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Environmental Engineering Academic and Teaching Staff A-Z

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 Adrian Butler

Adrian Butler

Reader in Subsurface Hydrology, DIC, PhD, FRMetS, FGS
Sub surface flow and transport processes and their environmental impact. 
 Wouter Buytaert

Wouter Buytaert

Reader in Hydrology and Water Resources, PhD
Hydrology and water resources; Environmental change; Land use impacts; Hydrological modelling; Data assimilation and uncertainty analysis; Decision support systems; Sustainable development; Tropical hydrology. 
 Chris Cheeseman

Chris Cheeseman

Professor of Materials Resources Engineering, PhD, MCIWM
Director of EPSRC CDT Sustainable Civil Engineering
Waste management; Beneficial reuse of wastes; Low -carbon materials; Waste encapsulation technologies.
 Geoff Fowler

Geoff Fowler

Research Fellow, PhD, MRSC, CChem
Thermal and microwave pyrolysis; activated carbon production and application; Contaminated land treatment; Hazardous waste management; Composite recycling; Water jetting.
 Nigel Graham

Nigel Graham

Professor of Environmental Engineering, MA, MSc, PhD, DIC, ScD(Cantab), FICE, FIChemE, FCIWEMbr
Drinking water and wastewater treatment technologies; Treatment process evaluation and modelling; Intermediate technology methods; Water supply management and systems; Water quality modelling; Oxidation, coagulation and filtration processes. 
 Sue Grimes

Sue Grimes

Professor and Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Waste and Resource Management, PhD, MBA, DipMRS, CSci. CChem. FRSC, CEnv, MCIWM
Recovery of value components from wastes for conversion to commercially useful products; Closed-loop methodologies towards resource efficiency; Decision-support tools for sustainable waste management.
Cedo Maksimovic

Cedo Maksimovic

Professorial Research Fellow, PhD
Applied fluid mechanics in urban water systems: storm drainage, urban flooding water supply and interactions of urban water systems and infrastructure with the environment. 
 Ana Mijic

Ana Mijic

Senior Lecturer in Urban Water Management, PhD, DIC
Urban hydrology and urban ecosystems; Groundwater-sewer interactions; Urban water and energy use; Water resources assessment and climate change mitigation.
 Christian Onof

Christian Onof

Reader in Stochastic Environmental Systems, PhD, DIC, FSS
Stochastic modeling of precipitation related variables and the impact of climate change upon hydrological variables. 
 Athanasios Paschalis

Athanasios Paschalis

Lecturer in Hydrology, PhD
Stochastic modelling of rainfall; Probability theory and statistics; Ecohydrology and water/soil/plant atmosphere interactions; Physically based modelling for catchment hydrology; Natural hazard risk analysis.
 Stephen Smith

Stephen R. Smith

Professor of Bioresource Systems, BSc, PhD, MCIWM, MCIWEM, C.WEM, CEnv
Head of Environmental and Water Resources (EWRE) Section 
Bioresources management, treatment, land application, agronomic value, environmental and health impact; Energy products from biodegradable solid waste. 
 Ivan Stoianov

Ivan Stoianov

Senior Lecturer in Water Systems Engineering, PhD
Modelling and optimal control of water supply and wastewater systems : Sensing and monitoring of civil engineering infrastructure; Founder of the InfraSense lab.
 Mike Templeton

Michael Templeton

Reader in Public Health Engineering, PhD, CEng, FICE
Drinking water quality and treatment; Chemical and microbiological contaminants in water; Disinfection processes; Disinfection by-products ; Water and sanitation for developing countries. 
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 Arash Hamzehloo

Arash Hamzehloo

Research Associate, PhD
Development of numerical techniques and CFD codes for flow and transport in complex porous media. 
CFD, Fluid Mechanics, Porous Media, Unstructured Adaptive Mesh, Subsurface Reservoir Modelling, Saline Intrusion 
Email Arash
Dion Kordopati

Dionysia Kordopati

Project Administrator 
Landslide EVO and SHEAR Studentship Cohort Project Manager
Email Dion
 Dimitrios Nerantzis

Dimitrios Nerantzis 

Research Associate, PhD
Computational Optimisation 
Email Dimitrios
 Jimmy O'Keefe

Jimmy O'Keeffe

Research Associate, PhD
Coupled Human and Natural Systems Environment (CHANSE)
Email Jimmy
Paul Jonathan

Jonathan Paul

Research Associate, PhD
NERC-funded Landslide EVO project
Email Jonathan
 Filippo Pecci

Filippo Pecci

Research Associate, PhD
Computational optimisation of dynamically adaptive water supply networks
Email Filippo
 Hannah Rigby

Hannah Rigby

Research Associate, PhD
The potential transfer and uptake of contaminants into food arising from the use of recycled wastes in agriculture
Email Hannah
 Jonny Ritson

Jonny Ritson

Research Associate
The impact of climate change on surface water quality and drinking water treatment
Email Jonny
May Nyabochi Sule

May Nyabochi Sule

Research Associate
WISER: Water Infrastructure for Schistosomiasis-Endemic Regions
Email May
Li-Pen Wang

Li-Pen Wang

Research Associate
Email Li-Pen
Environment Research Staff A-Z
Environment Academics A-Z

Environmental Engineering Research Students A-Z

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 Tilashwork Alemie

Tilashwork Alemie

Started Aug 2014
Water quality and erosion status determination in the Tana Lake Basin - Ethiopia
Supervised by: Buytaert, W.
Email Tilashwork
 Filip Babovic

Filip Babovic

Started Oct 2014
Urban resilience to water challenges under deep uncertainty
As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering
Supervised by: Mijic, A., Madani, K.
Email Filip
 Peter Blair

Peter Blair

Started October 2014
Socio-Eco-hydrological modelling and uncertainty analysis
Supervisor: Buytaert, W., Ewers, R M 
Email Peter
Caroline Blocher

Caroline Blocher

Started October 2016
Modelling and failure diagnosis of dynamically adaptive water supply networks
As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering
Supervisor: 
Email Caroline
 David Blyth

David Blyth

Started Oct 2015
Environmental fate of priority contaminants
As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering
Supervised by: Butler, A.P., Fowler, G.D.
Email David
 James Blyth

James Blyth

Started Oct 2009
Ensuring cryptosporidium-free drinking water using UV disinfection
Supervised by: Templeton, M.R., Cairns, B. (Trojan UV), Curtis, T. (Newcastle University), Jackson, H. (TrojanUV)
Email James
Laura Braun

Laura Braun

Started Oct 2016
Water and sanitation interventions for the prevention of Schistosomiasis 
As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering
Supervised by: Templeton, M.R.
Email Laura
 Jiramate Changklom

Jiramate Changklom

Started Jan 2014
Operational control of water supply systems
Supervised by: Stoianov, I.
Email Jiramate
Hi Kai Chou

Hsi-Kai Chou

Started Oct 2015
Citizen science in hydrology and water resources
Supervised by: Buytaert, W.
Email Hsi-Kai
Joe Croft

Joe Croft

Started Oct 2017
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) mineralisation, transformation and treatability in UK drinking water catchments
As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering
Supervised by: Graham, N.J.; Templeton, M.R; Brazier, R (University of Exeter); Clark, J. (University of Reading)
Email Joe
 David Cross

David Cross

Started June 2014
Stochastic rainfall modelling for a changing climate
Supervised by: Onof, C.
Email David
 Rosi Destiani

Rosi Destiani

Started Apr 2014
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in water supplies
Supervised by: Templeton, M.R.
Email Rosi
 Simon De Stercke

Simon De Stercke

Started Oct 2014
Sustainable cities in the context of water energy interactions
Supervised by: Mijic, A.
Email Simon
 Mohamad El Hattab

Mohamad El Hattab

Started Dec 2015
Techno-economic evaluation of SuDs performance at the full scale
As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering
Supervised by: Mijic, A., Onof, C.
Email Mohamad
Sophie Flint

Sophie Flint

Started Oct 2017
Metal recovery to allow improved beneficial reuse of energy-from-waste residues in civil engineering
As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering
Supervised by: Cheeseman, C.R. 
Email Sophie
 Moisés Gómez Soto

Moisés Gómez Soto

Started Oct 2017
Value recovery from Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
Supervisor: Grimes, S.; Fowler, G.D.
Email Moisés
 Sam Grainger

Sam Grainger

Started Mar 2014
Citizen science and water resources management in remote mountain communities
Supervisor: Buytaert, W.
Email Sam
 Malcolm Graham

Malcolm Graham

Started Oct 2014
Inverse modelling of saline freshwater interface behaviour in coastal aquifers conditioned on measurements of spontaneous potential
Supervisor: Butler, A.P., Jackson, M.D (Earth Science Engineering)
Email Malcolm
 Marc Heitmann

Marc Heitmann

Started Oct 2016
The development and optimisation of pilot scale sustainable sewage sludge treatment technologies with energy and materials recovery 
As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering
Supervisor: Fowler, G.D.
Email Marc
 Acile Hammoud

Acile Hammoud

Started Nov 2014
Nitrate pollution of groundwater by on-site sanitation facilities in low-income countries 
Supervised by: Templeton, M.R
Email Acile
Lucinda Hazell

Lucinda Hazell

Started Oct 2017
Sustainable water treatment methods for preventing Schistosomiasis
As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering
Supervised by: Templeton, M.R
Email Lucinda
Benedict Krueger

Benedict Krueger

Started Dec 2017
The generation of BioChar from Pit Latrine sludge – a Unique challenge & opportunity for resource management and valorisation at a local scale in developing countries 
Supervised by: Templeton, M.R; Fowler, G.D.
Email Ben
 Alexander Kumi-Larbi

Alexander Kumi-Larbi 

Started July 2018
The use of waste plastic composites as an alternative low-cost construction material
Supervised by: Cheeseman, C.R.; Wilson, D.C. 
Email Alexander
Amanda Larasati

Amanda Larasati

Started Oct 2016
In-situ regeneration of activated carbon for water treatment
Supervised by: Graham, N.J., Fowler, G.D.
Email Amanda
 Roshni Limbachiya

Roshni Limbachiya

Started Oct 2017
Manufacturing low-C02 glass supplementary for cementitious materials from waste materials 
As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering
Supervised by: Cheeseman, C.R.
Email Roshni
 Jin Liu

Jin Liu

Started: Feb 2016
Critical assessment of sewage sludge MAD
Supervised by: Smith, S. R.
Email Jin
Teng Liu

Teng Liu

Started: Jan 2017
Membrane technology for water treatment
Supervised by: Graham, N.J.
Email Teng
 Xi Liu

Xi Liu

Started: Oct 2012
Integrated modelling and performance analysis of Blue Green Technologies in urban environments 
Supervised by: Maksimovic, C., Buytaert, W.
Email Xi
Ziyi Liu

Ziyi Liu

Started: Jan 2017
Bio-enzymes recovery from waste activated sludge 
Supervised by: Smith, S. R.
Email Ziyi
Sean McBeath

Sean McBeath

Started Oct 2017
Novel electrochemical processes for water treatment
Supervised by: Graham, N.J.
Email Sean
 Ioannis Moustakis

Ioannis Moustakis

Started Jul 2018
Quantification of future risk of flooding under climate change using probabilistic framework analysis
Supervised by: Paschalis, A.; Onof, C.
Email Ioannis
 Kenneth Muniina

Kenneth Muniina

Started Oct 2011
Performance of decentralised interventions in urban water systems of the developing world 
Supervised by: Maksimovic, C., Graham, N.J.
Email Kenneth
 Samer Muhandes

Samer Muhandes

Started Oct 2015
Interaction between SUDS and groundwater: impacts on design and implications for long-term sustainability
Supervised by: Mijic, A., Butler, A.P
Email Samer
 Boris Fernando Ochoa Tocachi

Boris Fernando Ochoa Tocachi

Started Oct 2015
Hydrological impacts from environmental and human induced changes in tropical mountain regions
Supervised by: Buytaert. W
Email Boris
 Rui Daniel Da Silva Pina

Rui Daniel Da Silva Pina

Started Nov 2013
Blue-green urban flood modelling
Supervised by: Maksimovic, C., Mijic, A.
Email Rui
 Thomas Ravalde

Thomas Ravalde

Started Sept 2012
Highly integrated urban energy, water and waste resources
Supervised by: Keirstead, J., Stoianov, I.
Email Thomas
 Natalia Reyna Bensusan

Natalia Reyna Bensusan

Started Oct 2014
Management strategies of polluting emissions from solid waste
Supervised by: Smith, S. R., Wilson, David
Email Natalia
 Azucena Rodriguez Yebra

Azucena Rodriguez Yebra

Started Oct 2014
Understanding the interactions between adited groundwater sources and the chalk acquifer under drought conditions.
Supervised by: Butler, A.P
Email Azucena
 Neeraj Sah

Neeraj Sah

Started Mar 2018
Low-cost sensor networks for flood and drought monitoring and forecasting
Supervised by: Buytaert. W
Email Neeraj
 Laure Sione

Laure Sione

Started Oct 2014
Coupling intermittent renewable energy and desalinisation for climate-resilient cities
As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering
Supervised by: Templeton, M.R., Onof, C.
Email Laure
 Anna Twomlow

Anna Twomlow  

Started Feb 2018
Interactive visualisation and communication of hydrological information to support multi-level natural hazard reduction and resilience building.
Supervised by: Buytaert. W
Email Anna
Aly-Joy Ulusoy

Aly-Joy Ulusoy

Started Oct 2016
Dynamically adaptive water supply networks
As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering
Supervised by: Stoianov, I.
Email Aly-Joy
 Mike Vaughan

Mike Vaughan

Started Oct 2008
Extrapolation of rainfall-runoff models for real-time flood forecasting
Supervised by: McIntyre, N.
Email Mike
Alex Waldron

Alex Waldron

Started Oct 2017
Design and control of intelligent water networks with dynamically configurable network topologies
As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering
Supervised by: Stoianov, I.
Email Alex
 Wan Norazeina Wan Rusli

Wan Norazeina Wan Rusli

Started Dec 2014
Naturally-derived biocides for water treatment application
Supervised by: Templeton, M.R.
Email Wan
 Euan Wilson

Euan (Robert) Wilson

Started Oct 2015
Breaking the biofuels code: Towards reliable water quality sensing (in-pipe, reagent free)
Supervised by: Stoianov, I., O'Hare, D. 
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Charles Zogheib

Charles Zogheib

Started Oct 2016
Polycentric water resources assessment and governance in data-scarce regions
As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering
Supervised by: Buytaert, W., Mijic, A.
Email Charles
Xin Zou

Xin Zou

Started Apr 2018
Pyrolysis as a method of maximising the recovery of materials from complex composite waste systems
Supervised by: Fowler, G.D.; Grimes, S.
Email Xin
Environment Research Students A-Z
Environment Academics A-Z

Environmental Emeritus, Senior Research Investigators, Visitors

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 Howard Wheater

Professor Howard Wheater

Senior Research Investigator, Distinguished Research Fellow, Emeritus Professor of Hydrology
Professor Howard Wheater is Canada Excellence Research Chair in Water Security and Director, Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan. A leading expert in hydrological science, he has extensive international experience of flood, water resource and surface and groundwater quality management. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and AGU and won the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water.
Emeritus and Senior Research Investigators
Emeritus and Senior Research Investigators

Visiting and honorary staff

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David Balmforth Visiting Professor: Technical Director with international consultants MWH, specialising in flood risk management, water pollution control and climate change adaptation. Industrial Advisory Panel member of Environmental Engineering MSc course.
Michael Beck Visiting Professor
John Donaldson Visiting Professor
Paul Hardisty Visiting Professor: Global Director of Sustainability and EcoNomics for WorleyParsons, Member of the Grantham Inst. for Climate change
Paul Leinster Visiting Professor
Neil McIntyre Visiting Professor
Denis Peach Visiting Professor
David Wilson Senior Research Investigator, Visiting Professor: Independent consultant in waste and resources management, specialising in high-level policy and strategy work. Industrial Advisory Panel member of Environmental Engineering MSc course.
Visiting and Honorary staff

Administration and Technical staff

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 Judith Barritt

Judith Barritt

MSc Cluster Administrator, EWRE
Room 230, +44 (0)207 594 5967, Email Judith
 Ángel Nievas-Pino

Ángel Nievas-Pino

Laboratory Technician, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Room 120b, +44 (0)207 594 1214, Email Ángel
Administrative and Technical Staff
Administration contacts

Below you will find listings of the member of our research section. If you would like to find out more about any aspect of our work, we would be delighted to hear from you. 

Professor Stephen Smith, Head of the Environmental and Water Resources Section 
Professor of Bioresource Systems, BSc, PhD, MCIWM, MCIWEM, C.WEM, CEnv