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Professor Heather Viles is an eminent physical geographer at the University of Oxford. She is Professor of Biogeomorphology and Heritage Conservation and specialises in

She coined the term Biogeomorphology and wrote a seminal edited book on Biogeomorphology (1988), which has been credited with starting a resurgence of research in the "study of geomorphological/ecological interactions by geomorphologists," p. 1. In 2012, she delivered the opening keynote lecture at the 42nd Annual Binghampton Conference on Geomorphology. Heather has written over 100 papers, books and journal articles. Her books include important scholarly edited collections (e.g. Biogeomorphology, 1988) and textbooks aimed at undergraduates and high school students.

Heather's commitment to the disciplines of Physical Geography and Geomorphology are evident from her active involvement in the running of learned societies. She is currently the Chair of the British Society for Geomorphology and has previously held several other positions for the society. She is the third female to hold this position since 1978. Heather has also served as chair of the Expeditions and Fieldwork Committee of the Royal Geographical Society. She is also actively involved in the Executive Committee of the International Association of Geomorphologists and is currently in charge of International Publishing.

She has also served as Editor of Area (2001-2004) and is currently an associate Editor of Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.

She is also committed to encouraging a new generation of geographers to participate beyond their core undergraduate lectures - for example, through the Frontier Society at Worcester College, Oxford and Oxford Open Doors. She is also actively involved in senior administrative roles at the University of Oxford where she is currently the Vice-Provost of Worcester College. She is an active twitter user (@geodiverse, @oxrbl ).

Heather completed her undergraduate degree in Geography at the University of Cambridge and her doctorate in Physical Geography at the University of Oxford.

Publications
She has 96 papers listed on ISI Web of Science, with an H-Score of 19 and an average of 10.88 citations per item ( accessed 3 December 2013).

These are some of her most notable books:
 * Biogeomorphology. Heather A. Viles, Heather A. Editor. 1988. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
 * Coastal problems: geomorphology, ecology and society at the coast. Viles, Heather and Spencer, Tom. 1995. London: Edward Arnold.
 * The earth transformed: an introduction to human impacts on the environment. Goudie, A. and Viles, H.A. 1997. Oxford: Blackwell.
 * Salt weathering hazard. Goudie, A. and Viles, Heather A. 1997. Chichester; New York: Wiley, 1997.
 * The student's companion to geography. Rogers, A., Viles, Heather and Goudie, A. Oxford: Blackwell, 1992.
 * Landscapes and Geomorphology, part of the 'Very short introduction' series. Goudie, A. and Viles, Heather. 2010. Oxford: Oxford University Press.