Professional summary
Research Interests
I lead the Hydrological Processes and Extremes (HPE) Group at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology in Wallingford. The HPE Group encompasses hydrologists and modellers who research how hydrological extremes (e.g. floods and droughts) might change in the future.
Significant developments include the Grid-to-Grid (G2G) hydrological model and its application across the UK at a 1km resolution to investigate the effect of climate change on river flows. Recent research includes the development of a grid-based, integrated model to estimate pools and fluxes of nutrients across the UK as part of the NERC Macronutrient Cycles programme, the NERC-funded MaRIUS project improving the understanding of droughts across the UK, and a UK-wide seasonal hydrological forecast system (Hydrological Outlooks) delivered through the Environmental Science to Services (ESSP) collaboration with the Met Office, the Environment Agency and BGS.
Brief CV
2018-present Principal Scientific Officer at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
2000-2018 Senior Scientific Officer at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford
1991-2000 Higher Scientific Officer at the Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford
Qualifications
PhD in Applied Mathematics: “Thin film flows with evaporation” University of St Andrews (1988 -1991)
BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics University of St Andrews (1984 -1988)
PhD in Applied Mathematics: “Thin film flows with evaporation” University of St Andrews (1988 -1991)
BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics University of St Andrews (1984 -1988)
Work experience
2019-2023 GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub EPSRC. [Lead Hydrologist, simulating flows of nitrogen across South Asia].
2019-2021 [Malaysia] Flood Impacts across Scales- informing models of flood exposure and vulnerability via an integrated multi-scale approach NERC/EPSRC Newton-Ungku Omar fund [UK PI and WP lead].
2019-2021 Climate Risk Indicators: developing indicators of climate risk using UKCP18 to support risk assessments and enhance resilience, UKRI.
2014-2017 Managing the Risks, Impacts and Uncertainties of drought and water Scarcity (MaRIUS) [NERC]. Looking at how droughts may be affected by climate change, with our focus being national-scale modelling and analysis of hydrological drought [CEH PI, drought modelling and identification].
2013-2015 Analysing and simulating long-term and large-scale interactions of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in UK land, freshwater and atmosphere. Consortium Project funded by the NERC Macronutrient Cycles Research Programme and the Scottish Government [lead model developer].
2019-2023 GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub EPSRC. [Lead Hydrologist, simulating flows of nitrogen across South Asia].
2019-2021 [Malaysia] Flood Impacts across Scales- informing models of flood exposure and vulnerability via an integrated multi-scale approach NERC/EPSRC Newton-Ungku Omar fund [UK PI and WP lead].
2019-2021 Climate Risk Indicators: developing indicators of climate risk using UKCP18 to support risk assessments and enhance resilience, UKRI.
2014-2017 Managing the Risks, Impacts and Uncertainties of drought and water Scarcity (MaRIUS) [NERC]. Looking at how droughts may be affected by climate change, with our focus being national-scale modelling and analysis of hydrological drought [CEH PI, drought modelling and identification].
2013-2015 Analysing and simulating long-term and large-scale interactions of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in UK land, freshwater and atmosphere. Consortium Project funded by the NERC Macronutrient Cycles Research Programme and the Scottish Government [lead model developer].