Professional summary
Research Interests
I perform hydrological modelling of river flows using the distributed Grid-to-Grid (G2G) rainfall-runoff model and the lumped Probability Distributed Model (PDM). I am also involved with modelling and analysing data from Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensors (CRNS) which are deployed to measure soil moisture. At UKCEH I have enjoyed working on a variety of projects, including:
- Calibrating and assessing hydrological models.
- Assessing X-band radar precipitation estimates using hydrological models.
- Improving water routing in hydrological models.
- Calculating and improving catchment descriptors (FARL, SAAR, URBEXT).
- Supporting use of machine learning techniques to quality control environmental data.
- Using data from Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensors (CRNS) to estimate snow water equivalent.
- Using neutron transport modelling to understand and control the footprint of CRNS for soil moisture monitoring.
- Assessing the suitability of CRNS from the COSMOS-UK network for detecting space weather events.
Before this I worked as theoretical physicist, employing a variety of analytical and numerical techniques to study two-dimensional materials and their heterostructrures.
Brief CV
Employment History
05/2018 - present: Mathematical Modeller: UKCEH, Wallingford and (now) Lancaster.
10-2015 - 05/2018: Research Associate: Theory of low dimensional materials and quantum nanostructures. National Graphene Institute, University of Manchester.
10/2013 - 09/2015: Research Associate: Theory of atomic two-dimensional crystals. Department of Physics, Lancaster University.
Education
10/2009 - 09/2013: PhD in Physics: Electronic Properties of Graphene with Hexagonal Crystals. Department of Physics, Lancaster University.
07/2005 - 07/2009: MMathsPhys Master’s Degree, 1st Class. University of Warwick