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Katie Whitbread’s Biography

• 2005 – ongoing : Geologist, British Geological survey
• 2017 – Dec 2022 : National Geological Model – Project Manager
• 2012 : PhD University of Glasgow (Fluvial geomorphology)
• 2005 : MSci Geological Sciences, University of Cambridge
• 2004 : BA (Hons) Natural sciences, University of Cambridge

Research interests

• Innovation in data analytics for shallow geological characterisation
• 3D geological modelling systems, processes and infrastructures
• Quaternary geomorphology – glacial, river and slope processes
• Fluvial geomorphology, sediment connectivity and catchment processes

Current projects and collaborations

• 2021 – ongoing: Urban Interactive Models Tool – development of tools for delivery of urban models via the BGS GeoIndex (NGM – Digital – Urban Geoscience)
• 2021 – ongoing: Shallow geological characterisation for groundwater management (commercial commissioned research) – application of mapping and data analytics approaches for superficial geological characterisation to inform recharge modelling and catchment management
• 2019 – ongoing: UK Earth Model – development of the geological structural framework model for the UK
• 2018 – ongoing: Rock@Surface – mapping upland superficial deposit coverage using machine learning (innovation project) (NGM funded – Digital collaboration)
• 2015 – 2018: Sediment connectivity in rural and urban catchments. Eddlestone Water Project, Wild Trout Trust, Tweed Forum
• 2015 –2017 : 21st Century Roadmap: Palaeozoic stratigraphy and palaeogeography of North East Scotland and the Northern North Sea (Industry commissioned research)

Commissioned reports

Key papers

• Palamakumbura, R, Krabbendam, M, Whitbread, K, and Arnhardt, C. 2020. . Solid Earth, 11 (5). 1731-1746.
• Whitbread K, Kessler H, Kearsey K, and Terrington R. 2019. , K E MacCormack, R C Berg, H Kessler, H A J Russell, L H Thorleifson (ed.). Alberta Energy Regulator / Alberta Geological Survey, AER/AGS Special Report 112, p 266-277.
• Kearsey, T I, Whitbread, K, Arkley, S L B, Finlayson, A, Monaghan, A A, McLean, W S, Terrington, R L, Callaghan, E, Millward, D, and Campbell, S D G. 2019. Creation and delivery of a complex 3D geological survey for the Glasgow area and its application to urban geology. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 108(2-3), 123-140.
• Kearsey, T I, Millward, D, Ellen, R, Whitbread, K, and Monaghan, A A. 2018. . Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 471.
• Whitbread, K, Jansen, J, Bishop, P, and Attal, M. 2015. . Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface.
• Whitbread, K. 2012. . Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.
• Finlayson, A, Merritt, J, Browne, M, Merritt, J, McMillan, A, and Whitbread, K. 2010. . Quaternary Science Reviews, 29 (7-8). 969-988.

Selected reports

• Whitbread K, and Ritchie C. 2018. Regional Geological Visualisation Models. 51���� Open Report, OR/18/046. 13pp.
• Whitbread, K. 2015. . 51���� Commissioned Report, CR/15/128. 53 pp.
• Whitbread, K, Ellen, R, Callaghan, E, Gordon, J E, and Arkley, S. 2015. . 51���� Open Report, OR/14/063, 191pp.
• Monaghan, A, Arkley, S, Whitbread, K, McCormac, M, and Lawrence, D J D. 2014. . Version 3. 51���� Open Report, OR/14/013, 31pp.
• Whitbread, K, and Arkley, S. 2013. . 51���� Commercial Report, CR/13/022. 128pp.

Skills

• Quaternary geology and fluvial geomorphology
• Quantitative geomorphology and data analytics
• ArcGIS, 3D geological modelling and digital mapping
• Geological surveying (superficial deposits and bedrock)
• Geodiversity and geoheritage auditing
• Geoscience communication