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Favis-Mortlock, David Thomas was born on August 27, 1953 in Romford, Essex, England. Son of Ronald James and Joan Agnes (Favis) Mortlock.
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David Thomas Favis-Mortlock, British geomorphologist. Member International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme-Global change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Soil Erosion Network, British Geomorphological Research Group, British Society for Soil Science (council member since 2000), American Geophysical Union, Soil and Water Conservation Society.
Education
He studied environmental sciences at Lancaster University, graduating in 1975. After several years as a musician, he commenced a Doctor of Philosophy study on soil erosion modeling at Brighton Polytechnic, under the supervision of geomorphologist John Boardman.
Career
Subsequently, he worked with Boardman at the University of Oxford"s Environmental Change Unit (now the Environmental Change Institute). include the first quantitative study of the impact of climate change on soil erosion by water, and a novel modelling study of soil erosion in prehistory together with archaeologist Martin Bell. In 1996 he began work on a self-organising systems model for rill initiation and development, RillGrow. He is also responsible for the Soil Erosion website.
Until 2010 he was a lecturer at Queen"s University Belfast, Northern Ireland.
He has now returned to the Environmental Change Institute. Currently he plays jazz violin with FiddleBop and organises Chippy Jazz and (CJAM) festival in Chipping Norton.
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Membership
Favis-Mortlock was elected a Council Member for the British Society of Soil Science, 2001–2003, and a member of the Executive Committee of the British Geomorphological Research Group, 2003-2006. Favis-Mortlock is also a musician. In 1978 he formed a Banbury-based folk group named after the nearby Rollright Stones, together with Adderbury morris dancer Bryan Sheppard (now a member of The Hookey Band).
