Thomas Dunne (born April 21, 1943) is a British

geomorphologist Geomorphology () is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features generated by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or near Earth's surface. Geomorphologists seek to understand why ...

and

hydrologist Hydrology () is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and drainage basin sustainability. A practitioner of hydrology is called a hydro ...

who is a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara's

Bren School of Environmental Science & Management The UC Santa Barbara Bren School of Environmental Science and Management is the graduate environmental studies school of the University of California, Santa Barbara. The mission of the Bren School is to play a leading role in researching environ ...

and Department of Earth Science since 1995. From 1973 to 1995 he was a professor at the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...

's Department of Geological Sciences where his research focused on landslides. His degrees are in physical geography, obtaining a B.A. from Cambridge University in 1964, and a Ph.D. in 1969 from The Johns Hopkins University. He is the coauthor, with

Luna Leopold Luna Bergere Leopold (October 8, 1915 – February 23, 2006) was a leading U.S. geomorphologist and hydrologist, and son of Aldo Leopold. He received a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 1936; an M.S. in physics-meteor ...

, of ''Water in Environmental Planning''.

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Dunne's website at UCSB
American geomorphologists University of California, Santa Barbara faculty Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Fellows of the American Geophysical Union Alumni of the University of Cambridge 1943 births Living people {{US-geologist-stub