1998 to present - Lecturer, James Cook University (Cairns) 1987 to 1997 - Tutor, James Cook Unversity (Townsville) 1981 to 1985 - Secondary Teacher - Mathematics, Warrnambool High School (Victoria) 1978 to 1980 - Secondary Teacher - Geography and Mathematics, Wycheproof P-12 (Victoria)

Earth Sciences

Volcanology. Cainozoic basaltic volcanism in eastern Australia. Lava inflation structures.

Whitehead P and Nelson P (2014) Displacement of the Great Divide in north Queensland associated with Neogene lava flows. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 61 (6). pp. 803-809 Nelson P, Whitehead P and Link C (2010) Buried lava flows crossing the Great Divide in north Queensland: discovery using magnetic methods, and implications for hydrology. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 57 (3). pp. 279-289 Whitehead P, Stephenson P, McDougall I, Hopkins M, Graham A, Collerson K and Johnson D (2007) Temporal development of the Atherton Basalt Province, North Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 54 (5). pp. 691-709 Stephenson P, Burch-Johnson A, Stanton D and Whitehead P (1998) Three long lava flows in north Queensland. Journal of Geophysical Research: solid earth, 103 (B11). pp. 27359-27370 Whitehead P and Stephenson P (1998) Lava rise ridges of the Toomba basalt flow, north Queensland, Australia. Journal of Geophysical Research: solid earth, 103 (B11). pp. 27371-27382