Students

Under the UK system, a Ph.D. student typically has just two supervisors. This section includes details of career destinations of the Ph.D. students that I have supervised, and their contribution to academia and professional practice. To date, only five students (including two second supervisions) have not delivered acceptable theses within the normal registration periods.

1. 2023- Michael Hsiao, ESRC and industry funded, principal supervisor. (Intending Ph.D.)

2. 2022- Mikaella Mavrogeni, ESRC and industry funded, principal supervisor. (Intending Ph.D.)

3. 2021- Shunya Kimura, ESRC and charity funded, principal supervisor. (Intending Ph.D.)

4. 2020- Louise Sieg, ESRC and industry funded, second supervisor. (Intending Ph.D.)

5. 2020-24 Nikki Tanu, ESRC and industry funded, principal supervisor. MPhil awarded 2024.

6. 2019-2024 Jason Tang, ESRC and industry funded, second supervisor. Ph.D. submitted 2024. Subsequently retail industry consultant, CACI Ltd.

7. 2019-23 Abigail Hill, ESRC and industry funded, second supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2023. Subsequently Research Officer, University of Bristol.

8. 2019-24 Byeonghwa Jeong, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2023. Subsequently Research Officer, University of Toronto.

9. 2019-24 Jakub Wyszomiersk, ESRC and industry funded, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2024. Subsequently Researcher with Centre for Statistical Information Science, Główny Urząd Statystyczny, Poland.

10. 2018- 23 James Todd, ESRC and industry funded, second supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2023. Subsequently Data Analyst with Geolytix.

11. 2018-23 Alfred Long, ESRC and industry funded, principal supervisor. Ph.D awarded 2023. Subsequently transport and telecoms (BT) consultant.

12. 2017- 21 Terje Trasberg, ESRC and industry funded, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2021. Subsequently Team Leader with Statistics Estonia.

13. 2017-21 Markus Löning, ESRC and industry funded, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2021. Subsequently business analyst.

14. 2017-20 Ffion Carney, ESRC and industry funded, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2020. Subsequently postdoctoral researcher, UCL.

15. 2016-19 Karlo Lugomer, ESRC and industry funded, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2019. Subsequently retail industry consultant.

16. 2016-19 Balamurugan Soundararaj, ESRC and industry funded, second supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2019. Subsequently postdoctoral researcher at the University of New South Wales.

17. 2015-19 Tim Rains, research grant/industry funded, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2019. Currently senior store location analyst, J. Sainsbury Plc.

18. 2015-18 Anastasia Ushakova, ESRC and industry funded, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2018. Subsequenly lecturer at Edinburgh and then Lancaster University.

19. 2015-16 Chrysanthi Kollia, ESRC and industry funded, principal supervisor. M.Res awarded 2016.

20. 2014-15 Syed Uddin, ESRC funded, principal supervisor. M.Res. awarded 2015.

21. 2014-18 Guy Lansley. Academic staff part time registration, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2018. Subsequently postdoctoral researcher and senior analyst at Barclays Plc Data and Analytics Centre of Excellence.

22. 2013-14 Adrian Manning, part-time, principal supervisor. Withdrew for family reasons.

23. 2013-18 Kira Kempinska, EPSRC DTC award, second supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2019. Subsequently lecturer, UCL.

24. 2012-17 Alistair Leak, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory funded (4 year) award, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2017. Subsequently postdoctoral researcher, UCL.

25. 2012-13 Matthew Pratt. ESRC DTC/collaborative award, principal supervisor. (Withdrew 2013 for employment related to research topic)

26. 2012-15 Jens Kandt. ESRC DTC Award, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2015. Subsequently postdoctoral researcher, and then lecturer, UCL.

27. 2011-18 Melanie Bosredon. Research grant funded, second supervisor. No award.

28. 2011-14 Kallum Dhillon. ESRC DTC Award, second supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2015. Subsequently research analyst, Ministry of Defence.

29. 2010-14 Christopher Gale. UCL Impact Award, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2014. Subsequently Postdoctoral Researcher, UCL, then Senior Research Assistant, Southampton University. Currently Head of Geospatial Analysis and Capability, Office for National Statistics.

30. 2009-10 Nahid Mohajeri. Self-funded, principal supervisor. Transferred to new supervisor to pursue refocused research interests. Ph.D. awarded 2013.

31. 2008-12 Paul Richards. ESRC CASE award, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2013. Subsequently Lecturer in GIS, Kingston University. Currently Statistical Analyst, UK Office for National Statistics.

32. 2008-11 Daniel Lewis. ESRC CASE award, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2012. Subsequently postdoctoral research fellow, QMW and LSHTM London.

33. 2008-11 James Cheshire. ESRC CASE award, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2011. Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, in Spatial Analysis, UCL. Subsequently Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography, UCL.

34. 2008-11 Muhammad Adnan. Research grant funded, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2011. Subsequently Research Analyst, LFG Ltd., and part time postdoctoral researcher, UCL, then Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UC, then Data Scientist for Shell Plc, then Senior Retail Analyst at Marks and Spencer Plc. Currently  Senior Data Scientist, Roads and Transport Authority, Dubai, UAE.

35. 2007-14 Spencer Chainey. Academic staff part time registration, second supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2014.

36. 2007-14 Amon Boontore. Royal Thai Government Scholarship funded, second supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2014. Subsequently Lecturer, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand.

37. 2006-8 Dr. Maurizio Gibin. Research grant funded, principal supervisor. (Refocused on research papers 2008, following appointment as Lecturer in Geography, University of London, Birkbeck College). Currently Scientific Officer, Joint Research Centre, European Commission Science Service.

38. 2005-9 Catherine Lowe. ESRC competition award, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2010. Subsequently analyst, Aon Benfield Analytics.

39. 2005-8 Jakob Petersen. Research grant funded, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2008. Subsequently pharmaco-epidemiologist, National Health Service. Currently Research Data Manager, Institute for Economic and Social Research, University of Essex.

40. 2005-14 Miles Davis. ESRC funded, second supervisor. No award.

41. 2004-8 Kate Jones. Research grant funded (full time), principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2008. Subsequently Research Associate, UCL, then Lecturer in Geography, Portsmouth University, then Senior Researcher, Université du Luxembourg.

42. 2004-7 Pablo Mateos. Research grant funded (full time), principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2007. Subsequently ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow and then Lecturer in Geography, UCL. Currently Associate Professor, University of Guadalajara.

43. 2004-7 Hanif Rahemtulla. ESRC competition award, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2008. Subsequently Research Officer, Université Laval. Currently Seonior Research Officer, the World Bank.

44. 2003-7 Christian Castle. Research grant funded/ESRC CASE award, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2007. Subsequently transport planning consultant.

45. 2003-6 Andrew Crooks. ESRC CASE award, second supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2007. Subsequently Research Scientist, Greater London Authority and then Assistant and then Associate Professor in Geography, George Mason University.

46. 2002-7 Alex Singleton. Research grant funded (full/part time), principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2007. Subsequently Research Officer, UCL and currently Professor of Geographic Information Science, University of Liverpool.

47. 2002-5 Joana Simoes. Portuguese Government scholarship, second supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2006. Subsequently software developer, Brunel University.

48. 2002-4 Ozlem Sahbaz. Research grant funded (part time) second supervisor until inter-departmental transfer in 2004. No award

49. 2002-5 John Ward. ESRC CASE award, second supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2007. Subsequently Research Officer and Senior Research Fellow, the Bartlett School, UCL.

50. 2002-5 Aidan Slingsby. ESRC CASE award, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2006. Subsequently Postdoctoral Research Fellow, then Lecturer in Visual and Analytical Computing, (London) City University.

51. 2002-5 David Ashby. ESRC CASE award, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2006. Subsequently Business Development Manager, UCL Business Plc. Then Director of Informatics, Dr. Foster (Research) Ltd. Currently Team Leader, NHS England.

52. 2002-5 Tessa Anderson. ESRC CASE award, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2006. Subsequently Lecturer in Geography, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, then University of Queensland, Hong Kong University and Technical University of Denmark.

53. 2001-5 Sinesio Alves Jnr. Brazilian Government Scholarship, second supervisor. No thesis submitted. Subsequently, inter alia, Computer Officer at UCL.

54. 2001-6 Nancy Chin. Research grant funded (part time), second supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2006. Subsequently senior civil servant.

55. 2001-4 Sarah Smith. Ordnance Survey funded, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2005. Subsequently research analyst, Ordnance Survey (Great Britain) and then Research Fellow in Civil Engineering and Geosciences, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

56. 2001-4 Torsten Schietzelt. ESRC CASE award, second supervisor. No thesis submitted. Subsequently ad hoc lecturer, the Bartlett School, UCL.

57. 2001-4 (Lily) Chao Li. ESRC competition award, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2005. Subsequently ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UCL.

58. 2001-3 Ian Greatbatch. Research grant funded, principal supervisor for part of study period only. M.Sc. awarded 2007. Currently Senior lecturer, School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, Kingston University.

59. 2001-4 Daryl Lloyd. ESRC CASE award, second supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2005. Subsequently senior research analyst at ODPM and the Cabinet Office.

60. 2001-3 Mike de Smith. Self-funded, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2004. Subsequently self-employed consultant.

61. 2000-3 Paul Torrens. ESRC competition award, second supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2003. Subsequently Assistant Professor, University of Utah then Associate Professor in Geography, Arizona State University, then Professor, University of Maryland. Currently Professor of Urban Informatics, New York University.

62. 2000-3 Carolina Tobon. UCL Teaching Assistantship, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2003. Subsequently GIS analyst for ESRI (UK) Ltd. and then software developer.

63. 1998-2001 William Grey. NERC award, external supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 2002. Subsequently Research Fellow, Department of Geography, Swansea University.

64. 1998-9 Emma Roe. ESRC award, principal supervisor until 1999 and remained in Bristol after my move to UCL. Ph.D. awarded 2002. Currently Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Southampton.

65.  1996-9 Richard Harris. ESRC award, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 1999. Subsequently Research Assistant, University of Bristol. Currently Professor of Quantitative and Social Geography, University of Bristol.

66. 1993-6 Scott Orford.  ESRC award, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 1997. Subsequently Computer Officer, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, and currently Professor in Spatial Analysis and GIS, Cardiff University.

67. 1991-94 Victor Mesev.  SERC award, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 1995. Subsequently ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Bristol. Currently Chair, University of Florida, Tallahassee.

68. 1990-93 Myles Gould.  SERC award, principal supervisor. Ph.D. awarded 1996. Currently Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Leeds.

69. 1987-89 Simon Thompson. SERC award, principal supervisor. M.Sc awarded 1990. Subsequently senior manager with GENAMAP GIS and most recently Commercial Business Industry Solutions Manager, ESRI Inc., Redlands, CA.

Professor of Geographic Information Science, University College London