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John Howe joined the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in 1998 moving to
Oban from a post-doctoral research post with the British Antarctic Survey. He has a PhD
from the University of Southampton in marine geology and a degree in Geology from Derby
University. In his current role of Senior Lecturer in Marine Geology he has been head of the
Biogeochemistry and Earth Sciences department, is currently Degree Program Leader and is
supervisor for a number of research students. Currently he sits on the steering group of the
Marie Curie International Training Network (ITN) Glaciated North Atlantic Margins
(GLANAM) project and the NERC National Capability Marine Environmental Mapping
Program (MAREMAP). His research focus is on marine geomorphology and habitat mapping,
Quaternary ice sheet history, glaciomarine environments and the use of autonomous
underwater vehicles in marine mapping. He has worked in the Arctic and Antarctic
examining marine sediments as archives of long-term environmental change. He has 91
published outputs from peer-reviewed science papers to magazine articles and book
chapters. Current projects include the use of AUV’s in the Arctic and in the Patagonian fjord
region of Chile. He is a keen sub-aqua diver, and is a scientific diver with the National Facility
for Scientific Diving at SAMS as well as helping to run the student diving club.