Lynne Frostick Explained

Lynne Frostick
Birth Name:Lynne Frostick
Birth Date:1949 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Gillingham, England
Citizenship:British
Work Institutions:University of Hull
Education:Dartford Grammar School
Alma Mater:University of Leicester
University of East Anglia (PhD)
Thesis Title:Sediment Studies in the Deben Estuary, Suffolk, England
Thesis Url:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.456026
Thesis Year:1975
Prizes:Lyell Medal (2024)

Lynne Elizabeth Frostick (born 2 February 1949) is a chartered British geographer and geologist. She was a professor of Physical Geography at the University of Hull until 2014.

Her research interests include sediment and flow dynamics in rivers and estuaries and the interdisciplinary problems associated with waste. The physical modelling facility she has developed at The Deep is part of the EU HYDRALAB project.[1]

Her activities outside of the university have included a seat on the editorial board of The Geographical Journal and chairing the government's Expert Group for Women in STEM. Frostick is on the chair of the British Society for Geomorphology. She is a member of the government's science careers expert group.[2] In 2009 she received a UKRC Women of Outstanding Achievement Award. Frostick has published over one hundred papers and books, crossing disciplines including physics, mathematics and hydraulic engineering,[3] [4] as well as rift valleys,[5] and sedimentology.[6] [7] She is currently a board member on the Environment Agency Board for Flood and Risk Coastal Risk Management. The Agency Board takes a cohesive approach to environmental protection and maintenance in England. Frostick applies her background in geology and environmental science to promote the well-being of others and the environment.

Education

Frostick was educated at Dartford Grammar School for Girls for Secondary School from 1960 to 1966. She then attended the University of Leicester (BSc Geology, 1970), and completed her PhD in 1975 at the University of East Anglia with a thesis entitled "Sediment Studies in the Deben Estuary, Suffolk, England". She has a background in environmental science, which paved the way for her interest in geology and geography.

Career

Frostick's first job was a docent at Birkbeck, University of London, from 1974 to 1987. She was a senior lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London, from 1987 to 1990. She was then a senior lecturer at the University of Reading until 1996.

In addition to her academic work, Frostick was a member of the North East Regional Environmental Protection Advisory Committee from 1997 to 2006. She established her position as a leading woman in geology by being the first female Honorary Secretary from 1988 to 1991. She was the second female president of the Geological Society of London from 2008 to 2010.[8]

She is currently working on "Human Impact and Channel shifting in Iran/Iraq".

When Frostick was an undergraduate in 1967, plate tectonic theory was not being taught. So, to explain the geological phenomenon of seafloor spreading, she was instead taught about eugeosynclines and miogeosynclines. Though she knew it did not fully explain the theory she did not give up on geology, and when the plate tectonic theory came to light, she knew the missing piece had been found. In the book In our time: The companion to the Radio 4 Series, Frostick goes in-depth about stochastic models and how they help predict where earthquakes might happen because of stress building up and increased seismic activity. However, she points out that we cannot say for sure when an earthquake will happen because it is quite difficult and it would shift from a stochastic model to a deterministic model.

When she was one of the six women awarded with "Women of Outstanding Achievement" in 2009, she stated that she was proud to be awarded in a male dominated field but wanted men to be better engaged. She also spoke about how women are forced to choose between family and career, and that since men do not have to make that choice, women should not either. Known as the environmental superwoman of Hull, she waited until she was awarded her promotions before she and her husband started a family.

She appeared in the documentary Ancient Apocalypse, offering her geological expertise on whether Sodom and Gomorah was actually possible based on rock displacements.[9]

Frostick was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to flood risk and coastal erosion management.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Williams, Rebecca. Geography, Geology & Environment at the University of Hull: WOW Week of Women in GEES: Lynne Frostick . 10 March 2015 .
  2. Web site: Her University of Hull page . 8 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329135146/http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/geography/staff/frostick.aspx . 29 March 2012 . dead .
  3. Web site: Women of Outstanding Achievement . UKRC . . Retrieved 8 October 2011
  4. Book: Chapter. Experimental hydraulic research around the world: the research topics for the future by S. A. H. van Schijndel, L. Frostick, A. Sánchez Arcilla, and A. G. van Os. https://www.iahr.org/library/infor?pid=24238. Proceedings of the 33rd IAHR World Congress (Vancouver, 2009).
  5. Frostick, Lynne. Reid, Ian. A new look at rifts. September 1987. 3. 5. 122–126. Geology Today. 10.1111/j.1365-2451.1987.tb00508.x.
  6. Book: 10.1002/9781444303773.ch7 . Changing Size Distribution of Suspended Sediment in Arid-Zone Flash Floods . Modern and Ancient Fluvial Systems . 1983 . Frostick . L. E. . Reid . I. . Layman . J. T. . 97–106 . 978-0-632-00997-8 .
  7. 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1983.tb00656.x . The hydrodynamics of particle clusters and sediment entrapment in coarse alluvial channels . 1983 . Brayshaw . Andrew C. . Frostick . Lynne E. . Reid . Ian . Sedimentology . 30 . 1 . 137–143 . 1983Sedim..30..137B .
  8. Web site: Environment Agency Board appointment: Environment Secretary appoints Lynne Frostick to the Board of the Environment Agency . News, Environment, gov.uk. 27 February 2015.
  9. Web site: Lynne Frostick . 2023-08-24 . IMDb . en-US.

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