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water@leeds is delighted to partner with the British Hydrological Society Pennines Group to showcase work by postgraduate researchers. The resulting Christmas Lecture Series has now become an annual tradition. This year's online event took place on 13 December 2023, with presentations from Thitipoom Chailert and Maria Luisa Taccari from the School of Civil Engineering. Thitipoom Chailert - Enhancing...
Two water@leeds academics have received prestigious fellowships to support their pioneering research. Dr Jessica Baker, School of Earth and Environment and Dr Josie South, Faculty of Biology are among 75 people awarded Future Leaders Fellowships, which aim to develop the next wave of world-class research and innovation leaders in academia and business. Funded by UK...
Professor Mark Trigg, Associate Director for water@leeds Mission 1: Research, provides an update on recent activities and looks ahead to 2024. It has been another exciting year for research in water@leeds, with lots of ongoing activities and new initiatives planned. Bibliometric Analysis commissioned by water@leeds A bibliometric analysis by the University of Leeds Library service,...
The British Hydrological Society (Pennines Branch) and water@leeds present the third of our annual webinars showcasing current work from the next generation of water researchers. The webinar will feature two presentations from postgraduate researchers from the School of Civil Engineering. Event date: Wednesday 13 December 2023, 12.00 Register here. Thitipoom Chailert will present on Enhancing...
Our spotlight on the work and lives of the next generation of water@leeds researchers. This month we spoke to Thitipoom Chailert from the School of Civil Engineering. PhD title: Enhancing flash flood forecasting accuracy via machine learning. Supervisors: Professor Mark Trigg, School of Civil Engineering, Dr Abdulrahman Altahhan and Dr Evangelos Pournaras School of Computing...
2023 Water Woman Award winner, School of Geography technician Sarah Hunt, has used her award to improve the quality of support she can offer research projects, and has written a blog about it: 'With the Water Woman Award professional development grant, I chose to enhance my knowledge of soil types, by attending a British Society...
We were delighted to welcome more than 80 members of water@leeds to Confluence 2023 which was held at University House on 19th October. Our annual event included 31 Lightning Talks and the presenters inspired us with the depth and breadth of interdisciplinary water research taking place across the University. For more information on the topics...
The water@leeds Confluence which will take place in person on Thursday 19th October at University House. This is our annual meeting, and an opportunity to network and develop new interdisciplinary collaborations. Join us to hear about research taking place across water@leeds and the opportunity to present your own project or perhaps some ideas where you...
We are delighted to announce that Professor Lee Brown is joining the water@leeds executive team as Associate Director to lead on the mission of Next Generation. Under Lee’s leadership we will deliver our commitment to train the next generation of water experts who will develop the knowledge, skills and interdisciplinary awareness to make a positive...
A group of Leeds researchers have won funding to create new methods to forecast tropical storms, using Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Nowcasting with Artificial Intelligence for African Rainfall project (NAIAR) project aims to use new digital solutions to create 0 to 6 hour predictions – “nowcasting” – for tropical storms, using satellite data. The methods...