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Professor in the Department of Geography+44 (0) 191 33 45251
Director & Wilson Chair of Hazard and Risk in the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience+44 (0) 191 33 45251

Biography

Since 1 March 2023, I have been the Wilson Chair of Hazard and Risk, and the Executive Director of the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR), Durham University, where I am also affiliated with the Geography Department.

My research focuses on multi-hazard interrelationships along with single hazard research in landslides, earthquakes, floods and wildfires. Research subthemes include anthropogenic processes, invasive species, time-series analyses, mathematical models, visualization, complexity, confronting models with data, and communicating science.

Previous to coming to Durham University, I received a BA in physics from Reed College (1986), spent two years in the US Peace Corps (1986-1988) as a high-school teacher of chemistry/physics in Niger, West Africa, and three years at Stanford Linear Accelerator (1988-1991) as an accelerator operation and operations engineer. I then received a PhD in geophysics/stratigraphy from Cornell University (1998) working with Terry Jordan and Don Turcotte, after which I was a Fulbright Fellow (1998-1999) studying natural hazards at IANIGLA in Mendoza, Argentina. Most recently (9/2000−2/2023), and the majority of my academic career, I spent a very enjoyable 22.5 years as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader and then Professor of Natural & Environmental Hazards in the Geography Department, King’s College London.

I was President for four years (2007−2011) of the Natural Hazards Division of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), Programme Committee Chair for the EGU General Assembly (2010-2011) and Programme Co-Chair of the AOGS–EGU Conference Series on New Dimensions for Natural Hazards in Asia (2018−2022).

From 2015-2022, I was PI on 6 research grants (£1.9M to KCL, NERC/EC/FCDO/DFID/ESA) and Co-I on 5 research grants (£2.8M to KCL, NERC/EC/ESRC/GCRF), particularly acting as workpackage or theme leader on multi-hazard interrelationships.

I am also executive editor of Natural Hazards & Earth System Sciences (NHESS) and have authorship on >80 peer-review publications with >10,000 citations (Google Scholar) to my publications.

Publications

Chapter in book

  • Self-affine time series: I. Generation and analyses
    Malamud, B., & Turcotte, D. (1999). Self-affine time series: I. Generation and analyses. In R. Dmowska, & B. Saltzman (Eds.), ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICS, VOL 40: LONG-RANGE PERSISTENCE IN GEOPHYSICAL TIME SERIES (1-90). ELSEVIER ACADEMIC PRESS INC

Conference Paper

  • Wildfire Frequency-Area Statistics in Spain
    Moreno, V., Malamud, B., & Chuvieco, E. (2011, December). Wildfire Frequency-Area Statistics in Spain. Presented at SPATIAL STATISTICS 2011: MAPPING GLOBAL CHANGE Twente Univ, Fac Geoinformat Sci \& Earth Observat (ITC); Wageningen Univ; Univ Muenster, SARA BURGERHARTSTRAAT 25, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
  • Models, data and mechanisms: qQuantifying wildfire regimes
    Millington, J. D., Perry, G. L., & Malamud, B. D. (2006, December). Models, data and mechanisms: qQuantifying wildfire regimes. Presented at FRACTAL ANALYSIS FOR NATURAL HAZARDS, UNIT 7, BRASSMILL ENTERPRISE CTR, BRASSMILL LANE, BATH BA1 3JN, AVON, ENGLAND
  • An inverse cascade explanation for the power-law frequency - area statistics of earthquakes, landslides and wildfires
    Malamud, B. D., & Turcotte, D. L. (2006, December). An inverse cascade explanation for the power-law frequency - area statistics of earthquakes, landslides and wildfires. Presented at FRACTAL ANALYSIS FOR NATURAL HAZARDS, UNIT 7, BRASSMILL ENTERPRISE CTR, BRASSMILL LANE, BATH BA1 3JN, AVON, ENGLAND
  • A general landslide distribution applied to a small inventory in Todi, Italy
    Turcotte, D. L., Malamud, B. D., Guzzetti, F., & Reichenbach, P. (2006, December). A general landslide distribution applied to a small inventory in Todi, Italy. Presented at FRACTAL ANALYSIS FOR NATURAL HAZARDS, UNIT 7, BRASSMILL ENTERPRISE CTR, BRASSMILL LANE, BATH BA1 3JN, AVON, ENGLAND
  • Quantifying self-similarity in cardiac inter-beat interval time series
    McSharry, P., & Malamud, B. (2005, December). Quantifying self-similarity in cardiac inter-beat interval time series. Presented at COMPUTERS IN CARDIOLOGY 2005, VOL 32 INSERM; INSA; HCL; UCBL; IEEE; European Soc Cardiol; Reg Council Rhone Alpes; French Minist Hlth \& Res; French Minist Sante Solidarites; French Minist Delegue Rech, 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA

Journal Article