Chair of EGCP

David R. Green is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Aberdeen in the Department of Geography, where he teaches Coastal Management, Hydrography, Remote Sensing, Cartography and GIS and UAV Remote Sensing.  He is the Director of the MSc in GIS Degree Programme, Director of the UAV/UAS Centre for Environmental Modelling and Mapping, and the Aberdeen Institute for Coastal Science and Management (AICSM). He is the past Chairman of the Association for Geographic Information (AGI); a member of AGI Scotland (AGIS); past Editor in Chief of The Cartographic Journal; past-President of the EUCC–The Coastal and Marine Union in Leiden, The Netherlands; past-Vice-Chair of the European Centre for Nature Conservation (ECNC) Scientific Committee (ECNC); Vice-Chair of the IGU Commission on Coastal Systems; a Member of the Advisory Committee - Center for Coastal and Marine Studies (CCMS) (Bulgaria); Chair of the International CoastGIS Conference Series; Chair of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS) Aberdeen Local Group; and is currently a Director and Chair of EGCP Ltd.

He is also Editor in Chief of the Journal of Coastal Conservation, Planning and Management (Springer). 

David is a specialist in the environmental applications of geospatial technologies with interests in geographical information systems, remote sensing (terrestrial and bathymetric), cartography/digital mapping, Internet and mobile GIS, coastal and marine resource management, hydrography, marine spatial planning (MSP), and UAV/drone technology and has published a number of books on Coastal Zone Management; Geographical Information Systems (GIS); Remote Sensing; and UAV Applications. 

He is a keen sailor, enjoys travelling, cars, art, photography, and the company of his two Siamese cats Mia and Mir, and currently manages and edits the EGCP website and the E-Newsletter.