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Dr Kevin Lynch

BSc, PhD

Contact Details

Lecturer in Geography
AC125a, Geography Department
University of Galway, Ireland
E: kevin.lynch@universityofgalway.ie
https://ilikedunes.wixsite.com/ilikedunes
 
researcher
 

Biography

I am a coastal geomorphologist / physical geographer / environmental scientist, interested in wind-blown sand transport studies and the physical processes of beach-dune environments. I use my knowledge to feed into different levels of coastal decision-making, with a focus on climate change adaptation along our coasts. I work with stakeholders and communities striving for a resilient future.

Research Interests

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

Title Beaches & Dunes for Climate Adaptation: Training for Communities
Description This project focuses on training for community groups on how to best utilise beaches and dunes as a coastal protection option. Hands-on learning will equip participants with the skills and know-how to enhance their local beach-dune habitats as a resilient, long-term solution to coastal flooding and erosion. 
Funder Pobal Community Fund
Collaborators Achill ETB, Leave No Trace, Climate Action Regional Office
End (Start) 2024 (2023)
Links Website in development
SDGs DG13.1; SDG13.3


Title Grattan Beach Living Lab
Description We are working on developing Grattan Beach as a Nature-based Solutions, Living Lab. Grattan Beach is used by the Geography Dept and the National Aquarium to bring "learn by doing" to students and the public. This project hopes to build a more robust educational infrastructure, that will also double as a visitor attraction for Galway City, contributing to: actions on
climate change, biodiversity and community engagement; a long term plan for seaweed & blowing sand management; make space for biodiversity and recreation use.
Funder Galway City Council
Collaborators Galway Atlantaquaria, Galway City Council, Local Communities
End (Start) 2023 (2022)
Links Vision report to be published June 2023
SDGs SDG11.3.2; SDG11.5.3; SDG13.3; SDG14.2


Title Bertra Stewardship Project & Bertra Connected
Description Bertra dunes have been under severe threat of erosion for over a decade. In 2018, the Murrisk Development Association, the Geography Dept and Mayo CoCo came together to work on the problem.  This project in 2022 built on this work to develop a co-produced Vision for Bertra's future in 2050: to have a healthy habitat that provides benefits, recreation and storm protection, while allowing the beach and dunes to function naturally. 
Funder Heritage Council & collaborators staff time 
Collaborators Mayo County Council, Murrisk Development Association, Leave No Trace, Climate Action Regional Office, Clean Coasts
End (Start) 2023 (2022)
SDGs SDG13.1; SDG14.2


Title Sand Dune Blog
Description For now, this project is a Blog on different coastal and dune topics. The hope in the near future it can become a go-to place for all sand dune info and materials in Ireland (watch this space).
Funder University of Galway staff time
End (Start) Ongoing (2021)
SDGs SDG13.3; SDG14.2


Title National Dune Campaign
Description Our national campaign #ProtectOurDunes grew out of frustrations by local communities and local authorities, agencies and NGOs at the damage to our dune systems. The campaign aims to limit the damage to sand dunes from recreational activities along the coastline by raising awareness of the value and need to respect these ecosystems. We are currently working to do two Irish versions of the Coasts4Kids videos.
Funder Limited funding through ASBN CARO, and collaborators staff time
Collaborators Leave No Trace, Climate Action Regional Office, Failte Ireland, Clean Coasts
End (Start) Ongoing (2021)
SDGs SDG13.3; SDG14.2


Title I Like Beaches
Description I LIKE BEACHES is now a community-led endeavour. We hope to help all those that care about beaches & dunes to look after them. So that in the future, despite climate change, they will remain part of our lives at the coast. Originally the project was a student-led NUI Galway EXPLORE project, aimed to add value & awareness of Salthill beaches using education boards and was completed in partnership with the local community and Galway City Council. 
Funder Explore NUI Galway (2014) collaborators staff time (2014- present)
Collaborators Galway Atlantaquaria, Galway City Council
End (Start) Ongoing (2014)
SDGs SDG11.3.2; SDG11.5.3; SDG13.3; SDG14.2


Title A National Dune Inventory for Ireland
Description This is an ongoing project to create a simple list of all of our sand dune systems, and map their location. This information is available in various forms, but is not currently compiled in a simple shareable format.
Funder University of Galway staff time
Collaborators Thomas Hartnett (BSc) and Citizen Scientists
End (Start) 2024 (2021)
SDGs SDG13.1; SDG13.2


Title 3Ss Concept, Development & Field Classes
Description For my work with local schools, the public and local government over the last decade I needed to communicate complex socio-ecological processes to kids and council engineers alike. In distilling these into a simple take-away message, I arrived at the 3Ss for understanding the key components we need to consider to allow health dunes to thrive: Sand, Space and Species. Development is currently focused on producing Graphics to support the work (this is supported by CARO funding).
Funder Climate Action Regional Office for development phase
Collaborators None
End (Start) Ongoing (2019)
Links 
All you need for healthy beaches & dunes: the 3Ss 
International peer-reviewed 3Ss paper
Lesson Plans for school beach trips
SDGs SDG13.3; SDG14.2


COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS  

AELCLIC Project Overview: The AELCLIC (Adaptation of European Landscapes to Climate Change) project was initiated in 2018 as a joint venture of different European universities, municipalities, regions and civil organizations to promote the generation of landscape-based networks for Climate Change Adaptation. Implemented in 15 pilot landscapes, the activity and consolidation of the networks were based on a collective work organized around different types of workshop and a common task: the joint diagnosis of the effects of climate change and the co-definition of key contents for a future Landscape and Climate Adaptation Plan (LACAP). See reports on the Project website: https://aelclicpathfinder.com

Coastal Flooding and Erosion: Post-Storm Recovery of Beach-Dune Systems in Ireland(The Maharees, Castlegregory, Co. Kerry) This field-based monitoring coastal project measured the impact of storms on the Maharees (Co. Kerry) beach-dune systems. The project represents one of the first comprehensive assessments of the post-storm response and recovery rates of beach-dune systems in Ireland and the processes that control their subsequent response. The results of the project provides some of the fundamental, necessary baseline scientific data to provide guidance in future coastal management strategies. 
Funding: Office of Public Works  

From Source-To-Sink: The response and recovery of coastal catchment ecosystems to large perturbations (Keel, Achill Island, Co.Mayo)Funding: EPA, Climate 2014 Call: Vulnerability of natural and managed ecosystems to Climate Change with a full integrated assessmentOverview: This multidisciplinary research measured the response of a small coastal catchment to extreme events in order to assess the resilience of the Irish landscape to both short- (event scale) and long-term (climate change) drivers of change. To fully grasp the implications of a changing climate in Ireland, we need to understand the complexity that drives the variability within our natural systems (climate, hydrological, geomorphological, biological, and ecological) where one small change (tipping point) in one system can lead to numerous significant, and sometimes irreversible changes, in one or more connected systems. This integrated, cross-disciplinary study measured patterns in the sediment and water routing system, specifically, the transport of sediment and solutes from the net-erosional (source) to the net depositional (sink) parts of the system. The research coupled expertise-driven multidisciplinary research with policy so as to build capacity at local and national levels.  
2009-12 Funding: INTERREG IV - Atlantic Area Transnational programme.

Atlantic Network for Coastal Risk Management (ANCORIM) The project focused on strengthening the operational capacity of decision-makers in Atlantic regions, with the aim of preventing coastal risks and in particular those linked to climate change. 
Partners: 15 EU partners from Ireland, UK, France, Portugal and Spain Total Project Budget €1.9m NUI Galway Dr Kevin Lynch lead a work package on coastal land planning. This work package initially created a database of all relevant stakeholders and available resources, and followed this by developing a didactic handbook for coastal land planners that outlined national legislative tools that supported a consideration of coastal risks in their decision-making process. He was also responsible for managing and reporting of NUI Galway budget. Other activities included: organising a national seminar in NUI Galway (120 participants), producing a set of `good practice¿ handbooks, hosting international case study visits.  

Masters student Zoe Elliott (Currently in Queensland Coast Management Unit, Australia) Understanding the sediment transport dynamics of maërl debris on a high conservation value beach system (Dr Kevin Lynch, Dr Marie Mahon and Prof. Charles Lemckert (Griffith University, Australia).  

PhD student (incomplete project): GUILLERMO CASTRO CAMBA (Currently working in OSI, Dublin) An evaluation of small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for long-term monitoring of coastal catchmentsDr. Eugene Farrell (NUIG, Geography), Dr. Kevin Lynch (NUIG, Geography).

Masters student SINEAD WILKES OROZCO (LOA) Linking micro-scale sediment exchange processes to meso-scale beach-dune behaviour Dr. Eugene Farrell (NUIG, Geography), Dr. Kevin Lynch (NUIG, Geography).

Secondary airflow patterns under offshore winds over coastal foredunes: implications for aeolian sediment transport 
The project investigated the role of offshore winds on foredune development and behaviour, using field measurement of wind and sediment transport coupled with state-of-the-art aerodynamic modelling. The project brought together a unique combination of novel approaches from the engineering and environmental sciences to address the important question of the origin and morphodynamics of aeolian dunefields on leeside coasts. While the project has officially ended further journal papers are expected over the next few years due to the quality and volume of data recorded over three very successful field campaigns. Please see publications page for outputs. 
Partners: NUI Galway, University of Ulster, Coleraine, King¿s College, London and RWDI, Ontario. 
2009-11 Funding: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK.  


PhD Aeolian sediment transport dynamics 
The project was a field-based investigation of aeolian sediment transport dynamics, with the primary aim of elucidating links between short-term variables and longer-term beach-dune morphological development. The successful completion of the project has been enhanced by the publication of the findings in peer-reviewed international journals. Supervised by Prof Derek Jackson and Prof Andrew Cooper.   
2003-06 University of Ulster, Coleraine. Vice-Chancellor PhD Studentship.

Other successful funding applications and projects

2020 PhD funding for Silvia Cascone NbS dune project
2019 NUI Galway strategic fund ¿ New GPS equipment (E Farrell PI)
2019 NUI Galway strategic fund ¿ GIS facility feasibility study (with A Morley)
2015 Intertrade Ireland - travel support for applications  
2014 Enterprise Ireland - travel support for applications  
2014 MARNET travel funds 
2014 MARNET support for networking meeting 
2012 Working and Educating for Biodiversity (WEB)
2009 NUI Galway. Millennium Research Fund: Purchase of Trimble R8 GPS surveying system

Other applications

2023 MARinE Monitoring Innovation Accelerator 
2022 COAST-ENGAGE proposal ¿ COST 2022
2018 Northern Periphery 2018 call: developed climate action project as Lead Partner. To look at developing climate champions to spearhead local action. 
2015 Funding Call: EU Joint Programming Initiative Healthy  Seas and Oceans (JPI Oceans). BESTµPLAST: Beach Stranded microplastics: Monitoring dynamics, abundance, fate and effects 
2014 Funding Call: LIFE Environment and Resource Efficiency Bridging Terrestrial and Marine Spatial Planning in Ireland: A Demonstration Project for Galway Bay 
2011 Funding Call: UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Mesoscale sediment budgets to coastal dunes: bridging the gaps

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2023) 'Landscape adaptation to climate change: local networks, social learning and co-creation processes for adaptive planning'
Juanjo Galan, Francisco Galiana, D. Johan Kotze, Kevin Lynch, Daniele Torreggiani, Bas Pedroli (2023) 'Landscape adaptation to climate change: local networks, social learning and co-creation processes for adaptive planning'. Global Environmental Change, 78 [Details]
(2022) 'Hijacking the 3Ss to ground reflective co-management of beach-dune environments'
Lynch, Kevin (2022) 'Hijacking the 3Ss to ground reflective co-management of beach-dune environments'. Ocean And Coastal Management, 217 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2020) 'Using wind run to predict sand drift'
Baas, ACW,Jackson, DWT,Delgado-Fernandez, I,Lynch, K,Cooper, JAG (2020) 'Using wind run to predict sand drift'. Earth Surface Processes And Landforms, [DOI] [Details]
(2016) 'The fetch effect on aeolian sediment transport on a sandy beach: a case study from Magilligan Strand, Northern Ireland'
Lynch, K,Jackson, DWT,Cooper, JAG (2016) 'The fetch effect on aeolian sediment transport on a sandy beach: a case study from Magilligan Strand, Northern Ireland'. Earth Surface Processes And Landforms, 41 :1129-1135 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2015) 'Consideration of coastal risk in the Irish spatial planning process'
Flannery, W, Lynch, K, O'Cinneide, M (2015) 'Consideration of coastal risk in the Irish spatial planning process'. Land Use Policy, 43 :161-169 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2013) 'Alongshore variation of aeolian sediment transport on a beach, under offshore winds'
Lynch, K;Delgado-Fernandez, I;Jackson, DWT;Cooper, JAG;Baas, ACW;Beyers, JHM (2013) 'Alongshore variation of aeolian sediment transport on a beach, under offshore winds'. Aeolian Research, 8 :11-18 [DOI] [Details]
(2013) 'Airflow reversal and alternating corkscrew vortices in foredune wake zones during perpendicular and oblique offshore winds'
Jackson, DWT;Beyers, M;Delgado-Fernandez, I;Baas, ACW;Cooper, AJ;Lynch, K (2013) 'Airflow reversal and alternating corkscrew vortices in foredune wake zones during perpendicular and oblique offshore winds'. Geomorphology, 187 :86-93 [DOI] [Details]
(2013) 'Field characterization of three-dimensional lee-side airflow patterns under offshore winds at a beach-dune system'
Delgado-Fernandez, I;Jackson, DWT;Cooper, JAG;Baas, ACW;Beyers, JHM;Lynch, K (2013) 'Field characterization of three-dimensional lee-side airflow patterns under offshore winds at a beach-dune system'. Journal Of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 118 :706-721 [DOI] [Details]
(2011) 'Investigation of three-dimensional wind flow behaviour over coastal dune morphology under offshore winds using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and ultrasonic anemometry'
Jackson, DWT;Beyers, JHM;Lynch, K;Cooper, JAG;Baas, ACW;Delgado-Fernandez, I (2011) 'Investigation of three-dimensional wind flow behaviour over coastal dune morphology under offshore winds using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and ultrasonic anemometry'. Earth Surface Processes And Landforms, 36 :1113-1124 [DOI] [Details]
(2011) 'Re-attachment zone characterisation under offshore winds blowing over complex foredune topography'
Delgado-Fernandez, I.,Jackson, D. W. T.,Cooper, J. A. G.,Baas, A. C. W.,Lynch, K.,Beyers, J. H. M. (2011) 'Re-attachment zone characterisation under offshore winds blowing over complex foredune topography'. Journal of Coastal Research, :273-277 [Details]
(2010) 'Coastal foredune topography as a control on secondary airflow regimes under offshore winds'
Lynch, K;Jackson, DWT;Cooper, JAG (2010) 'Coastal foredune topography as a control on secondary airflow regimes under offshore winds'. Earth Surface Processes And Landforms, 35 :344-353 [DOI] [Details]
(2009) 'Foredune accretion under offshore winds'
Lynch, K.,Jackson, D. W. T.,Cooper, J. A. G. (2009) 'Foredune accretion under offshore winds'. Geomorphology, 105 (1-21-2):139-146 [Details]
(2008) 'Aeolian fetch distance and secondary airflow effects: the influence of micro-scale variables on meso-scale foredune development'
Lynch, K;Jackson, DWT;Cooper, JAG (2008) 'Aeolian fetch distance and secondary airflow effects: the influence of micro-scale variables on meso-scale foredune development'. Earth Surface Processes And Landforms, 33 :991-1005 [DOI] [Details]
(2007) 'Swash bar dynamics on a high-energy mesotidal beach'
Jackson, D. W. T.,Anfuso, G.,Lynch, K. (2007) 'Swash bar dynamics on a high-energy mesotidal beach'. Journal of Coastal Research, :738-745 [Details]
(2006) 'A remote-sensing technique for the identification of aeolian fetch distance'
Lynch, K.,Jackson, D. W. T.,Cooper, J. A. G. (2006) 'A remote-sensing technique for the identification of aeolian fetch distance'. Sedimentology, 53 (66):1381-1390 [Details]

Published Reports

  Year Publication
(2021) From Source to Sink: Responses of a Coastal Catchment to Large-scale Changes (Golden Strand Catchment, Achill Island, County Mayo). EPA Ireland (102pp) [peer reviewed].
Farrell,E.J., Bourke,M., Henry,T., Kindermann, G., Lynch,K., Morley,T., O’Dwyer,B., O’Sullivan,J., and Turner, J. (2021) From Source to Sink: Responses of a Coastal Catchment to Large-scale Changes (Golden Strand Catchment, Achill Island, County Mayo). EPA Ireland (102pp) [peer reviewed]. EPA Ireland, Ireland. [Details]

Other Journals

  Year Publication
(2015) 'Comments on Marine Litter in Oceans, Seas and Beaches: Characteristics and Impacts'
Anfuso G, Lynch K, Williams AT, Perales JA, Pereira da Silva C, et al. (2015) 'Comments on Marine Litter in Oceans, Seas and Beaches: Characteristics and Impacts' Annals of Marine Biology and Research, 2 (1) . [ARAN Link] [Details]

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
Windy Day Conference 2015,
K. Lynch, D. W. T. Jackson and J. A. G. Cooper The importance of secondary airflow processes to coastal beach dune studies:. [Oral Presentation], Windy Day Conference 2015, Reading, UK . [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
(2014) 46th Conference of Irish Geographers (2014)
Farrell, E.J., Lynch, K., Corbett, J., Logan, J., Miller, A., Murphy, M., Fahy, F., Morley, T., and Reilly, K. (2014) A University community knowledge initiative (CKI) to promote civic engagement 46th Conference of Irish Geographers (2014) , pp.1-4 [Details]
(2011) JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH
Delgado-Fernandez, I;Jackson, DWT;Cooper, JAG;Baas, ACW;Lynch, K;Beyers, JHM (2011) Re-attachment zone characterisation under offshore winds blowing over complex foredune topography JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH , pp.273-277 [Details]
(2014) Conference of Irish Geographers (2014), University College Dublin, Ireland
Farrell, E.J., Lynch, K., Corbett, J., Logan, J., Miller, A., Murphy, M., Fahy, F., Morley, T., and Reilly, K. (2014) I Like Beaches: A University community knowledge initiative (CKI) to promote civic engagement Conference of Irish Geographers (2014), University College Dublin, Ireland [Details]
(2014) Conference of Irish Geographers (2014), University College Dublin, Ireland
Farrell, E.J., Lynch, K., Corbett, J., Logan, J., Miller, A., Murphy, M., Fahy, F., Morley, T., and Reilly, K. (2014) I Like Beaches: A University community knowledge initiative (CKI) to promote civic engagement Conference of Irish Geographers (2014), University College Dublin, Ireland [Details]
(2011) Re-attachment zone characterisation under offshore winds blowing over complex foredune topography
Delgado-Fernandez, I,Jackson, DWT,Cooper, JAG,Baas, ACW,Lynch, K,Beyers, JHM (2011) JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH Re-attachment zone characterisation under offshore winds blowing over complex foredune topography , pp.273-277 [Details]

Media - Community Engagement

  Year Publication
(2017) Newspaper (The Guardian): 'It gives people hope': born-again Irish beach captures world's attention.
Farrell, E.J. and Lynch, K. (2017) Newspaper (The Guardian): 'It gives people hope': born-again Irish beach captures world's attention. Media - Community Engagement [Details]
(2017) Newspaper (The Guardian). 'It gives people hope': born-again Irish beach captures world's attention.
Farrell, E.J. and Lynch, K.L. (2017) Newspaper (The Guardian). 'It gives people hope': born-again Irish beach captures world's attention. Media - Community Engagement [Details]
(2016) Public Seminar. Challenges for Coastal Management in Ireland. Case Study: The Maharees, Castlegregory (Co. Kerry).
Farrell, E.J., Lynch, K.L., Wilkes Orozco, S., and Castro Cambo, G. (2016) Public Seminar. Challenges for Coastal Management in Ireland. Case Study: The Maharees, Castlegregory (Co. Kerry). Media - Community Engagement [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2016) Public Seminar. Present and future challenges in coastal management: the steps ahead for The Maharees. Castlegregory (Co. Kerry).
Farrell, E.J., Lynch, K.L., Wilkes Orozco, S., and Castro Cambo, G. (2016) Public Seminar. Present and future challenges in coastal management: the steps ahead for The Maharees. Castlegregory (Co. Kerry). Media - Community Engagement [Details]

Community Engagement Publications

  Year Publication
(2014) Winter Storms 2013-14: Mechanisms of flooding and erosion.
Lynch, k. (2014) Winter Storms 2013-14: Mechanisms of flooding and erosion. Community Engagement Publications [Details]

Invited Seminars

  Year Publication
(2017) Consideration of coastal risk in the Irish spatial planning process and recent progress in climate change adaptation.
K. Lynch, W. Flannery and M. Ó Cinnéide (2017) Consideration of coastal risk in the Irish spatial planning process and recent progress in climate change adaptation. Invited Seminars [Details]

Conference Paper

  Year Publication
(2018) The challenges of protecting rural coastal communities from climate change impacts. A Case Study: Maharees Conservation Association CLG. 50th Conference of Irish Geographers, Maynooth, Ireland.
Farrell, E.J., Finn, M., Lynch, K.L., Carr, L. (2018) The challenges of protecting rural coastal communities from climate change impacts. A Case Study: Maharees Conservation Association CLG. 50th Conference of Irish Geographers, Maynooth, Ireland. Conference Paper [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2017) The response and recovery of coastal beach-dune systems to storms. European Geoscience Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
Farrell, E.J., Lynch, K.L., Wilkes Orozco, S., and Castro Cambo, G. (2017) The response and recovery of coastal beach-dune systems to storms. European Geoscience Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. Conference Paper [Details]
(2015) The response and recovery of Irish beach-dune systems to storms. Third Irish Geomorphology Scientific Workshop, Geological Survey Ireland.
Farrell, E.J., Lynch, K.L., Wilkes Orozco, S., and Castro Cambo, G. (2015) The response and recovery of Irish beach-dune systems to storms. Third Irish Geomorphology Scientific Workshop, Geological Survey Ireland. Conference Paper [Details]
(2015) The 2013/14 winter storms in Ireland. Windy Day Conference, University of Reading, UK.
Farrell, E.J., Lynch, K.L., Wilkes Orozco, S., and Castro Cambo, G. (2015) The 2013/14 winter storms in Ireland. Windy Day Conference, University of Reading, UK. Conference Paper [Details]
(2015) Post-Storm Recovery of Beach-Dune Systems in Ireland (The Maharees, Castlegregory, Co. Kerry). 47th Conference of Irish Geographers, Queens University Belfast, Ireland.
Farrell, E.J.Farrell, E.F., Kandrot, S., Morley, A., Lynch, K., and Finneran, B. (2015) Post-Storm Recovery of Beach-Dune Systems in Ireland (The Maharees, Castlegregory, Co. Kerry). 47th Conference of Irish Geographers, Queens University Belfast, Ireland. Conference Paper [Details]
(2015) Post-Storm Recovery of Beach-Dune Systems in Ireland (The Maharees, Castlegregory, Co. Kerry). 47th Conference of Irish Geographers, Queens University Belfast, Ireland.
Farrell, E.F. and Lynch, K. (2015) Post-Storm Recovery of Beach-Dune Systems in Ireland (The Maharees, Castlegregory, Co. Kerry). 47th Conference of Irish Geographers, Queens University Belfast, Ireland. Conference Paper [Details]
(2015) The Winter Storms of 2013-2014: a window into Ireland’s future for coastal climate change. 47th Conference of Irish Geographers, Queens University Belfast, Ireland.
Farrell, E.J.Farrell, E.F., Kandrot, S., Morley, A., Lynch, K., and Finneran, B. (2015) The Winter Storms of 2013-2014: a window into Ireland’s future for coastal climate change. 47th Conference of Irish Geographers, Queens University Belfast, Ireland. Conference Paper [Details]
(2014) I Like Beaches: a student-led community knowledge research initiative. 46th Conference of Irish Geographers, Dublin, Ireland.
Farrell, E.J., Lynch, K., Byrne, S., Corbett, J., Logan, J., Miller, A., and Murphy, M. (2014) I Like Beaches: a student-led community knowledge research initiative. 46th Conference of Irish Geographers, Dublin, Ireland. Conference Paper [Details]
(2017) The response and recovery of coastal beach-dune systems to storms. 49th Conference of Irish Geographers, UCC, Ireland.
Farrell, E.J., Lynch, K.L., Wilkes Orozco, S., and Castro Cambo, G. (2017) The response and recovery of coastal beach-dune systems to storms. 49th Conference of Irish Geographers, UCC, Ireland. Conference Paper [Details]
(2017) Challenges of protecting rural coastal communities in Ireland. Sea, Land & Spirit, Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
Farrell, E.J., Lynch, K.L., Wilkes Orozco, S., and Castro Cambo, G. (2017) Challenges of protecting rural coastal communities in Ireland. Sea, Land & Spirit, Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Conference Paper [Details]
(2016) Linking micro-scale sediment exchange processes to meso-scale beach-dune behaviour in The Maharees, Co. Kerry.
Wilkes Orozco, S., Farrell, E.J., and Lynch, K.L. (2016) Linking micro-scale sediment exchange processes to meso-scale beach-dune behaviour in The Maharees, Co. Kerry. Conference Paper [Details]
Micro-scale to meso-scale controls on aeolian sediment transport from beach to foredunes. British Geomorphological Research Group Spring Symposium University of Southampton.
Lynch,K. Micro-scale to meso-scale controls on aeolian sediment transport from beach to foredunes. British Geomorphological Research Group Spring Symposium University of Southampton. Southampton: Conference Paper [Details]
A remote-sensing technique for the identification of aeolian fetch distance. British Geomorphological Research Group (BGRG) Spring Symposium.
Lynch,K. A remote-sensing technique for the identification of aeolian fetch distance. British Geomorphological Research Group (BGRG) Spring Symposium. University of Ulster: Conference Paper [Details]
Controls on aeolian sediment transport: the influence of moisture. International Conference of Coastal Conservation and Management.
lynch,K. Controls on aeolian sediment transport: the influence of moisture. International Conference of Coastal Conservation and Management. Tavira, Portugal: Conference Paper [Details]
Micro-scale to meso-scale controls on aeolian sediment transport. Environ 2006 University College Dublin.
Lynch,K. Micro-scale to meso-scale controls on aeolian sediment transport. Environ 2006 University College Dublin. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details]
Foredune accretion under offshore winds. Sixth International Conference on Aeolian Research.
Lynch,K. Foredune accretion under offshore winds. Sixth International Conference on Aeolian Research. University of Guelph, Canada: Conference Paper [Details]
(2010) Field testing and CFD LES simulation of offshore wind flows over coastal dune terrain in Northern Ireland. Fifth International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE2010).
Beyers, J.H.M. ,Jackson, D.W.T.,K. Lynch,Cooper, J.A.G.,Baas, A.C.W.,Delgado-Fernandez, I. ,Pierre-Olivier, D. (2010) Field testing and CFD LES simulation of offshore wind flows over coastal dune terrain in Northern Ireland. Fifth International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE2010). North Carolina, USNorth Carolina, US: Conference Paper [Details]

Conference Poster

  Year Publication
(2018) Sediment exchange between the upper beach and the foredune: a post-storm recovery case study. European Geoscience Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
Lynch, K., Farrell, E., Wilkes Orozco, S., Castro Camba, G. (2018) Sediment exchange between the upper beach and the foredune: a post-storm recovery case study. European Geoscience Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. Conference Poster [Details]
(2018) Sediment exchange between the upper beach and the foredune: a post-storm recovery case study. European Geoscience Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
Lynch, K., Farrell, E.J., Wilkes Orozco, S., and Castro Camba, G. (2018) Sediment exchange between the upper beach and the foredune: a post-storm recovery case study. European Geoscience Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. Conference Poster [Details]

Workshops

  Year Publication
(2018) The challenges of protecting rural coastal communities from climate change and human impacts A Case Study: Maharees Conservation Association CLG. Ryan Institute Research Day 23rd February, 2018 (Poster).
Farrell, E.J., Finn, M., Lynch, K., and Carr, L. (2018) The challenges of protecting rural coastal communities from climate change and human impacts A Case Study: Maharees Conservation Association CLG. Ryan Institute Research Day 23rd February, 2018 (Poster). Workshops [Details]
(2018) The challenges of protecting rural coastal communities from climate change and human impacts A Case Study: Maharees Conservation Association CLG. Sixth Irish Geomorphology Workshop, Ulster University Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
Farrell, E.J., Finn, M., Lynch, K., and Carr, L. (2018) The challenges of protecting rural coastal communities from climate change and human impacts A Case Study: Maharees Conservation Association CLG. Sixth Irish Geomorphology Workshop, Ulster University Coleraine, Northern Ireland. Workshops [Details]

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
University of Ulster, Coleraine Lecturer 2006 - 2007 /
National University of Ireland Galway Lecturer in Physical Geography 01-SEP-07 / 31-DEC-15

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2006 University of Ulster, Coleraine PhD Coastal Science

Reviews

  Journal Role
Journal Of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface Reviewer
The Holocene Reviewer
Journal Of Coastal Research Reviewer
Sedimentary Geology Reviewer
Earth Surface Processes And Landforms Reviewer
Geomorphology Reviewer

Teaching Interests

Graduate supervision
PhD candidate Axel Leahy
Project title:  A bottom-up approach for climate change adaptation
Supervisors: Dr Kevin Lynch; Dr Kathy Reilly
Research Cluster: Environmental Cluster
Email:  a.leahy8@nuigalway.ie

PhD candidate Silvia Cascone
Project title:  Coastal dunes as a Nature-based Solution
Supervisors: Dr Kevin Lynch
Research Cluster: Environmental Cluster
Email:  s.cascone1@nuigalway.ie

Completed:
MRes Zoe Elliott
Project title: Understanding the sediment transport dynamics of maërl debris on a high conservation value beach system
Supervisors: Dr Kevin Lynch, Dr Marie Mahon and Prof. Charles Lemckert (Griffith University, Australia))

Other past graduate supervision:
GUILLERMO CASTRO CAMBA (now of GSI)
SINEAD WILKES OROZCO

Graduate Teaching

MSc in Coastal and Marine Environments: physical processes, policy and practice
  • Coastal risk: management and prevention
  Undergraduate Teaching Current individual modules
  • TI 303 Coastal Dynamics
  • TI 363 Research Seminar in Geography (Dissertation)
  • TI 3103: Research Seminar in Beach Dune Dynamics (Dissertation)
  Other individual modules developed and delivered
  • TI 248 Coastal Environments
  • TI 255 Geomorphology
  • TI 215 Hydrology
  • TI 341 River Systems, Hydrology and Geomorphology

 Current team-taught modules
  • 1st-year: TI151 Principles of Physical Geography, TI152 Geography in Practice
  • 2nd-year: TI251 Theory and Practice in Geography 1 (also involved in the module’s development), TI224 Residential Field Class  (Led module in Portugal 2009 and 2013)
  • 3rd-year: TI 335 Research Project Design and Development (also involved in the module’s development)











Internal Collaborators

  Name Description of Collaboration
Internal Collaborators
Martin Ryan Institute - Marine and coastal processes cluster, Biodiversity cluster, Earth and Ecosystems Science cluster School of Geography and Archaeology - Environmental Change clusterIBSSPP's CEDS cluster

External Collaborators

  Name Organisation / Institute Country Description of Collaboration
External Collaborators
University of Ulster Coleraine King’s College London Klimaat Consulting & Innovation Inc., Canada University of Southampton ANCORIM partnership French Conseil Régional d’Aquitaine BRGM - Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières CREAA - Centre régional d’expérimentation et d’application aquacole IAAT - Institut Atlantique d’Aménagement du Territoire Poitou-Charentes Conseil Régional de Bretagne Cap l’Orient Agglomération GEOS AEL IFREMER - Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer Portugal IHRH - Instituto de Hidráulica e Recursos Hídricos University of Coimbra Spain The Council of A Coruña GEOMA - University of Vigo CETMAR - Centro Tecnologico del Mar Xunta de Galicia Ireland Údarás na Gaeltachta Mayo County Council