Office: Thoday Building, Room F6

Email: s.d.patil@bangor.ac.uk

Tel: +44 1248 38 8294

Research Overview:

I am a catchment hydrologist with research interests along two broad themes: (1) to understand how climate and land-use change will affect the hydrological behaviour of landscapes across multiple observation scales, and (2) to quantify the resilience of linked ecosystem services to hydrological changes in the region. I am especially interested in investigating the spatial and temporal patterns of environmental change through model-based evaluations across numerous river basins.

Current Research Group:

Parinaz Rashidi (Post-doc): Pond Ecosystems for Resilient Future Landscapes in a changing climate

Matthew Cooper (PhD): Investigating the Role of Forested Lands for Natural Flood Management in Wales

Rijaa Khan (PhD): Investigating potential impacts of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) on the biodiversity of Pakistan (co-supervised with Dr Isabel Rosa)

Wider Academic Contribution:

Associate Editor, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA)

Deputy Director, Places of Climate Change (PloCC) Research Centre

Member of the NERC Peer Review College

Member of UKRI Interdisciplinary Assessment College

Member of the American Geophysical Union's (AGU) Catchment Hydrology Technical Committee

Administrative responsibilities within the school:

• Academic coordinator for: International student and staff exchanges
  
• Academic coordinator for: Trans-Atlantic Forestry Masters (TRANSFOR-M) programme

Module organiser for:

• DXX-1007: Academic Tutorial & Key Skills
• DXX-2011: Catchment Processes
• DXX-3707: Catchment Modelling & Analysis
• DXX-3115: Advanced GIS & Remote Sensing

Teaching contributer to:

• ONS-1001: Environmental data & analysis
• DXX-4527: Research Planning & Comm

Research students supervised:

Matthew Cooper (PhD): Investigating the Role of Forested Lands for Natural Flood Management in Wales

Rijaa Khan (PhD): Investigating potential impacts of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) on the biodiversity of Pakistan (co-supervised with Dr Eleanor Warren-Thomas)

Tom Kind (MScRes, graduated: 2022): The feasibility of a conceptual model, EXP-Hydro, to simulate streamflow as a potential for hydropower generation of seven catchments in Wales for the years of 2040-2080, benchmarked against Kling-Gupta Efficiency (co-supervised with Ian Harris)

Alex Rigby (MScRes, graduated: 2021): A Hydrological Modelling Toolkit to Enhance Flood Management and Infrastructure Decisions in Gwynedd County, Wales

Richard Dallison (PhD, graduated: 2020): Climate Change and Welsh Catchments: Implications for Hydrological Regime, Water Quality and Water Abstraction

John Musau (PhD, graduated: 2020): Land Cover Change Impacts on Water and Energy Balance in East Africa

Hosea Mwangi (PhD, graduated: 2016): Impact of Land Use Change and Climate Variability on Watershed Hydrology in the Mara River Basin, East Africa

My research interests are along two broad themes: (1) to understand how climate and land-use change will affect the hydrological behaviour of landscapes across multiple observation scales, and (2) to quantify the resilience of linked ecosystem services to hydrological changes in the region. I am especially interested in investigating the spatial and temporal patterns of environmental change through model-based evaluations across numerous river basins.

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies:

PhD, Hydrology and Water Resources; Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (2011)

MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (2006)

BE, Civil Engineering; University of Mumbai, India (2005)

Fellow, Higher Education Academy UK (2016)

Fellow, Royal Geographical Society UK (2019)

Member, European Geosciences Union

Member, American Geophysical Union