Dr Robert Thomas
Senior Research Fellow in Geomorphology and Flood Risk, Rob's experience includes research and technical positions in the UK and internationally including a geomorphologist role at the US Government's National Sedimentation Laboratory, Mississippi.
Faculty of Science and EngineeringEnergy and Environmental InstituteEnergy and Environment InstituteAbout Dr Robert Thomas
Rob joined the Energy & Environment Institute as Senior Research Fellow in Geomorphology and Flood Risk in early 2018, becoming Lecturer in September 2022. 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 nearly 20 years' experience split between research and technical roles in the UK higher education sector and externally funded projects at the USDA-ARS.
He teaches the physical sciences elements of the MSc in Flood Risk Management.