The department hosts 55 members of academic and teaching staff. They lead our research activities and deliver teaching across our undergraduate and postgraduate offerings. To find a member of our academic and teaching staff, choose from one of our sections below. Alternatively, you can search for a member of staff in our Directory.

List of academic and teaching staff

Environment

Environmental and Water Resource Engineering (EWRE) - Listed A-Z by surname 

Adrian Butler
Professor of Subsurface Hydrology
DIC, PhD, FRMetS, FGS

Email: a.butler@imperial.ac.uk
Tel:
+44 (0)207 594 6122

  • Teaching: groundwater flow and contaminant transport
  • Research interests: measuring, analysing and modelling subsurface flow and transport processes and their associated environmental impact
Wouter Buytaert
Professor in Hydrology and Water Resources and and Director of MSc Hydrology and Water Resources Management
PhD

Email: w.buytaert@imperial.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 1329

 

  • Research interests: the impact of environmental change on the terrestrial water cycle, and its consequences for managing water resources and flood and drought risk

Geoff Fowler
Senior Research Fellow, Manager of the Roger Perry Environmental Engineering Laboratory, and Departmental Safety Officer
PhD, MRSC, CChem

Email: g.fowler@imperial.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)207 594 5973

 

  • Teaching: analytical chemistry, environmental analysis, experimental environmental engineering, containment engineering, sustainable resources management
  • Research interests: evaluation and application of both thermal and microwave pyrolysis, carbonisation and gasification systems for processing waste carbon-based materials; recovery of carbon and its reuse; microplastics and persistent organic pollutants; energy recovery; carbon capture and storage

Sue Grimes
Professor and Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Waste and Resource Management, Undergraduate Year 4 Coordinator, Admissions Tutor, Examinations Officer and Director of MSc in Environmental Engineering, Course Director for MSc Environmental Engineering with Data Science
PhD, MBA, DipMRS, CSci. CChem. FRSC, CEnv, FCIWM

Email: s.grimes@imperial.ac.uk
Tel:
+44 (0)207 594 5966

 

Research interests: recovery of value from waste for conversion to commercially useful products; decision support tools for sustainable waste management

Evina Katsou
Professor of Water Engineering
PhD

Email: e.katsou@imperial.ac.uk


 

  • Research interests: Wastewater treatment and resource recovery technologies and green technology innovations, AI-driven environmental solutions, greenhouse gas monitoring and mitigation in water systems

Po-Heng (Henry) Lee
Senior Lecturer in Wastewater Engineering
PhD

Email: po-heng.lee@imperial.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)20 7594 5993

  • Teaching: quantum environmental microbiology and biotechnolgy; resource recovery and environmental health improvement through anaerobic biotechnologies using meta-omics, quantum and classical AI, and energetic techniques
  • Research interests: resource recovery, greenhouse gas reduction, and enhancing human health through anaerobic biotechnologies

Ana Mijic
Professor of Water Systems Integration, 
Co-Director of the Centre for Systems Engineering and Innovation
PhD, DIC

Email: ana.mijic@imperial.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)20 7594 3796

  • Research interests: novel systems tools focused on quantifying the interaction between the water cycle and sustainable development

Christian Onof
Reader in Stochastic Environmental Systems and Senior Tutor (Postgraduate Research) Systems PhD, DIC, FSS

Email: c.onof@imperial.ac.uk

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

Athanasios Paschalis
Senior Lecturer in Hydrology and Lecture Programme Coordinator 
PhD

Email: a.paschalis@imperial.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 6004

  • Research interests: physical understanding of the Earth system and the computational modelling of hydrological processes, and their links to atmospheric processes and vegetation dynamics

Stephen Smith
Professor of Bioresource Systems and Head of Environmental and Water Resource Engineering (EWRE) Section
BSc, PhD, MCIWM, MCIWEM, C.WEM, CEnv

Email: s.r.smith@imperial.ac.uk
Tel:
+44 (0)20 7594 6051 

  • Teaching: environmental microbiology, wastewater and biodegradable solid waste treatment and management
  • Research interests: treatment and agronomic properties of sludges and organic wastes recycled to land and their environmental impact, including nutrients, potentially toxic elements, organic contaminants and pathogens

Ivan Stoianov
Reader in Water Systems Engineering
PhD

Email: ivan.stoianov@imperial.ac.uk
Tel:
+44 (0)20 7594 6035

  • Research interests: design, optimisation and control of next generation resilient water supply networks that dynamically adapt their connectivity (topology), hydraulic conditions and operational objectives

Michael Templeton
Professor of Public Health Engineering and
Oxfam and Water For People / Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Global Sanitation Technology
PhD, CEng, FICE

Email: m.templeton@imperial.ac.uk
Tel:
+44 (0)20 7594 6099

  • Research interests: water and sanitation in developing countries
Emeritus, honorary and visiting staff 

Samuel Agyei-Mensah
Visiting Professor of Population Health

Email: s.agyei-mensah@imperial.ac.uk

Interests: using geographical concepts, geospatial technology and citizen science in studying population health and spatial inequality

David Balmforth
Visiting Professor

Email: david.balmforth@imperial.ac.uk

Nigel Graham
Emeritus Professor of Environmental Engineering
MA, MSc, PhD, DIC, ScD(Cantab), FICE, FIChemE, FCIWEM

Email: n.graham@imperial.ac.uk

Interests: unit processes for water and wastewater treatment, drinking water quality and water supply engineering

Neil McIntyre
Visiting Professor

Email: n.mcintyre@imperial.ac.uk

Interests: groundwater recharge, the changing water cycle, and hydrologic ecosystems modelling

Denis Peach
Visiting Professor

Email: d.peach@imperial.ac.uk

Howard Wheater
Emeritus Professor of Hydrology, Senior Research Investigator, and Distinguished Research Fellow

Email: h.wheater@imperial.ac.uk

Interests: hydrology and water resources; applications in climate change, floods, water resources and quality, waste management

David C. Wilson
Visiting Professor and Senior Research Investigator

Email: d.c.wilson@imperial.ac.uk

Interests: independent consultant in waste and resource management, specialising in developing countries and high-level policy and strategy work

Emeritus, honorary and visiting staff - Centre for Systems Engineering and Innovation

David Fisk
Laing O'Rourke Professor of Systems Engineering and Innovation
FCIBSE, FIoP, FRIBA, FREng

Email: d.fisk@imperial.ac.uk 

Interests: optimising the outturn performance of buildings and other complex mechanical and electrical systems.