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I am a hydrologist interested in quantifying aspects of the water cycle and the implications for infrastructure. My primary focus lies on extreme events such as floods and droughts, as well as the seasonal availability of water, and the long-term average changes in water availability. I aim to understand the hydrological responses controlled by interacting factors including climate, topography, soils, land cover, and geology, all of which are important in hydrological situations. Untangling and understanding how the hydrological cycle functions is a grand challenge in the field of hydrology. Currently, my main research methodologies involve large-sample analyses of hydrological data, spanning countries, regions, and continents, and I often supplement this data analysis with simple models to help quantify the relative importance of controlling factors. My specific research themes include improving the estimation of flood magnitudes in ungauged catchments, utilizing high-resolution data to analyze shifts in precipitation and snow rainfall, and understanding the vast diversity of hydrological responses worldwide through scientific classifications of similar variables.
University of Bristol • Bristol, England
Responsible for teaching and research in Water and Environmental Engineering.
Department of Physics research themes include Astrophysics, Materials and Devices, Particle Physics, and Quantum and Soft Matter.