PhD Success: Daisy Harley-Nyang

Congratulations to Daisy Harley-Nyang (Cohort 5, Exeter) for successfully defending her thesis on 22nd January 2024.  Daisy’s PhD thesis is entitled “A Study of Microplastics in Wastewater, Sludge and Biosolids”.  Well done, Daisy!

PhD Success: Dan Power

Congratulations to Dan Power (Cohort 5, Bristol) for successfully defending his thesis on 12th December 2023.  Dan’s PhD thesis is entitled “Investigating opportunities for global scale soil moisture studies using Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensors”. Well done, Dan!

PhD Success: Nicolas Hanousek

Congratulations to Nicolas Hanousek (Cohort 5, Cardiff) for successfully defending his thesis on 8th December 2023.  Nick’s PhD thesis is entitled “Numerical Modelling of Tidal Energy Devices and Structures as part of Net Zero”. Well done, Nick!

PhD Success: Laura Devitt

Congratulations to Laura Devitt (Cohort 5, Bristol) for successfully defending her thesis on 4th December 2023.  Laura’s PhD thesis is entitled “Estimating flood risk under climate change: Exploring the use of different data and methods, and their uncertainties, to estimate extreme flood hazard at various scales”. Well done, Laura!

PhD Success: Debbie Shackleton

Congratulations to Debbie Shackleton (Cohort 4, Exeter) for successfully defending her thesis on 17th November 2023.  Debbie’s PhD thesis is entitled “Investigating the Relationship between Climate and Cholera”. Well done, Debbie!

PhD Success: Elisa Coraggio

Congratulations to Elisa Coraggio (Cohort 4, Bristol) for successfully defending her thesis on 14th November 2023.  Elisa’s PhD is entitled “Investigation of high frequency water quality monitoring and prediction”.  Well done, Elisa!

PhD Success: Bikash Ranabhat

Congratulations to Bikash Ranabhat (Cohort 4, Cardiff) for successfully defending his thesis on 4th August 2023.  Bikash’s PhD is entitled “Parametric Optimisation of a Vertical Axis Hydrokinetic Turbine with Shallow Water Application”.  Well done, Bikash!

PhD Success: Jamie Brown

Congratulations to Jamie Brown (Cohort 4, Bristol) for successfully defending his thesis on 10th August 2023.  Jamie’s PhD is entitled “Assessing The Combined Effect Of Carbon-Water Dynamics On Hydrological Processes In Brazil”.  Well done, Jamie!

PHD SUCCESS: Ari Cooper-Davis

Congratulations to Ari Cooper-Davis (Cohort 5, Exeter) for successfully defending his thesis on 5th July 2023.  Ari’s PhD is entitled “Flow Timeseries Forecasting in Urban Drainage Networks Using Artificial Neural Network Models”.  Well done, Ari!

PhD Success: Santiago Martelo López

Congratulations to Santiago Martelo López (Cohort 5, Cardiff) for successfully defending his thesis on 16th June 2023.  Santi’s PhD is entitled “Large eddy simulations of two-phase flows around complex 3D geometries”.  Well done, Santi!

PhD Success: Georgios Sarailidis

Congratulations to Georgios Sarailidis (Cohort 5, Bristol) for successfully defending his thesis on 19th May 2023.  George’s PhD is entitled “Uncertainty quantification and attribution in flood risk modelling”.  Well done, George!

PhD Success: Bert Swart

Congratulations to Bert Swart (Cohort 4, Bath) for successfully defending his thesis on 9th May 2023.  Bert’s PhD is entitled “Experimental & analytical methods for investigating microbubble-microplastic flotation”.  Well done, Bert!

PhD SUCCESS: DAVID BIRT

Congratulations to David Birt (Cohort 4, Bath) for successfully defending his thesis on 3rd May 2023.  David’s PhD is entitled “Drinking water reservoir resiliency in a changing climate”.  Well done, David!

PhD SUCCESS: JESSICA PENNY

Congratulations to Jessica Penny (Cohort 4, Exeter) for successfully defending her thesis on 5th April 2023.  Jess’ PhD is entitled “Impact of land-use changes on hydrological regimes”.  Well done, Jess!

PHD SUCCESS: CATHERINE LEECH

Congratulations to Catherine Leech (Cohort 4, Cardiff) for successfully defending her thesis on 13th March 2023.  Catherine’s PhD is entitled “An experimental study of the hydrodynamic impact of turbine layout and design considerations in tidal range schemes”.  Well done, Catherine!

PHD SUCCESS: BENJAMIN BEYLARD

Congratulations to Benjamin Beylard (Cohort 3, Cardiff) for successfully defending his thesis on 7th December 2022.  Ben’s PhD is entitled “Morphodynamic modelling of a nourished beach using a mixed sediment approach”.  Well done, Ben!

PhD Success: Laura Ramsamy

Congratulations to Laura Ramsamy (Cohort 3, Exeter) for successfully defending her thesis on 27th June 2022.  Laura’s PhD is entitled “Flood forecasting in a large catchment with limited data”.  Well done, Laura!

PhD Success: Mikkel Bue Lykkegaard

Congratulations to Mikkel Bue Lykkegaard (Cohort 5, Exeter) for successfully defending his thesis on 20th May 2022.  Mikkel’s PhD is entitled “Multilevel Delayed Acceptance MCMC with Applications to Hydrogeological Inverse Problems”.  Well done, Mikkel!

PhD SUCCESS: STEPHANIE MÜLLER

Congratulations to Stephanie Müller (Cohort 4, Cardiff) for successfully defending her thesis on 25th April 2022.  Stephanie’s PhD is entitled “Impact of leaky barriers and hydrokinetic turbines on the riverine ecosystem”.  Well done, Stephanie!

PHD SUCCESS: NEFELI MAKRYGIANNI

Congratulations to Nefeli Makrygianni (Cohort 4, Cardiff) for successfully defending her thesis on 25th April 2022.  Nefeli’s PhD is entitled “Evaluation of the Performance of the Wave Boundary Layer Model with the OpenIFS”.  Well done, Nefeli!

PhD Success: Sabrina Draude

Congratulations to Sabrina Draude (Cohort 3, Exeter) for successfully defending her thesis on 21st February 2022.  Sabrina’s PhD is entitled “Optimised Maintenance Scheduling for Wastewater Systems”.  Well done, Sabrina!

PhD Success: Giulia Giani

Congratulations to Giulia Giani (Cohort 4, Bristol) for successfully defending her thesis on 1st February 2022.  Giulia’s PhD is entitled “On the objective characterization of the rainfall runoff transformation”.  Well done, Giulia!

PhD SUCCESS: ANDY BARNES

Congratulations to Andy Barnes (Cohort 4, Bath) for successfully defending his thesis on 11th January 2022.  Andy’s PhD is entitled “Machine learning methods for the analysis of precipitation patterns”.  Well done, Andy!

PHD SUCCESS: SIMBI HATCHARD

Congratulations to Simbi Hatchard (Cohort 3, Bristol) for successfully defending his thesis on 10th November 2021.  Simbi’s PhD research focused on Modelling the Viability of Small Hydroelectric Power on the Zambezi Basin.  Well done, Simbi!

PhD SUCCESS: CHARLES WEST

Congratulations to Charles West (Cohort 3, Bristol) for successfully defending his thesis on 21st October 2021.  Charlie’s PhD is entitled “Investigating Groundwater Recharge And Dynamics At Continental Scales Using Comparative Hydrology”.  Well done, Charlie!

PhD SUCCESS: GIOVANNI D MUSOLINO

Congratulations to Giovanni D Musolino (Cohort 3, Cardiff) for successfully defending his thesis on 28th June 2021.  Giovanni has been researching “Flood Modelling and Hazard Assessment for Extreme Events in Riverine Basins”.  Well done, Giovanni!

PhD Success: Lina Stein

Congratulations to Lina Stein (Cohort 3, Bristol) for successfully defending her thesis on 28th May 2021.  Lina’s PhD is entitled “Using hydrological process knowledge to assess flood generation and changes on a global scale”.  Well done, Lina!

PhD Success: Sebastian Gnann

Congratulations to Sebastian Gnann (Cohort 3, Bristol) for successfully defending his thesis on 14th April 2021.  Sebastian’s PhD is entitled “Baseflow generation at the catchment scale – An investigation using comparative hydrology”.  Well done, Sebastian!

PhD Success: Elli Mitrou

Congratulations to Elli Mitrou (Cohort 1, Cardiff) for successfully defending her thesis on 1st April 2021.  Elli’s PhD is entitled “Large-eddy simulations of multi-phase plumes in crossflow and stratified flow”.  Well done, Elli!

PhD Success: Dolores Gonzalez Olias

Congratulations to Dolores Gonzalez Olias (Cohort 3, Bath) for successfully defending her thesis on 2nd March 2021.  Lola’s PhD is entitled “Self-powered biosensors for water quality monitoring: sensor development and signal treatment”.  Well done, Lola!

PhD SUCCESS: ALEX STUBBS

Congratulations to Alex Stubbs (Cohort 2, Cardiff) for successfully defending his thesis on 23rd February 2021.  Alex’s PhD is entitled “Large Eddy Simulation of Flow Above Gravel Riverbeds”.  Well done, Alex!

PHD SUCCESS: STEPHEN CLEE

Congratulations to Stephen Clee (Cohort 2, Cardiff) for successfully defending his thesis on 28th January 2021.  Stephen’s PhD is entitled “3D Hydrodynamic and Morphodynamic Modelling of Offshore Sandbanks”.  Well done, Stephen!

PhD SUCCESS: EIRINI NIKOLOUDI

Congratulations to Eirini Nikoloudi (Cohort 3, Exeter) for successfully defending her thesis on 11th January 2021.  Eirini’s PhD is entitled “Event Management and Event Response Planning for Smart Water Networks”.  Well done, Eirini!

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PhD SUCCESS: ARTHUR HAJAALI

Congratulations to Arthur Hajaali (Cohort 2, Cardiff) for successfully defending his thesis on 7th January 2021.  Arthur’s PhD is entitled “Flow separation behaviour within different diffusers using Large Eddy Simulation”.  Well done, Arthur!

PhD SUCCESS: ANNA LO JACOMO

Congratulations to Anna Lo Jacomo (Cohort 2, Bristol) for successfully defending her thesis on 17th December 2020.  Anna’s PhD is entitled “Multi-hazard exposure of cities and implications for urban infrastructure”.  Well done, Anna!

PhD Success: Cain Moylan

Congratulations to Cain Moylan (Cohort 2, Bristol) for successfully defending his thesis on 9th December 2020.  Cain’s PhD is entitled “Sensitivity, uncertainty and refinement in a global flood model”.  Well done, Cain!

PhD Success: Rosanna Lane

Congratulations to Rosanna Lane (Cohort 2, Bristol) for successfully defending her thesis on “National-scale hydrological modelling of high flows across Great Britain”.  Well done, Rosie!

PhD Success: Stamatis Batelis

Congratulations to Stamatis Batelis (Cohort 2, Bristol) for successfully defending his thesis on “The impact of groundwater representation in land surface models under current and future scenarios in the UK”.  Well done, Stamatis!

PhD Success: Paul Bayle

Congratulations to Paul Bayle (Cohort 2, Bath) for successfully defending his thesis subject to minor corrections. Paul’s thesis is entitled ‘Coastal protection and nearshore evolution under sea level rise’.  Well done Paul!

PhD Success: Olivia Bailey

Congratulations to Olivia Bailey (Cohort 2, Bath) for undergoing our first virtual viva and successfully defending her thesis subject to minor corrections. Olivia’s thesis is entitled ‘Sewer Systems of the Future’. Well done Olivia!

PhD Success: Olivia Milton-Thompson

Congratulations to Olivia Milton-Thompson (Cohort 2, Exeter) for successfully defending her thesis subject to minor corrections.  Olivia’s thesis is entitled ‘Developing a risk assessment model using fuzzy logic to assess groundwater contamination from unconventional gas development in the UK’.  Well done, Olivia!

PhD Success: Olivia Cooke

Congratulations to Olivia Cooke (Cohort 1, Bath) for successfully defending her thesis subject to minor corrections.  Olivia’s thesis is entitled ‘Assessment and mitigation of stormwater runoff in an informal settlement’.  Well done, Olivia!

PHD SUCCESS: IOANNA STAMATAKI

Congratulations to Ioanna Stamataki (Cohort 1, Bath) for successfully defending her thesis subject to minor corrections.  Ioanna’s thesis is entitled ‘Experimental and numerical investigation of flash floods and their interaction with urban settlements’. Well done, Ioanna!

PHD SUCCESS: LUDOVICA BELTRAME

Congratulations to Ludovica Beltrame (Cohort 1, Bristol) for successfully defending her thesis subject to minor corrections. Ludo’s thesis is entitled ‘Simulating the risk of liver fluke infection in the UK through mechanistic hydro-epidemiological modelling’. Well done Ludo!

PHD SUCCESS: MARIA XENOCHRISTOU

Congratulations to Maria Xenochristou (Cohort 2, Exeter) for successfully defending her thesis subject to minor corrections.  Maria’s thesis is entitled ‘Water Demand Forecasting Using Machine Learning on Weather and Smart Metering Data’.  Her work was supported by Dr Chris Hutton from Wessex Water.  Well done Maria!

PHD SUCCESS: NEJC COZ

Congratulations to Nejc Coz (Cohort 1, Cardiff) for successfully defending his thesis subject to minor corrections.  Nejc’s thesis is entitled ‘Numerical and experimental modelling of tidal range structures with focus on conservation of momentum through hydraulic structures’.  Well done Nejc!

PhD Success: Jonathan King

Congratulations to Jonathan King (Cohort 1, Cardiff) for successfully defending his thesis subject to minor corrections.  Jonathan’s thesis is entitled ‘Investigation and prediction of pollution in coastal and estuarine waters, using experimental and numerical methods’.  Well done Jonathan!

PhD Success: Wouter Knoben

Congratulations to Wouter Knoben (Cohort 1, Bristol) for successfully defending his thesis subject to minor corrections. Wouter’s thesis is entitled ‘Investigating conceptual model structure uncertainty: Progress in large-sample comparative hydrology’.  Well done Wouter!

PhD Success: Laurence Hawker

Congratulations to Laurence Hawker (Cohort 1, Bristol) for successfully defending his thesis subject to corrections.  Laurence’s thesis is entitled ‘Regional Flood Models and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Uncertainty’.  Well done Laurence!

PhD Success: Barney Dobson

Congratulations to Barney Dobson (Cohort 1, Bristol) for successfully defending his PhD thesis with no corrections.  Barney’s thesis is entitled ‘Uncertainty in Modelling and Optimising Operations of Reservoir Systems’.  Well done Barney!

PHD SUCCESS: MARIANO MARINARI

Congratulations to Mariano Marinari (Cohort 1, Bath) for successfully defending his PhD thesis subject to minor corrections.  Mariano’s thesis is entitled ‘Quantification and valorisation of agricultural bioresource residues in England’.  Well done Mariano!

WISE CDT FIRST PHD SUCCESSES: JAMES WEBBER & JOSH MYRANS

We are proud and delighted to announce our first PhD successes.  James Webber and Josh Myrans (both Cohort 1, Exeter) have successfully defended their theses, subject to minor corrections.  James’ thesis is entitled “Reliable and Resilient Surface Water Management through Rapid Scenario Screening”.  Josh’s thesis is entitled “Automated analysis of sewer CCTV surveys”.  Well done James and Josh!