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Environment Academics A-Z

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	Adrian Butler Professor of Subsurface Hydrology, DIC, PhD, FRMetS, FGS Director of MSc in Hydrology Sub surface flow and transport processes and their environmental impact.
	Wouter Buytaert Professor in Hydrology and Water Resources, PhD Digital Communications Coordinator Hydrology and water resources; Environmental change; Land use impacts; Hydrological modelling; Data assimilation and uncertainty analysis; Decision support systems; Sustainable development; Tropical hydrology.
	Geoff Fowler Senior Research Fellow, PhD, MRSC, CChem Department Safety Officer Thermal and microwave pyrolysis; activated carbon production and application; Contaminated land treatment; Hazardous waste management; Composite recycling; Water jetting.
	Sue Grimes Professor and Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Waste and Resource Management, PhD, MBA, DipMRS, CSci. CChem. FRSC, CEnv, MCIWM Director of MSc in Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Year 4 Coordinator 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.
	Evina Katsou Professor of Water Engineering, PhD Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery Technologies and Green Technology Innovations, AI-Driven Environmental Solutions and Big Data Analytics in Water Management, Greenhouse Gas monitoring and mitigation in Water systems, Carbon Footprint Mitigation Strategies, Circular Economy Implementation: Water, Biobased Systems and other sectors, Sustainable Water Resources and Environmental Management Metrics, Renewable Resource Utilization and Biorefinery Approaches in Industry applications, Sustainability & Circularity Measurement and Assessment, Integration of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA), Risk Assessment and Social Impact Assessments
	Po-Heng (Henry) Lee Senior Lecturer in Wastewater Engineering, PhD Anaerobic biotechnology, i.e., fermentation, digestion, anammox, quantum-induced metabolism, for mining resources from wastewaters with thermodynamic and meta'omic techniques
	Ana Mijic Reader in Water Systems Integration, PhD, DIC Co-Director of the Cente for Systems Engineering and InnovationOutreach Coordinator Satish Dhawan Visiting Chair Professorship at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore Urban hydrology and urban ecosystems; Groundwater-sewer interactions; Urban water and energy use; Water resources assessment and climate change mitigation.
	Christian Onof Reader in Stochastic Environmental Systems and Senior Tutor (PGR), PhD, DIC, FSS Stochastic modeling of precipitation related variables and the impact of climate change upon hydrological variables.
	Athanasios Paschalis Senior Lecturer in Hydrology, PhD Lecture Programme Coordinator  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 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 Reader 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.
	Michael Templeton Professor of Public Health Engineering, PhD, CEng, FICE Oxfam and Water For People / Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Global Sanitation Technology 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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Fluid Mechanics

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	Henry Burridge Senior Lecturer in Environmental Fluid Mechanics, PhD Transport of heat and mass by convection; Convection in the built environment; Effective ventilation of buildings; Modification of natural materials for use in buildings.
	Adrian Callaghan Senior Lecturer, PhD Director of MSc Engineering Fluid Mechanics for the Offshore, Coastal and Built Environments Breaking waves; Surface water waves; Two-phase flows; Air-entrainment; Upper ocean turbulence.
	Marios Christou Senior Lecturer in Fluid Mechanics and Mathematics, PhD, DIC, MEng, ACGI Metocean, Offshore and coastal engineering; Wave statistics; Freak/rogue waves; Analysis of field measurements; Wave-structure interaction; Wave-vessel interaction; Infragravity waves; Side-by-side and tandem offloading; Boundary Element Modelling.
	John Craske Senior Lecturer, Imperial College Research Fellow, PhD Undergraduate Examinations Officer Building physics; Buoyancy-driven turbulence; Jets and plumes; Numerical analysis; Inverse problems; Adjoint methods; Flow optimisation; Data assimilation.
	Graham Hughes Chair in Environmental Fluid Mechanics, PhD Head of Fluid Mechanics Section Buoyancy-driven flows; Stratified turbulence and mixing; Convection; Turbulent plumes and jets; Flow energetics.
	Ioannis Karmpadakis Lecturer in Coastal Engineering, PhD Coastal engineering, wave heights, crest heights, wave breaking, coastal structures, nonlinear waves, shallow water depths, statistics Email Ioannis
	Li Ma Lecturer in Fluid-Structure Interaction, PhD, DIC, MEng, ACGI Fluid-structure interaction; Renewable energy systems; Extreme waves; Load statistics; Reliability; Hydrodynamic impacts; Wave-in-deck; Convective flows Email Li
	Costanza Rodda Lecturer in Fluid Mechanics, PhD Geophysical fluid mechanics, wave-vortex interactions, turbulence, buoyancy-driven flows, building ventilation, laboratory experiments, data-driven modelling
	Daniel Valero Huerta Senior Lecturer, PhD Hydraulic engineering; Hydraulic infrastructure; River flows; Multiphase flows; Plastic in rivers; Air-water flows; Sediment-laden flows
	Maarten van Reeuwijk  Professor of Urban Fluid Mechanics, BSc MSc PhD Buoyancy driven flows; Atmospheric and oceanic turbulence; Sustainable cities; Flow and dispersion in urban canopies; Heat and mass transfer; Direct Numerical Simulation; Large-eddy simulation.
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Geotechnics Academics A-Z

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	Richard Jardine Professor of Geomechanics, FREng, MSc, DIC, PhD, FICE, FCGI Soil mechanics; Constitutive behaviour; Laboratory and field experiments; Instrumentation; Geotechnical design; Soft Ground engineering; Deep foundations; Offshore geotechnics; Geohazards; Cold region geotechnics.
	James Lawrence Reader in Geological Engineering, PhD Undergraduate Year 1 Coordinator Upper cretaceous carbonates (Chalk); Geological disposal of radioactive waste; Geomechanics; Structural geology; Petroleum reservoir characterisation; Modelling slope instability; Coastal recession related to the impact of climate change and weathering of rock.
	Truong Le Lecturer, PhD Soil properties, advanced laboratory testing, soil characterisation, soft and stiff clayey soils, geotechnical instrumentation. Email Truong
	Catherine O'Sullivan Professor of Particulate Soil Mechanics, PhD, MIEI Head of Geotechnics Section Discrete element modelling; Particulate soil mechanics; Micro-computed tomography; Internal erosion; Stress wave propagation; Cyclic soil response; Validation of discrete element models (DEM).
	Dave Potts  GCG Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, PhD, FREng, CEng, FICE Application of FEM to geotechnical problems; Geotechnical numerical analysis; Constitutive modelling; Soil-structure interaction.
	David Solans Roa Teaching Fellow in Geotechnics, PhD Numerical modelling of geotechnical infrastructure under static and seismic loading conditions.
	Jamie Standing Professor of Ground Engineering, PhD, CEng, MICE Chair of the Undergraduate Exam Board Soil-structure interaction; Tunnelling and deep excavations; Field monitoring; Piles; Model testing; Partly saturated soils and residual soils.
	David Taborda Reader in Geomechanical Modelling,  DIC, PhD  Department ICT Representative Director of PhD programme Computational geomechanics; Constitutive modelling of soils; Soil dynamics; Cyclic soil behaviour; Soil-Structure interaction; Geothermal energy systems; Thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of soils; Optimisation algorithms.
	Katerina Tsiampousi Senior Lecturer,  PhD Director of the MSc Programme in Civil and Environmental Engineering THM modelling of geo-materials; Behaviour of partially saturated media in deep nuclear repositories; Reliability and risk of geotechnical structures (excavations, tunnels, slopes, foundations); Behaviour of railway embankments under seasonal changes in suction.
	Ken Vinck Lecturer in Geotechnics, MSc, DIC, PhD Director of MSc in Soil Mechanics Advanced laboratory testing and field experiments, Soil and Site characterisation; Offshore geotechnics; Hydraulic fill; Soil improvement; Planetary geotechnics; Carbonate soils.
	Lidija Zdravkovic Professor of Computational Geomechanics, DIC, PhD  Development and application of FEM in geotechnical engineering; Constitutive modelling; Unsaturated soils; THM modelling of geomaterials; Soil-structure interaction; Laboratory testing of soils.
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Structures Academics A-Z

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	Leroy Gardner Professor of Structural Engineering, PhD, DIC, CEng, FICE, FIStructE, FREng Head of Structural Engineering Section Structural testing; Numerical modelling and the development of design guidance for steel structures.
	Bassam Izzuddin Professor of Computational Structural Mechanics, PhD, DIC, MASCE, CEng, FIStructE, FREng Nonlinear structural analysis; Finite element analysis; Extreme loading; Simplified modelling; Robustness and progressive collapse; Multi-scale modelling; Steel structures; Concrete structures; Glass structures.
	Pinelopi Kyvelou Lecturer in Structural Engineering, PhD, DIC Testing, numerical modelling and development of design guidance for steel structures, metallic 3D printed elements, cold-formed steel systems.
	Luke Louca Reader in Engineering Structures, PhD Behaviour and design of structures subjected to explosions.
	Lorenzo Macorini Professor of Structural Engineering, PhD Director of the MSc in General Structural Engineering  Director of the MSc in Structural Steel Design Masonry structures (numerical modelling, analysis under extreme loading, strengthening); Computational structural mechanics; Composite structures (long-term and collapse behaviour, seismic performance).
	Christian Malaga Chuquitaype Senior Lecturer in Structures, PhD, DIC Director of the MSc in Earthquake Engineering Postdoc Champion Earthquake engineering and structural dynamics; structural timber engineering and hybrid construction, resilient and smart structures; performance-based and multi-hazard structural design.
	Anton Koellner Lecturer in Structural Mechanics and MSc Cluster (Structural Engineering) Director and Examinations Officer Dr.-Ing. habil. Nonlinear mechanics; Structural instability phenomena; FRP Composite structures; Damage mechanics; Damage tolerant design; Analytical and numerical modelling
	Andrew Phillips Reader in Structural Biomechanics, PhD, CEng, MIMechE Learning Threads Coordinator Biomechanics, FE and inverse dynamics; Musculo-skeletal modelling; Blast biomechanics; Orthopaedic device assessment / design, Structural optimization.
	Sunday Popo-Ola Senior Research and Teaching Fellow, PhD, DIC, FHEA Structural engineering and testing; Composite construction, Modern method of construction, Fixing and anchor technology; Cladding and façade technology; Indigenous materials; Structural modelling; BIM; CAD and expert witness.
	Andy Pullen Senior Research Fellow Department IC-TAP Representative Structures, Structural materials; Blast and impact loading behaviour; Elements under impact; Extreme compressive stresses; Strain rate.
	Ana Ruiz-Teran Senior Lecturer in Bridge Engineering, PhD, CEng, MICE, FHEA Director of MSc in Concrete Structures Bridge engineering; Structural engineering; Innovative types of cable-stayed bridges; Spatial arch bridges; Footbridges; Accidental breakage of stay cables; Prestressed concrete; Bridge design.
	Adam Jan Sadowski Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering, PhD Department GTA Coordinator Senior Tutor, Postgraduate Taught Thin and thick shell structures, stability of shells.
	Peter Stafford Professor of Engineering Seismology, PhD Department Careers Adviser Quantitative risk analysis; Probabilistic methods in engineering seismology and earthquake engineering; Reliability theory.
	Margaret Szabo Senior Teaching Fellow in Structures, PhD, FHEA Senior Tutor, Undergraduate  Undergraduate Year 3 Coordinator Structural mechanics, structural design, biomechanics
	Robert Vollum Professor of Structural Concrete, PhD, CEng, MIStructE Director of EPSRC CDT Sustainable Civil Engineering Long-term deflections of reinforced concrete slabs; Beam-column joints; Shear in beams; Punching shear; Numerical modelling of reinforced concrete structures; Strut and tie modelling; Control of early age thermal cracking.
	Ahmer Wadee Professor of Nonlinear Mechanics, PhD, CMath, FIMA, CSci, MRI Structural stability; Structural mechanics; Structural engineering; Laminated composite and layered materials; Steel structures; Sandwich structures; Nonlinear buckling theory; Applied mathematics; Structural failure; Solid mechanics.
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Systems Academics A-Z

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	Jennifer Whyte RAEng Chair in Systems Integration Co-director of the Cente for Systems Engineering and Innovation Systems integration in civil infrastructure.
	Ana Mijic Senior Lecturer in Urban Water Management, PhD, DIC Co-director of the  Urban hydrology and urban ecosystems; Groundwater-sewer interactions; Urban water and energy use; Water resources assessment and climate change mitigation.
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Transport Academics A-Z

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	Panagiotis Angeloudis Professor of Transport Systems and Logistics, PhD, DIC, ACGI Director of MSc Course in Transport  Design of urban infrastructure; Port operations; Urban construction logistics; Disaster response; Network reliability; Transport resilience; Maritime transport.
	Sergio Batista Lecturer, PhD Traffic Flow Theory, Network modeling and travel behavior, Optimization, Sustainable transportation and climate change
	Jose Escribano Lecturer, PhD Humanitarian logistics; Stochastic optimization; Air traffic management and control; Unmanned aerial system; Evacuation
	Dan Graham  Professor of Statistical Modelling, PhD Head of the Centre for Transport Engineering and Modelling Statistical modelling; Causal inference; Spatial statistics; Transport economics and modelling.
	Fangce Guo Research Fellow, PhD Short-term traffic prediction. Email Fangce
	Arnab Majumdar  Professor of Transport Risk and Safety, PhD, CEng Aviation and railway safety analysis; Environmental impacts of aviation; Terminal and En-route Airspace capacity estimation methods; Human performance analysis in transport, e.g. workload and fatigue; Pilot and air traffic controller error analysis; Human reliability analysis in railways; Human behavior in mass evacuation.
	Washington Ochieng  Chair in Positioning and Navigation Systems, BSc, MSc, PhD, FREng, CEng, FICE, FRIN, FInstCES, FCIHT Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Co-Director of the College’s Institute for Security Science and Technology (ISST)  Positioning, Navigation and timing (PNT) systems; Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS); Geomatics; Geodesy; Air traffic Management and Control (ATM/ATC); Structural integrity monitoring; Geographical Information Systems (GIS) applications.
	Jacek Pawlak Research Fellow, PhD Transport demand and travel behaviour modelling; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and travel behaviour; digital time use and connectivity; travel time use; productivity; valuation of travel time savings; big data enrichment methods and applications. Email Jacek
	Mohammed Quddus Professor of Intelligent Transport Systems, PhD DIC FHEA Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs), Safety analytics and modelling, Motorway operations and simulation, Applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in transport
	Aruna Sivakumar Professor of Consumer Demand Modelling and Urban Systems, PhD Chair of the Equality, Diversity and Departmental Culture (EDDC) committee Tutor for Women Travel behaviour and demand modelling; Econometrics and discrete choice; Urban energy systems and modelling end user demand; Integrated urban models; Modelling urban freight.
	Marc Stettler Professor of Transport and the Environment, PhD Director of Undergraduate Studies Environmental impacts of transport; Emissions modelling and measurement; Air quality; Environmental impacts of aviation; Alternative fuels; Emissions control technologies.
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