Philip L. Woodworth

Philip Leslie Woodworth is a British oceanographer based at the National Oceanography Centre. His research interests include sea level variation, climatology, and the global development of sea level monitoring networks. He went on to complete a doctorate at the University of Birmingham in 1974.

Career Woodworth's initial training was in particle physics and early in his career he spent some time based at CERN. He has been associated with the National Oceanography Centre (formerly the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory) since 1983. His role involved working with the Environment Agency to provide tidal analysis for UK coastal waters. In 2010, he completed research in the Falkland Islands which found that sea level around the islands had risen significantly since the mid-19th century, with the rate of rise accelerating in recent decades.

Woodworth was awarded the Vening Meinesz Medal of the European Geosciences Union in 2010 and received an MBE in the 2011 New Year Honours.