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Environmental and Water Resources Engineering (EWRE) Academic and Teaching Staff A-Z

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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Environmental and Water Resources Engineering (EWRE) Research Staff A-Z

Environment Academics A-Z
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	Angelina Aisopou Daphne Jackson fellow, PhD Analytical and experimental investigation of chlorine decay in operational distribution networks. Keywords: electrochemical water quality sensors, chlorine decay, distribution networks. Email Angelina
	Suhad Almuktar Project Coordinator Community Water Management for a Liveable London (CAMELLIA). Email Suhad
	Emma Beirns Research Assistant Identifying the genes responsible for sulfonamide degradation in Anaerobic Fluidised-bed Membrane Bio-Reactors (AFMBR) and any association to Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer (DIET) Email Emma
	Stanislava Boscovic Research Associate, PhD Improvement of Public Health and Wellbeing in cities through the systematic implementation of new integrated, nature-based technologies. Email Stanislava
	Eduardo Rico Carranza Research Assistant Email Eduardo
	Ben Howard Research Associate, PhD Water-related hazards, like flooding and water pollution, in cities in the global south, with a particular focus on enabling equitable and effective adaptation. Email Ben
	Leyang Liu Research Associate, PhD Resilience in Integrated Water Systems (RIWS) Email Leyang
	Liliane Manny Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) postdoc mobility fellow Keywords: water governance, network analysis Email Liliane
	Laure Sione Research Associate, PhD Project: Pathways to Equitable Healthy Cities which aims to advance the science that underpins sustainable urban development and healthier lives. Funded by the UK Wellcome Trust. Email Laure
	Pepe Puchol-Salort Hoffmann Research Associate in Water Innovation, PhD Co-creation of innovation and entrepreneurship within the water sector, aiming to identify strategic roadmaps for transformation, ensuring the equitable, efficient, safe, and accessible adoption of novel technologies for all. Email Pepe
	Thomas Rowan Research Associate Community Water Management for a Liveable London (CAMELLIA); Computational hydraulics; infiltration modelling; unsaturated soil mechanics; Hydraulic Ram Pumps Email Tom
	Shamas Tabraiz Research Associate, PhD Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Engaging Antibacterial Resistance in Anaerobic Treated Effluents (REGENERATE) Email Shamas
	Will Veness Research Assistant Innovation in water monitoring systems for flood and drought resilience Email Will
	Aly Joy Ulusoy Research Associate, PhD The implementation of optimization methods for the design-for-control of water distribution networks. Email Aly
	Ziyan Zhang Research Associate, PhD Proposing a novel use of the integrated water system model to support the planning application process for new urban developments Email Ziyan
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Environmental and Water Resources Engineering (EWRE) Research Students A-Z

Environment Academics A-Z
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	Jarudej Asingsamanunt Started Jan 2019 The study of the application of pyrolysis for the beneficial treatment and reuse of agricultural and municipal solid waste materials in the context of Circular Economy Supervised by: Fowler, G.D.; Grimes, S. Email Jarudej
	Emma Beirns Started Sep 2019 Removal of amine-branch pharmaceuticals via direct interspecies electron transfer in an anaerobic fluidised-bed membrane bioreactor Supervised by: Lee, PH.; Smith, S. R. Email Emma
	Alex Bowles Started Oct 2019 Climate change mitigation through adsorption onto activated carbon Supervised by: Fowler, G.D. Email Alex
	Jordi Buckley Started Oct 2021 Topographic controls on soil biogeochemisty and it’s effect on water pollution Supervised by: Paschalis, A. Email Jordi
	Alex Colyer Started Oct 2018 Scale-dependent lithological variations and their control on water resources and flooding in the Eden Valley Supervised by: Butler, A.P.; Hughes, A.; Peach, D. Email Alex
	Jose Cuadros Adriazola Started Oct 2023 Nature-based solutions for mountain water security Supervised by: Buytaert. W; Paschalis, A. Email Jose
	Martha Day Started Oct 2023 Using sensor networks to improve flood and drought resilience in data-scarce regions Supervised by: Buytaert. W Email Martha
	Maryam Dewiandratika Started Mar 2019 Pretreatment using coal fly ash and food waste to enhance methane production from anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic agricultural residues Supervised by: Grimes, S.; Smith, S. R. Email Maryam
	Clara Gimeno Jésus Started Oct 2021 Quantifying the actual and potential contribution of nature-based solutions to global water security Supervised by: Buytaert. W Email Clara
	Michael Ho Started October 2021 Modelling of micro-aerated anaerobic digestion Supervised by: Lee, PH.; Smith, S. R. Email Michael
	Chotiwat Jantarakasem Started Apr 2021 Drinking water quality in developing countries Supervised by: Templeton, M.R Email Chotiwat
	Carlos Jara Arriagada Started Oct 2020 Towards “hydraulically calm” water distribution networks: Investigate the impact of advanced pressure control on pipe breaks and deterioration Supervised by: Stoianov, I. Email Carlos
	Bradley Jenks Started Oct 2021 Dynamically adaptive control for improving the water quality in water distribution networks Supervised by: Stoianov, I.; Pecci, F. Email Bradley
	Liying Jiang Started Feb 2019 Fungal-microbial interactions impacting the physico-chemical and structural integrity of concrete Supervised by: Smith, S. R.; Buenfeld, N. Email Liying
	Josh Kirk Started Oct 2021 Design-for-control of sectorised water supply networks with evolving network topologies for improving resilience and water pressure Supervised by: Stoianov, I. Email Josh
	Maria Koulouri Started Oct 2020 Resource recovery from pyrolysis of faecal sludge Supervised by: Templeton, M.R; Fowler, G.D. Email Maria
	Theo Lam Started Oct 2020 Study of direct interspecies electron transfer dependent CO2 methanogenic pathway in anaerobic digestion: mechanism and potential application Supervised by: Lee, PH. Email Theo
	Lily Lee Started Oct 2023 Enhancing production of microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) for waste-to-biodegradable plastics using novel meta-omics analysis and quantum simulations Supervised by: Lee, PH. Email Lily
	Yuanyang Liu Started Apr 2021 Inverse methods for leak detection and localisation in water supply networks Supervised by: Stoianov, I. Email Yuanyang
	Robin Maes-Prior Started Sep 2023 Digital twins for the flexible resilience-informed planning of water strategy Supervised by: Mijic, A.; Dobson, B. Email Robin
	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
	Cameron Murphy Started Oct 2018 Biogeochemical controls on source zone depletion at petrochemical sites As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering Supervised by: Butler, A.P; Fowler, G.D. Email Cameron
	Fangjun Peng Started Oct 2021 The role of open water bodies on water quality and quantity through the wider water cycle Supervised by: Mijic, A. Email Fangjun
	Mengru Qiu Started Feb 2023 Assessing the effectiveness and sustainability of using additives to reduce pit latrine filling rates Supervised by: Templeton, M.R Email Mengru
	Zhou Shu Started Dec 2020 Rainfall forecasting focusing on nowcasting for urban hydrological application Supervised by: Onof, C.; Wang, L. Email Zhou
	Aiman Uteyeva Started July 2022 Re-inventing the septic tank Supervised by: Templeton, M.R. Email Aiman
	Amy Wilson Started Oct 2018 Reducing the impact of nanoparticle emissions during concrete production and recycling Supervised by: Stettler, MEJ.; Wong, H.S.; Fowler, G.D. Email Amy
	Anas Yazid Started Jan 2019 An-aerobic digestion of tannery wastes Supervised by: Smith, S. R. Email Anas
	Wangdong Zong Started Feb 2023 Policy reform for integrated water management Supervised by: Mijic, A. Email Wangdong
	Jiaodi Zhang Started Oct 2020 Quantitative microbial risk assessment for schistosomiasis Supervised by: Templeton, M.R. Email Jiaodi
	Ziting Zhou Started Oct 2021 Ananerobic co-digestion of FOG deposits and sewage sludge Supervised by: Smith, S. R.; Grimes, S. Email Ziting
	Hongmin Zhu Started May 2019 Reliability analysis for repairable and redundant civil infrastructure systems using Grey-Weibull Estimation and Vector Autoregression Supervised by: Whyte, J.; Onof, C. Email Hongmin
Environment Research Students A-Z

Environmental and Water Resources Engineering (EWRE) Emeritus, Senior Research Investigators, Visitors

Emeritus and Senior Research Investigators
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	Nigel Graham Emeritus 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.
	Cedo Maksimovic Principal 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.
	Professor Howard Wheater Senior Research Investigator, Distinguished Research Fellow, Emeritus Professor of Hydrology Professor Howard Wheater is Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureat 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

Visiting and honorary staff

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Professor Agyei-Mensah	Visiting Professor of Population Health He is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Resource Development at the University of Ghana. He has served the University of Ghana as Head of Department, Dean of the School of Social Sciences and as Provost of the largest College of Humanities which encompasses the Business School, School of Social Sciences, School of Law, School of Arts and School of Performing Arts. Professor Agyei-Mensah is the Director and Project Leader respectively of the Andrew Mellon Foundation funded Centre for Teaching and Learning Innovation (CTLI) and Building the Next Generation of African Academics (BANGA) project funded by Carnegie Foundation, New York. He has served as visiting lecturer/guest researcher in many universities across the world including Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Norway, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, University of Flensburg, Germany, Ohio State University, USA, and Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Professor Agyei-Mensah is a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences. Research Areas: His areas of expertise are in using geographical concepts, geospatial technology and citizen science in studying population health and spatial inequality.
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.
Neil McIntyre	Visiting Professor
Denis Peach	Visiting Professor
Mrs Hilary Stone	Visitor
James Lau	Visitor
Jeongha Park	Sponsored Visiting Researcher: Hongik University Seoul. Rainfall generation for a changing climate.
Estefania Quenta Herrara	Sponsored Visiting Researcher
Ana Pitol	Sponsored Researcher
Hannah Rigby	Honorary Research Associate
Saumya Srivastava	Sponsored Researcher
May Sule	Honorary Research Associate
Aitolkyn Uali	Sponsored Researcher
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

Administration contacts
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	Judith Barritt MSc Cluster Administrator, EWRE Room 230, +44 (0)207 594 5967, Email Judith
	Tom (Thomas) Kelly Laboratory Technician, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Room 507, +44 (0)207 594 5970, Email Tom
	Ángel Nievas-Pino Laboratory Technician, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Room 120b, +44 (0)207 594 1214, Email Ángel
Administrative and Technical Staff

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

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Ms Judith Barritt

Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 5967
Email: J.barritt@imperial.ac.uk

EWRE General Office (Room 230),
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

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Evina Katsou

Angelina Aisopou

Eduardo Rico Carranza

Leyang Liu

Laure Sione

Pepe Puchol-Salort

Thomas Rowan

Shamas Tabraiz

Ziyan Zhang

Jarudej Asingsamanunt

Emma Beirns

Alex Bowles

Jordi Buckley

Alex Colyer

Jose Cuadros Adriazola

Martha Day

Maryam Dewiandratika

Clara Gimeno Jésus

Michael Ho

Chotiwat Jantarakasem

Carlos Jara Arriagada

Bradley Jenks

Liying Jiang

Josh Kirk

Maria Koulouri

Theo Lam

Lily Lee

Yuanyang Liu

Robin Maes-Prior

Samer Muhandes

Cameron Murphy

Fangjun Peng

Mengru Qiu

Zhou Shu

Aiman Uteyeva

Amy Wilson

Anas Yazid

Wangdong Zong

Jiaodi Zhang

Ziting Zhou

Hongmin Zhu

Visiting and honorary staff

Judith Barritt

Tom (Thomas) Kelly

Ángel Nievas-Pino

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