I lecture in Marine Geology and Geophysics. 

I study seabed morphodynamics around objects and its links to (1) sustainable management of engineering projects (2) glacial dynamics and (3) habitat suitability and the wider ecosystems.

I work in large projects supporting developing economic opportunities in Low Carbon, Energy and Environment (projects SEACAMS and SEEC) and I was Sêr Cymru NRN-LCEE Returning Fellow on seabed scour around seabed structures. I assess and predict seabed mobility in complex (palaeo)glaciated environments (NERC project NE/J009768/1), underpinned by more accurate modelling. My work underpins habitat maps in the Irish Sea (InterReg projects HabMap and MESH) and in polar regions (NERC project NE/P003087/1). I specialise in amplified sediment waves (EC Grant no. 228344) and accelerated seabed erosion around windfarms and cables (Supergen ORE Flexfund-EPSRC), with ecological implications (NERC project NE/X008886/1). My knowledge transfer projects have received funding from statutory advisers to UK Government, marine engineers and consultants, aggregate industry, marine renewable energy developers, offshore infrastructure connectors and coastline managers. 

I am Employability Officer and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Director for the department, and I sit on several external EDI committees. I work towards widening participation in environmental sciences (NERC funded project NE/W007649/1). I am Course Director for the Marine Environmental Studies Undergraduate Programme (soon to transform into "Marine Science & Conservation").  

I am Associate Editor Board member of Ocean Challenge, of Frontiers in Earth Science and of Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures. I lead a Fully Sponsored Open Access Project for topic collection on seabed morphodynamics in Geosciences (MDPI Journal), which offers funding for under-represented groups in marine geosciences.

Room: 312 Craig Mair          Phone: 01248 38 8161

Email: k.v.landeghem@bangor.ac.uk

Web: @KJJVanLandeghem      Google Scholar     ResearchGate

• PhD: High-resolution seafloor evidence for glacial and post-glacial environments in the tidally dominated Irish Sea on the NW European Shelf
  University College Cork, 2008
• MSc: A multidisciplinary study of the recent sedimentary processes in the Gollum Channel system to the West of Ireland
  Ghent University, 2004

I teach undergraduate and postgraduate modules with content ranging from general earth sciences to applied marine geology.

I supervise MSc and PhD projects during which the students acquire in-depth knowledge and key skills to investigate seabed dynamics, bedform formation, sediment transport and/or glacial geomorphology.

I have supervised four PhD students to completion (three as lead supervisor) and currently supervise five PhD students (four as lead supervisor).

2023

• Accepted/In pressContinued glacial retreat linked to changing macronutrient supply along the West Antarctic Peninsula.
  Jones, R., Meredith, M., Lohan, M., Woodward, E. M., Van Landeghem, K., Retallick, K., Flanagan, O., Vora, M. & Annett, A., 21 Feb 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Marine Chemistry.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Accepted/In pressField measurements of cable self-burial in a sandy marine environment
  Unsworth, C., Austin, M., Van Landeghem, K., Couldrey, A., Whitehouse, R., Lincoln, B., Doole, S. & Worrall, P., 3 Apr 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Coastal Engineering. 22 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• PublishedA Late Pleistocene channelized subglacial meltwater system on the Atlantic continental shelf south of Ireland
  Giglio, C., Benetti, S., Sacchetti, F., Lockhart, E. A., Clarke, J. H., Plets, R., Van Landeghem, K., Ó Cofaigh, C., Scourse, J. & Dunlop, P., Jan 2022, In: Boreas. 51, 1, p. 118-135
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFlow changes in the wake of a large sediment wave: helping to understand geological and ecological impacts of seabed infrastructure.
  Van Landeghem, K., Unsworth, C., Austin, M. & Waggitt, J., 23 May 2022.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
• PublishedGrowth and retreat of the last British–Irish Ice Sheet, 31 000 to 15 000 years ago: the BRITICE‐CHRONO reconstruction.
  Clark, C., Ely, J. C., Hindmarsh, R., Bradley, S. L., Ignéczi, A., Fabel, D., Ó Cofaigh, C., Chiverrell, R., Scourse, J., Benetti, S., Bradwell, T., Evans, D., Roberts, D., Burke, M., Callard, S. L., Medialdea, A., Saher, M., Small, D., Smedley, R., Gasson, E., Gregoire, L., Gandy, N., Hughes, A., Ballantyne, C., Bateman, M., Bigg, G., Doole, J., Dove, D., Duller, G., Jenkins, G., Livingstone, S., McCarron, S., Moreton, S., Pollard, D., Praeg, D., Sejrup, H. P., Van Landeghem, K. & Wilson, P., Oct 2022, In: Boreas. 51, 4, p. 699-758
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedInternal tsunamigenesis and mixing driven by glacier calving in Antarctica
  Meredith, M., Inall, M., Brearley, A., Munday, D., Ehmen, T., Retallick, K., Annett, A., Jones, R., Carvalho, F., Van Landeghem, K., Garabato, A. N., Gerrish, L., Scourse, J., Cook, A. & Bull, C., 23 May 2022.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedInternal tsunamigenesis and ocean mixing driven by glacier calving in Antarctica
  Meredith, M., Inall, M., Brearley, A., Ehmen, T., Sheen, K., Munday, D., Cook, A., Retallick, K., Van Landeghem, K., Gerrish, L., Annett, A., Carvalho, F., Jones, R., Naveira-Garabato, A. C., Bull, C., Wallis, B., Hogg, A. & Scourse, J., 25 Nov 2022, In: Science Advances. 8, 47, p. eadd0720 eadd0720 .
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedUsing a natural laboratory to quantify sediment mobility in the turbulent wake of instrument frames and offshore infrastructure.
  Unsworth, C., Austin, M. & Van Landeghem, K., 23 May 2022.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

2021

• PublishedA new seabed mobility index for the Irish Sea: Modelling seabed shear stress and classifying sediment mobilisation to help predict erosion, deposition, and sediment distribution.
  Coughlan, M., Guerrini, M., Creane, S., O'Shea, M., Ward, S., Van Landeghem, K., Murphy, J. & Doherty, P., 1 Nov 2021, In: Continental Shelf Research. 229, 104574.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCombined control of bottom and turbidity currents on the origin and evolution of channel systems, examples from the Porcupine Seabight.
  Verweirder, L., Van Rooij, D., White, M., Van Landeghem, K., Bossée, K. & Georgiopoulou, A., 1 Dec 2021, In: Marine Geology. 442, 106639.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEvaluating an automated object-oriented method to delineate drumlins from both terrestrial and submarine digital elevation models.
  Saha, K. & Van Landeghem, K., 17 Jun 2021, ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. Copernicus GmbH, Vol. 3-2021. p. 29-35
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
• PublishedExploring controls of the early and stepped deglaciation on the western margin of the British Irish Ice Sheet.
  Benetti, S., Chiverrell, R. C., Ó Cofaigh, C., Burke, M., Medialdea, A., Small, D., Ballantyne, C., Bateman, M., Callard, S. L., Wilson, P., Fabel, D., Clark, C., Arosio, R., Bradley, S. L., Dunlop, P., Ely, J. C., Gales, J., Livingstone, S. J., Moreton, S., Purcell, C., Saher, M., Schiele, K., Van Landeghem, K. & Weilbach, K., Jul 2021, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 36, 5, p. 833-870
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedGenetic variation in a small bivalve along a retreating glacier fjord, King George Island, Antarctica.
  Muñoz-Ramirez, C., Beltrán-Concha, M., Pérez-Araneda, K., Sands, C., Barnes, D., Roman-Gonzalez, A., De Lecea, A., Retallick, K., Van Landeghem, K., Sheen, K., Gonnelli, K., Scourse, J. D., Bascur, M. & Brante, A., 31 Dec 2021, In: Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía. 56, 2, p. 151-156
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMaximum extent and readvance dynamics of the Irish Sea Ice Stream and Irish Sea Glacier since the Last Glacial Maximum.
  Scourse, J. D., Chiverrell, R. C., Smedley, R., Small, D., Burke, M. J., Saher, M., Van Landeghem, K., Duller, G. A. T., O'Cofaigh, C., Bateman, M., Benetti, S., Bradley, S. L., Callard, S. L., Evans, D., Fabel, D., Jenkins, G. T-H., McCarron, S., Medialdea, A., Moreton, S., Ou, X., Praeg, D., Roberts, D. H., Roberts, H. M. & Clark, C., Jul 2021, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 36, 5, p. 780-804 25 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTiming and pace of ice-sheet withdrawal across the marine-terrestrial transition west of Ireland during the last glaciation
  O'Cofaigh, C., Callard, S. L., Roberts, D., Chiverrell, R., Evans, D., Saher, M., Van Landeghem, K., Smedley, R., Benetti, S., Burke, M., Clark, C., Duller, G., Livingstone, S., McCarron, S., Medialdea, A., Moreton, S. & Sachetti, F., Jul 2021, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 36, 5, p. 805-832
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedBed erosion during fast ice streaming regulated the retreat dynamics of the Irish Sea Ice Stream.
  Van Landeghem, K. & Chiverrell, R., 1 Oct 2020, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 245, 106526.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedBlue carbon gains from glacial retreat along Antarctic fjords: what should we expect?
  Barnes, D., Sands, C., Cook, A., Howard, F., Román González, A., Muñoz-Ramirez, C., Retallick, K., Scourse, J., Van Landeghem, K. & Zwerschke, N., May 2020, In: Global Change Biology. 26, 5, p. 2750-2755 6 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCelebrating 50 years of sea-going science on the RV Prince Madog
  Van Landeghem, K. & Rippeth, T., 1 Feb 2020, Ocean Challenge, 24, 1, p. 30-39.
  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
• PublishedFinal deglaciation of the Malin Sea through meltwater release and calving events
  Tarlati, S., Benetti, S., Callard, S. L., Ó Cofaigh, C., Georgiopoulou, A., Edwards, R., Van Landeghem, K., Saher, M., Chiverrell, R., Fabel, D., Moreton, S., Morgan, S. & Clark, C., Nov 2020, In: Scottish Journal of Geology. 56, 2, p. 117-133
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFormational history of the Wicklow Trough: a marine transgressed tunnel valley revealing ice flow velocity and retreat rates for the largest ice stream draining the late-Devensian British-Irish Ice Sheet.
  Coughlan, M., Tóth, Z., Van Landeghem, K., McCarron, S. & Wheeler, A. J., Oct 2020, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 35, 7, p. 907-919
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedModelling scour around submerged objects with TELEMAC3D - GAIA
  Yiannoukos, I., Benson, T., Van Landeghem, K., Couldrey, A., Whitehouse, R., McCarron, C., Quinn, R., Morgan, J., Roberts, M. & Clayton-Smith, B., 30 Oct 2020, Online proceedings of the papers submitted to the 2020 TELEMAC-MASCARET User Conference. Breugem, W. A., Frederickx, L., Koutrouveli, T., Kulkarni, R., Chu, K. & Decrop, B. (eds.). International Marine & Dredging Consultants, p. 68-73 6 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
• PublishedOscillating retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet on the continental shelf offshore Galway Bay, western Ireland.
  Callard, S. L., O'Cofaigh, C., Benetti, S., Chiverrell, R., Van Landeghem, K., Saher, M., Livingstone, S. J., Clark, C., Small, D., Fabel, D. & Moreton, S., Feb 2020, In: Marine Geology. 420, 106087.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedAdvance and retreat of the marine-terminating Irish Sea Ice Stream into the Celtic Sea during the Last Glacial: Timing and maximum extent
  Scourse, J., Saher, M., Van Landeghem, K., Lockhart, E., Purcell, C., Callard, S. L., Roseby, Z., Allison, B., Pieńkowski, A., Ó Cofaigh, C., Praeg, D., Ward, S., Chiverrell, R. C., Moreton, S., Fabel, D. & Clark, C., 1 Jun 2019, In: Marine Geology. 412, p. 53-68
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEarly deglaciation of the British-Irish Ice Sheet on the Atlantic shelf northwest of Ireland driven by glacioisostatic depression and high relative sea level
  Ó Cofaigh, C., Weilbach, K., Lloyd, J., Benetti, S., Callard, S. L., Purcell, C., Chiverrell, R. C., Dunlop, P., Saher, M., Livingstone, S., Van Landeghem, K., Moreton, S., Clark, C. & Fabel, D., 15 Mar 2019, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 208, p. 76-96
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe hiding-exposure effect revisited: A method to calculate the mobility of bimodal sediment mixtures
  McCarron, C. J., Van Landeghem, K. J. J., Baas, J. H., Amoudry, L. O. & Malarkey, J., Apr 2019, In: Marine Geology. 410, p. 22-31
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedA stratigraphic investigation of the Celtic Sea megaridges based on seismic and core data from the Irish-UK sectors.
  Lockhart, E., Scourse, J., Praeg, D., Van Landeghem, K., Mellett, C., Saher, M., Callard, S. L., Chiverrell, R. C., Benetti, S., Ó Cofaigh, C. & Clark, C. D., 15 Oct 2018, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 198, p. 156-170
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedExtent and retreat history of the Barra Fan Ice Stream offshore western Scotland and northern Ireland during the last glaciation
  Callard, S. L., Ó Cofaigh, C., Benetti, S., Chiverrell, R. C., Van Landeghem, K., Saher, M., Gales, J., Small, D., Clark, C., Livingstone, S. J., Fabel, D. & Moreton, S., 1 Dec 2018, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. p. 280-302
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIce margin oscillations during deglaciation of the northern Irish Sea basin. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Quaternary Science
  Chiverrell, R. C., Smedley, R. K., Small, D., Ballantyne, C. K., Burke, M. J., Callard, S. L., Clark, C. D., Duller, G. A. T., Evans, D. J. A., Fabel, D., Van Landeghem, K., Livingstone, S., Cofaigh, C. Ó., Thomas, G. S. P., Roberts, D. H., Saher, M., Scourse, J. D. & Wilson, P., Oct 2018, In: Quaternary Science. 33, 7, p. 739-762
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

• Published5th International Conference on Marine & River Dune Dynamics (MARID), April 4th-6th, Caernarfon, UK
  Van Landeghem, K., Garlan, T., Baas, J. H. & Van Landeghem, K. J. (ed.), 4 Apr 2016, Unknown Publisher.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book

2015

• PublishedClassifying seabed sediment type using simulated tidal-induced bed shear stress
  Ward, S. L., Neill, S. P., Van Landeghem, K. J. & Scourse, J. D., 30 May 2015, In: Marine Geology. 367, p. 94-104
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedGeological settings and seafloor morphodynamic evolution linked to methane seepage
  Van Landeghem, K. J., Niemann, H., Steinle, L. I., O'Reilly, S. S., Huws, D. G. & Croker, P. F., 28 Apr 2015, In: Geo-Marine Letters. 35, 4, p. 289-304
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedGeology of the seabed and shallow subsurface: the Irish Sea
  Mellett, C. L., Carter, G., Long, D., Chiverrell, R. C. & Van Landeghem, K., 3 Dec 2015, Edinburgh: British Geological Survey. (Energy and Marine Geoscience Programme; no. CR/15/057)
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

2013

• PublishedBayesian modelling the retreat of the Irish Sea Ice Stream
  Chiverrell, R. C., Thrasher, I. M., Thomas, G. S., Lang, A., Scourse, J. D., Van Landeghem, K. J., Mccarroll, D., Clark, C. D., Ó Cofaigh, C., Evans, D. J. & Ballantyne, C. K., 25 Feb 2013, In: Quaternary Science. 28, 2, p. 200-209
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

• PublishedReversed sediment wave migration in the Irish Sea, NW Europe: A reappraisal of the validity of geometry-based predictive modelling and assumptions
  Van Landeghem, K. J., Baas, J. H., Mitchell, N., Wilcockson, D. & Wheeler, A. J., 15 Feb 2012, In: Marine Geology. 295-298, p. 95-112
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

• PublishedPost-glacial sediment dynamics in the Irish Sea and sediment wave morphology: Data-model comparisons.
  Van Landeghem, K. J., Uehara, K., Wheeler, A. J., Mitchell, N. C. & Scourse, J. D., 30 Jul 2009, In: Continental Shelf Research. 29, 14, p. 1723-1736
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSeafloor evidence for palaeo-ice streaming and calving of the grounded Irish Sea Ice Stream: Implications for the interpretation of its final deglaciation phase.
  Van Landeghem, K. J., Wheeler, A. J. & Mitchell, N. C., 1 Feb 2009, In: Boreas. 38, 1, p. 119-131
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedVariations in sediment wave dimensions across the tidally dominated Irish Sea, NW Europe.
  Van Landeghem, K. J., Wheeler, A. J., Mitchell, N. C. & Sutton, G., 15 Jul 2009, In: Marine Geology. 263, 1-4, p. 108-119
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• Pristine Antarctic fjords contain similar levels of microplastics to open oceans near big civilisations.

  16 Jul 2018

  Links:

  • https://theconversation.com/pristine-antarctic-fjords-contain-similar-levels-of-microplastics-to-open-oceans-near-big-civilisations-91360
  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)

• Hydrocarbon seepage linked to palaeo-glacial dynamics in the Eastern Irish Sea

  01/01/2023 – 31/07/2023 (Active)

• Ecological impacts of accelerated seabed mobility (EcoWind-ACCELERATE)

  09/08/2022 – 31/08/2026 (Active)

• Seabed dynamics as a key consideration for renewable energy projects.

  01/08/2022 – 31/08/2023 (Active)

• KESS II Phd with Innogy Renewables BUK2E047

  01/11/2019 – 31/12/2023 (Active)

• KESS II Phd with HR Wallingford- BUK2146

  01/05/2018 – 31/01/2022 (Finished)

• Unstable shipwreck sites in sand & gravel - NRN-LCEE Returning Fellowship Award

  01/04/2016 – 01/08/2019 (Finished)

• Envision Case Award - Edward Lockhart

  01/10/2015 – 31/03/2021 (Finished)

• CASE award Llanelli Sand Dredging (Connor McCarron)

  01/10/2014 – 10/07/2018 (Finished)

• CASE award NOC Liverpool (Connor McCarron)

  01/10/2014 – 01/08/2019 (Finished)

I focus my research on seabed sediment mobility:

A. Seabed sediment transport and bedform dynamics:

1. Understanding the role of methane seepage in the formation of amplified sediment waves:

-> 2014-2019: project “Bedload transport of sediment mixtures in shelf seas”, funded by NERC (ENVISION PhD studentship, with CASE partner NOC-L and extra funds from Llanelli Sand Dredging Ltd

-> 2011 onwards: project “AmSedIs”, funded by the European Commission (EUROFLEET) and with experts in biogeochemistry, seabed geomorphologists, sedimentologists, geophysics experts and numerical modellers across Europe.

2. Understanding enhanced sediment mobility around seafloor objects:

-> 2021 - 2022: project "Cable scour from fluid-seabed interactions in regions of mobile sedimentary bedforms" funded by EPSRC   

-> 2018-2022: project “Seabed integrity around objects in a complex marine environment”, funded by KESSII (PhD studentship) and via multi-disciplinary collaboration with experts in marine geo-archaeology, Computational Fluid Dynamics and sediment transport modelling.

-> 2016-2018: project “Unstable shipwreck sites in sand & gravel”, funded via a Returning Fellowship by Welsh Government: Sêr Cymru National Research Network for Low Carbon, Energy and Environment (NRN-LCEE)

-> 2015: project “WWI Shipwrecks in the Irish Sea”, with shiptime funded by the Marine Institute, Ireland

3. Seabed dynamics and its link to sustainable management of engineering projects:

-> via collaboration with renewable energy developers and with links to iCRAG (Ireland’s national geoscience research centre supported by Science Foundation Ireland).

-> 2022-2023: Seabed dynamics as a key consideration for renewable energy projects. Funded by a windfarm developper.

-> 2022-2026: ECOWind-ACCELERATE: Ecological impacts of accelerated seabed mobility. Funded by NERC and The Crown Estate.

B. Seabed morphodynamics linked to glacial dynamics:

1. Understanding the demise of marine-terminating ice streams from investigations of the seafloor:

-> 2015-2019: project “Glacial sculpting and post-glacial drowning of the Celtic Sea”, funded by NERC (ENVISION PhD studentship)

-> 2012-2018: Consortium project “BRITICE-CHRONO”, NERC-funded and with experts in glacial geomorphology, geochronology, palao-oceanography and ice sheet modelling 

-> Ongoing: object-oriented modelling for glacial landscape recognition, in collaboration with modellers in India. 

2. Understanding seabed habitat suitability on exposed seafloor when glaciers have retreated:

-> 2017-2020: project “Impacts of deglaciation on benthic marine ecosystems in Antarctica (ICEBERGS)”, NERC funded (CONICYT - NERC Antarctic programme), in collaboration with experts in benthic ecology, palaeo-oceanography, glacial dynamics and sclerochronology.

-> 2014: project “The collapse of the Irish Ice Sheet in the Celtic Sea sector and its marine habitat legacy”, with shiptime funded by the Marine Institute, Ireland