Theme Affiliates

Interests

Measuring, analysing and modelling subsurface flow and transport processes and their associated environmental impact.

Affiliated research themes: Sustainable natural environment , Resilient and secure built environment

Teaching: groundwater flow and contaminant transport

Interests

The impact of environmental change on the terrestrial water cycle, and its consequences for managing water resources and flood and drought risk.

Affiliated research themes: Sustainable natural environment , Resilient and secure built environment

Other roles: Director of MSc Hydrology and Water Resources Management ,

Interests

 The role of ocean waves in engineering and climate.

Affiliated research themes: Sustainable natural environment , Engineering net zero and beyond

Teaching: F luid mechanics, wave mechanics, air-sea interaction dynamics and design projects.

Interests

Waste management, resource efficiency, industrial symbiosis, the circular economy, low carbon materials and greenhouse gas removal technologies.

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond , Sustainable natural environment

Other roles:   Head of Materials

Interests

Offshore and coastal engineering including wave statistics, freak/rogue waves, analysis of field measurements, and wave-vessel interaction.

Affiliated research themes:   Engineering net zero and beyond , Sustainable natural environment

Other roles: Senior Tutor (Postgraduate Taught)

Interests

Developing stochastic models to describe the random fluctuations, uncertainties, mixing processes, transitions and extreme events associated with turbulence in transport.

Affiliated research themes: Sustainable natural environment , Resilient and secure built environment

Other roles:  Imperial College Research Fellow and Undergraduate Examinations Officer.

Interests

Experimental geotechnics (physical modelling and element testing); unsaturated soil mechanics; occurrence of geohazards in response to changing climatic conditions; development of sensors and measurement techniques for unsaturated soils testing.

Affiliated research themes: Resilient and secure built environment (Theme Lead), Sustainable natural environment

Teaching:  Module coordinator for MEng and MSc module 'Geotechnical Hazards'.

Other roles: Theme Lead for Resilient and secure built environment 

Interests

Recovery of value from waste for conversion to commercially useful products; decision support tools for sustainable waste management.

Affiliated research themes: Sustainable natural environment , Engineering net zero and beyond

Other roles: Undergraduate Year 4 Coordinator, Admissions Tutor, Examinations Officer and Director of MSc in Environmental Engineering , Course Director for MSc Environmental Engineering with Data Science

Interests

Stochastic description of waves and wave-related processes: extreme waves, coastal processes and erosion, wave-structure interaction and marine renewables.

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond , Sustainable natural environment

Teaching:   Modules related to coastal engineering, wave mechanics and statistics.

Other roles:   Director of the Hydrodynamics Laboratory

Interests

Affiliated research themes: Resilient and secure built environment , Sustainable natural environment

Other roles: Undergraduate Year 1 Coordinator

Interests

Fluid mechanics of the environment and climate, including turbulence and mixing in density-stratified flows such as in the oceans and atmosphere.

Affiliated research themes: Sustainable natural environment

Other roles: NERC Independent Research Fellow

Interests

Hydrology, terrestrial ecosystems, hydroclimatic variability, & Earth system modelling, focusing on sustainable climate change mitigation strategies and Carbon Dioxide Removal.

Affiliated research themes: Sustainable natural environment

Teaching: H ydrology, soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, rainfall/runoff modelling.

Interests

Quantitative sustainability assessment of infrastructure, critical materials, and industrial processes; cement and concrete chemistry.

Affiliated research themes: Engineering net zero and beyond , Sustainable natural environment

Teaching: Materials (MEng); Sustainable Development (MSc); Cementitious Materials (MSc).

Other roles: Examination Officer for MSc Advanced Materials for Sustainable Infrastructure , Chair of Department Sustainability Committee , and Chair of Climate and Sustainability Teaching Committee

Interests

Stochastic modelling of rainfall fields for the purpose of hydrological simulation and flood design, with a particular emphasis upon fine time-scales.

Affiliated research themes: Sustainable natural environment , Connected efficient cities

Other roles: Senior Tutor (Postgraduate Research)

Interests

Complex mechanics of turbulent multiphase flows in civil and environmental engineering problems, including the transport of plastics and other litter in rivers and the air-water flow hydraulics of high-head hydraulic structures.

Affiliated research themes: Sustainable natural environment , Resilient and secure built environment

Other roles: Director of MSc Fluid Mechanics programme.

Interests

Transport processes in fluids, with applications in urban areas (urban heat island, dispersion, microclimate), atmospheric convection, and building ventilation (stratified environments, plumes/jets, exchange flows).

Affiliated research themes: Connected Efficient Cities , Sustainable Natural Environment

Other roles: Director of Research (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)