Chris Hackney

Chris Hackney is a NUAcT fellow in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology. He obtained his PhD from the University of Southampton in 2013 and was a PDRA on a NERC funded research project investigating sediment transport and erosion in large alluvial rivers until 2015. He then moved to the University of Hull where he was a research fellow until 2020.

Chris researches sediment and water transport through river and delta systems, particularly in South East Asian deltas such as the Mekong, Red and Irrawaddy systems. He is interested in the way that humans are impacting natural fluvial processes, with a particular focus on sand mining, and how these impacts ultimately affect the populations and communities which make deltaic regions their home. He is a National Geographic Explorer, co-leading the Rivers of Plastic project.

Joined 2022

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