office in Exeter, have been able to attend relevant lecture courses at the University, and have joined several short NERC or University training courses.

I have a BSc(Hons) in Applied Physics and Mathematics, a Masters in Business Administration (with distinction), I am a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, a Member of the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, and the American Meteorological Society.  I am a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered Physicist. I started my professional career as an analogue electronics design engineer in hydrological and environmental sensor instrumentation before joining Ferranti ORE in Great Yarmouth in 1988.  I then became Engineering Manager and Technical Director in what became GeoAcoustics Ltd. In 2008 I was appointed President of Kongsberg GeoAcoustics Ltd and General Manager of the UK site of the Underwater Mapping division of Kongsberg Maritime, a post I held until the end of 2016.   I had the lead role in the design of several commercially successful sonar systems which have been used for commercial surveys and research from the Arctic to the Antarctic.  I authored or co-authored several papers and articles related to advanced sonar system design and applications, covering bathymetry and backscatter texture analysis. I have wider interests in (amongst other things) environmental science and instrumental data processing, and for a few years I blogged as an author for a leading climate science website. I was sole author of a 2014 JGR research paper quantifying global sea level acceleration which reflects my interest in analysis of historical scientific records.  I had a poster at the 2014 Sea Level conference in Liverpool, and gave a presentation at the 2016 Challenger conference in Liverpool.