Decisions at 18 2010 - Flexibility for careers of the future20 April 2010 - 22 April 2010

Prof Rob Kemp

Presenter Organisation

Royal Holloway, University of London

Presenter Job

Acting Principal

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Biography

Rob Kemp is the Acting Principal of Royal Holloway, University of London. He joined the Geography Department at Royal Holloway in 1989, was promoted to Professor of Physical Geography in 1999 and was Head of the 5* RAE- rated department from 2001-2004. He became Vice-Principal (Academic Affairs) on 1st August 2006 and Acting Principal on 1st August 2009.

Active in research, Professor Kemp has been concerned with a range of soil-related issues spanning agriculture, sports pitch management and Quaternary Science. Recent Leverhulme and NERC funded projects have focussed on the role of soils in providing information on landscape development, climatic change and pre-Hispanic human activity in South America.

Professor Kemp has been a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Quaternary Research Center at the University of Washington and is closely involved with the Centre for Quaternary Research at RHUL. He currently serves on the Radiocarbon Steering Committee of the Natural Environment Research Council.