John first joined the CRSLR group in August 2008. During his three-year post-doctoral stint at CAU his research focused on non-linear ship wakes and their effect on coastal zones; submarine groundwater discharge and saltwater intrusion in coastal zones; and saltmarsh response to sea level rise.
In 2012, John began a tenure track professorship at Sacred Heart University, in Fairfield, CT USA, during whichtime he helped to re-develop a living shoreline along the coast of Long Island Sound. In 2015, John left the USA for Germany as he missed Kiel and, although he started a mid-sized business in Kiel, he maintained a fairly active teaching and research profile in Dingle, Ireland and Venice, Italy.
John rejoined the Geography Departmen at CAU tin summer 2022 and for two years held the position of interim Professor of Landscape Ecology and Geoinformation. His current research includes working on restoring reconstructed salt marshes in Venice Lagoon in the context of the EU project 'Waterlands' as well as coastal water resource projects in Seychelles,Argentina and the coast of Schleswig-Holstein.
His main research interests include: submarine groundwater discharge,coastal hydrology and hydrogeology,coastal erosion, and really good food.
