Meet the Team
The water@leeds team comprises over 200 professionals from across the different departments and faculties of the University of Leeds, ensuring a cross-section of expertise and different disciplinary backgrounds.
Directors
| Name | School | Areas of expertise |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Lee Brown | School of Geography | aquatic ecology; river ecosystems; biodiversity; food webs; ecosystem processes; alpine; arctic; peatlands; environmental-flows |
| Professor Laura Carter | School of Geography | soil; pharmaceuticals; emerging contaminants; uptake; fate; sorption; plants; earthworms |
| Professor Joseph Holden | School of Geography | peatlands; hydrology; water; catchment management; soil; agriculture; climate change; hillslope; water quality; carbon cycling; floods; rivers; drainage; wetlands; upland; moorland; physical geography |
| Dr Paul Hutchings | School of Civil Engineering | Water; Sanitation; Public Health; Global Development; Interdisciplinary Research. |
| Professor Julia Martin-Ortega | School of Earth and Environment; Sustainability Research Institute | Environmental valuation; qualitative and participatory approaches; focus on water research, particularly the relationships between society and water systems |
| Professor Martin Tillotson | School of Civil Engineering | water management; virtual water; water & wastewater treatment; water & wastewater sludge processing; resource recovery; water industry regulation; water industry innovation |