In 2004, I obtained my MSc degree in Water Resources Engineering & Management from the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering at the University of Stuttgart in Germany. In 2008, I obtained my Dr.-Ing. degree in Hydrology from the same institute.

I worked at King’s College London in 2007-2010 as a research associate in the NERC funded project “HydroClimate” within the Flood Risk from Extreme Events Programme. I joined the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia in 2010 as a lecturer in Hydrology and Climate Change Research and promoted to Associate Professor in 2018.

My research interests include hydrological modelling, extreme value statistics, precipitation downscaling, flood and drought risk assessment, and climate adaptation, focusing on developing distributed hydrological models for applications across the UK, European river basins, and on a global scale.

My primary contributions include the development of the HBV-TYN fully distributed hydrological model, applied to assess climate and land cover changes on hydrological cycles and flood risks. The model has been successfully deployed by AON’s Impact Forecasting to simulate river flows and assess flood hazards in European river basins (doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-677-2022). My further developments to HBV-TYN were applied in BEIS-funded projects at a global scale, where I led studies that quantified flood risks under 1.5 to 4°C global warming scenarios globally and across six countries (doi.org/10.1007/s10584-021-03289-5, doi.org/10.1007/s10584-021-03277-9). These studies addressed both direct and indirect economic impacts of fluvial flooding under climate change and socio-economic scenarios, providing essential insights for risk assessment (doi.org/10.1007/s10584-021-03059-3).

The model has also been set up at regional scales to provide more in-depth studies in: China (SWARM project funded by UK Met Office CSSP-China programme), UK river basins (OpenCLIM project - NE/T013931/1), and the East Anglian region (NERC DTP CASE studentship). I have led the development of an integrated assessment of future flood risk and adaptation in the UK’s largest protected coastal wetland in the East Anglian region (doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2019.10.016). An iterative stakeholder engagement process was implemented to guide the design of a hydraulic model and adaptation scenarios and to better inform climate change adaptation planning in a coastal region.

I am dedicated to advancing the research community, exemplified by my roles as an editor for Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) and a member of the NERC Peer Review College. I have reviewed journal articles, policy documents, and research proposals. Additionally, I have supervised over 10 PhD students and served as MSc course director, supporting early-career researchers to design and implement impactful studies on hydrological and environmental challenges.

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Lead and teach second-year module ENV-5021A Hydrology and Hydrogeology. 

Lead and teach MSc module ENV-7119Y Research Skills.

Teach third-year module ENV-6018B Catchment Management. 

Supervise undergraduate and masters projects on topics relating to hydrological modelling and impacts of climate and landcover change on water resources and extreme events.

I am the Course Director for MSc Environmental Sciences. 

I am the coordinator of MSc projects for all the MSc degree programmes within the School of Environmental Sciences.

I am a member of the Exceptional Circumstances Panel with the School of Environmental Sciences.

9/10-                Lecturer in Hydrology and Climate Change Research, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, UK

10/07–09/10    Research Associate, Dept of Geography, King’s College London, UK

12/01–03/05    Research Assistant (part-time), Otto-Graf-Institute, University of   Stuttgart, Germany

06/00–08/01    Assistant to General Manager, Marsden Water Treatment Co., Ltd., Beijing, China

10/98–05/00    Technical Design Engineer, Xiaoqing Environmental Protection Group Co., Beijing, China