Rate My Professor Michael Hilton

Hilton has supervised over 25 postgraduate students, including primary and co-supervision of multiple PhD and MSc theses on topics like beach gravel abrasion, wind flow over dunes, and invasive species dispersal. His professional affiliations include Executive Board Member of the International Society for Aeolian Research since 2016, National Executive Member of the New Zealand Geographical Society since 2014, and past roles such as co-convener of the New Zealand Coastal Forum. Notable awards are the Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in 2018 for services to coastal conservation and geography, and the Distinguished Service Award in 2017. Key publications feature 'The loss of New Zealand's active dunes and the spread of marram grass (Ammophila arenaria)' (New Zealand Geographer, 2006), 'Conversion of coastal habitats in Singapore: indications of unsustainable development' (Environmental Conservation, 1995), 'Wind flow dynamics and sand deposition behind excavated foredune notches on developed coasts' (Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2022), 'Measuring beach pebbles and cobbles abrasion with RFID technology on a mixed sand and gravel beach, South Island, New Zealand' (Geomorphology, 2025), and 'Controls on geomorphological stage of trough blowout evolution: Evidence from computational fluid dynamics (CFD) airflow modelling' (Earth Surface Processes & Landforms, 2025). He has obtained significant grants, such as $45,000 from the Department of Conservation for Stewart Island dune monitoring (2012-2015) and $19,590 from University of Otago Research Grant (2015).