Professional summary

Research Interests

River hydraulics, hydraulic and hydrological modelling, flood conveyance, flow behaviour through and around vegetation in natural rivers, sediment transport behaviour, turbulence measurements and modelling, flood and drought impact, aquatic weed management, river restoration, eco-hydraulics, fluvial ecosystems and physical habitat modelling, agro-hydrological modelling, irrigation water use efficiency, brackish water irrigation and yield response.

Brief CV

2003 - To date: Research Scientist, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK

2000 - 2003: New Blood Fellowship, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK

1998 - 2000: Post-doctoral Researcher Associate, Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, UK

1994 - 1997: Research Associate, Department of Engineering, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Qualifications

1994–1997: Department of Engineering, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland. PhD: Conveyance Prediction for Meandering Two-stage Channel Flows.

1992–1993: Department of Computer Science, University of Wales, Swansea, Wales. MPhil: Numerical Simulation of Particle Settling in Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids.

1989–1992: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bradford, England. BSc (First Class) Civil and Structural Engineering.

1979–1988: St John's College, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. GCE'A' Levels: Applied Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and Pure Mathematics.

Panels, committees and memberships

Member of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR).

Web tools and apps

Web Portal: Projected future changes in river flows across West Africa

 Journal Paper: Rameshwaran, P, Bell, V A, Davies, H N & Kay, A L. 2021. How might climate change affect river flows across West Africa? Climatic Change, 169, 21. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-021-03256-0

Data (CMIP5): Rameshwaran, P, Bell, V A, Davies, H N & Kay, A L. 2021. Historical (1950–2005) and projected (2006–2099) hydrological model (HMF-WA) estimates of monthly mean and annual maximum river flows across West Africa driven by CMIP5 projected climate data. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. DOI: 10.5285/6429828f-6a06-4d2d-8f50-4910b18f7ff4

Data (CMIP6): Rameshwaran, P, Bell, V A, Brown, M J & Davies, H N. 2022. Historical (1950–2014) and projected (2015–2100) hydrological model (HMF-WA) estimates of monthly mean and annual maximum river flows across West Africa driven by CMIP6 projected climate data. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. DOI: 10.5285/346124fd-a0c6-490f-b5af-eaccbb26ab6b

Publications