Rate My Professor Paul Denys

Denys' research focuses on geodesy, precise GPS and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), earth deformation, sea level rise, and vertical land motion. He is involved in significant projects such as the Southern Alps Geodetic Experiment (SAGENZ), which uses continuous GPS to measure uplift rates and distribution in the Southern Alps; studies on co-seismic and post-seismic deformation following the 2009 Mw 7.8 Fiordland earthquake; monitoring land movement at New Zealand's long-record tide gauges to inform sea level rise assessments; and mapping strain and velocity fields across the South Island using GPS. His scholarly contributions include high-impact publications like "Complex multifault rupture during the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, New Zealand" in Science (2017, Hamling et al.), "New Zealand GPS velocity field: 1995–2013" in New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics (2016, Beavan et al.), "A geodetic study of the Alpine Fault through South Westland" (2018, Page et al.), and recent works on GNSS RTK accuracy and vertical land motion in Eastern Indonesia (2025). In teaching, he coordinates SURV202 Survey Mathematics, SURV301 Survey Methods, and SURV451 Advanced Survey Methods.