Our monthly spotlight on the work and lives of the next generation of water@leeds researchers. September 2024: Luis Fernando Amador Castro PhD title: Enhancing water quality management in the Santiago River Basin via alternative monitoring approaches and effective communication School/ Faculty: School of Geography Supervisors: Prof. Misael Gradilla Hernandez (Tec de Monterrey), Dr. Gabriela Lopez...
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 17th SPRING competition. The SPRING award provides additional funds to research postgraduates to extend the scale and scope of their projects. Up to £500 is awarded and winners also receive an invitation to present at water@leeds annual Confluence. The competition is open to PGRs working on...
One-day Knowledge Exchange Symposium hosted by water@leeds and Nexus (University of Leeds). Designed to help address real-world water challenges faced by industry, the public and third sectors. We invite postgraduate researchers (PGRs) and Early Career Researchers (ECRs) with an interest in water research to attend this and share their expertise. There is a vital need...
We are relaunching the water@leeds Early Career Network. If you are a research student or postdoc working on a water related project join us on June 13th at 12.00, for the relaunch of the water@leeds early career researcher network to meet other researchers from across campus, input your ideas for future ECR events, and learn...
Jyoti Narsude, a member of the water@leeds PGR network, attended COP28 as part of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures team. Jyoti has shared her reflections on the event and answered some questions for us on how this relates to her research, and her hopes for action in the future. Jyoti’s PhD project: The Role...
The next round of our biannual SPRING Competition is now open, with a deadline of 19 April 2024. SPRING - Supporting Postgraduate Research to Inspire the Next Generation is a postgraduate research funding competition developed by water@leeds which is open to all postgraduate research students whose research involves some aspect related to water. Maybe you work...
Our monthly spotlight on the work and lives of the next generation of water@leeds researchers. This month: Jose Miguel Fragozo Arevalo, who is a visiting postgraduate researcher from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and Universidad de La Guiajira, Riohacha, Colombia PhD Title: Flood modelling and flood risk management, in flood plain areas with scarcity of data School of...
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...
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...