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Senior Research Fellow in Geomorphology and Flood Risk
Rob joined the Energy & Environment Institute as Senior Research Fellow in Geomorphology and Flood Risk in early 2018. After an undergraduate degree in Geography at the University of Nottingham, Rob spent almost two years working as a geomorphologist at the USDA-ARS-National Sedimentation Laboratory, Oxford, Mississippi, before moving back to the UK to undertake a PhD on sand-bedded braided rivers at the University of Leeds. He has since accumulated 15 years of post-doctoral experience split between research and technical roles in the UK higher education sector and externally funded projects at the USDA-ARS.
Testing the public's response to receiving Severe Flood Warnings using simulated Cell Broadcast
Smith, K. R., Grant, S., & Thomas, R. E. (2022). Testing the public’s response to receiving Severe Flood Warnings using simulated Cell Broadcast. [Dataset]
Testing the public's response to receiving severe flood warnings using simulated cell broadcast
Smith, K. R., Grant, S., & Thomas, R. E. (2022). Testing the public’s response to receiving severe flood warnings using simulated cell broadcast. Natural hazards, 112, 1611-1631. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05241-x
Influence of Coriolis force upon bottom boundary layers in a large-scale gravity current experiment: Implications for evolution of sinuous deep-water channel systems
Davarpanah Jazi, S., Wells, M., Peakall, J., Dorrell, R., Thomas, R., Keevil, G., …Valran, T. (2020). Influence of Coriolis force upon bottom boundary layers in a large-scale gravity current experiment: Implications for evolution of sinuous deep-water channel systems. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125(3), https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015284
Individual-based model of juvenile eel movement parametrized with computational fluid dynamics-derived flow fields informs improved fish pass design
Padgett, T. E., Borman, D. J., Mould, D. C., Padgett, T., Thomas, R. E., Borman, D., & Mould, D. (2020). Individual-based model of juvenile eel movement parametrized with computational fluid dynamics-derived flow fields informs improved fish pass design. Royal Society Open Science, 7(1), Article 191505. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191505
UK Parliament Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Flooding Inquiry: Written Evidence from Dr Kate Smith et al. (FLO0043)
Smith, K., Thomas, R. E., Skinner, C., Davidson, G., Parsons, D., McLelland, S., …Betts, P. (2021). UK Parliament Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Flooding Inquiry: Written Evidence from Dr Kate Smith et al. (FLO0043)
Rob's research interests encompass both remotely-sensed and directly-obtained field and laboratory observations coupled with numerical modelling to better understand fluvial, estuarine and colluvial systems and the interactions between biological systems and landscape dynamics. These interactions are critical for understanding of flood risk and optimising management strategies that maintain or enhance ecological value while enhancing human resilience to flooding. He is currently providing scientific leadership on Ark: National Flood Resilience Centre; the Flood Innovation Centre; the EU Interreg-funded IMMERSE project, which is concerned with identifying and testing optimal management strategies for the Humber estuary, the StReSS and ISEECC projects, which are concerned with testing new land management practices to minimise water and nutrient losses from farmers' fields, and the EEI's engagement with the Living with Water project.
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
EC European Commission
£121,319.00
1 October 2018
Complete
NERC Natural Environment Research Council
£714,051.00
1 February 2021
Ongoing
The Tree Council
£9,950.00
1 December 2021
Energy and Environment Institute
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