THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY IS IRELAND'S LEADING BODY OF EXPERTS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann champions research. We identify and recognise Ireland’s world class researchers. We support scholarship and promote awareness of how science and the humanities enrich our lives and benefit society. We believe that good research needs to be promoted, sustained and communicated. The Academy is run by a Council of its members. Membership is by election and considered the highest academic honour in Ireland.

Read more about the RIA
  • Home

Derek William Thomas Jackson

BSc(UU 1990), PhD(UU 1993)

Professor of Coastal Geomorphology UU

Member ScienceElected in 2021

Derek Jackson is a Professor of Coastal Geomorphology at Ulster University and an elected member of the Royal Irish Academy. He is a leading international expert in beach and dune systems, coastal storm impacts and longer-term environmental system dynamics, publishing extensively in these fields. His work focusses on coastal landscape change due to marine (wave) dynamics. His research also examines airflow interaction with sand dune geomorphology on Earth and Mars and is currently examining the aeolian characteristics of the landing site for the 2022 ESA rover mission to Mars. He is President of the Geomorphology Association of Ireland, an Elected Fellow of the British Society for Geomorphology as well as Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Contact information
Directory: Membership, Science Committees, Geography and Geosciences Committee

Support the future of sciences & humanities in Ireland

Make a donation