Professor McGill University , Bioresource Engineering Canada
A Distinguished James McGill Professor of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University. He has over 40 years experience in research and teaching in drainage, flood control, and agricultural water management in Canada and several developing countries, including Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Professor in the Department of Bioresource Engineering at McGill University
Professor in the Department of Bioresource Engineering in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at McGill University. He is a William Dawson Scholar and the Liliane and David M. Stewart Scholar in Water Resources. He is also the Director of the Integrated Water Resources Management Program, and Associate Director of the Brace Water Centre at McGill.
Lead for Coastal Science UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology , Soils and Land Use United Kingdom
He is a national expert in coastal ecology and processes and leads UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology’s research on connectivity at the Land-Sea Interface (LSI). He has been integral in developing the thinking and momentum behind the emerging theme of ‘Wholescapes’ and connectivity at the Land-Sea Interface and has led projects on LSI natural and social science monitoring gaps for the Welsh Government, and is leading on the evidence for seascape connectivity.
Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Memorial University, Canada
As a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Coastal Environmental Engineering at Memorial University, Dr. Zhang is an internationally respected leader handling emerging coastal environmental issues. She is the associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering and the Journal of Hazardous Materials. She is an elected Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) and the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), and a Member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Professor in Civil Engineering at University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Endowed Chair and Professor of Civil Engineering, and Director, Louisiana Watershed Flood Center, and Interim Director of the Institute for Coastal and Water Research University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His research expertise is in surface hydrology with focus on precipitation estimation and validation; hydrologic modeling; flood prediction; water resource management; uncertainty modeling of hydro-ecological models; and development of technology-based educational innovations.
Principal Hydrologist UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology , Hydrological Forecasting United Kingdom
Principal Scientist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) with a background in mathematics and hydrological modelling. He leads the Hydrological Forecasting Group that is responsible for delivering, in partnership, operational flood forecasting and risk management tools to the UK and internationally
Scientist/Group Leader UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology , Hydro-climate Risks United Kingdom
Principal Scientist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) with a background in mathematics and hydrological modelling. He leads the Hydrological Forecasting Group that is responsible for delivering, in partnership, operational flood forecasting and risk management tools to the UK and internationally.
Professor in Hydrology and Water Resources Imperial College London , Civil and Environmental Engineering United Kingdom
Buytaert is Professor in Hydrology and Water Resources in Imperial’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He has more than 20 years of research experience at the intersection between hydrology, water resources management and sustainable development. Specific foci of his work include assessing the impact of climate change on water resources and risks; participatory data collection and monitoring; and knowledge co-production to support inclusive water governance
Dr Collins is a Lecturer in Environmental Sustainability at the Centre for Environmental Policy. She has worked has worked extensively with policy and practice decision makers, as well as NonGovernmental Organisations (NGOs) and community groups. She was academic adviser on the UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affair’s urban ecosystem services project, which developed a community approach for investigating and integrating ecosystem services within decision-making. She has also provided advice for the US Environment Protection Agency and the European Union’s Scientific Advisory Mechanism.
Lecturer The University of the West Indies , Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Trinidad and Tobago
Lecturer in Coastal Engineering and Management, University of the West Indies; She is a trained Civil Engineer and focused her research on the modelling of shoreline change and currently specializes in the physical and numerical modelling of coastal engineering processes, including ocean hydrodynamics, coastal morphology, coastal structural response and impact. She has developed specialized numerical models to investigate the physical processes that occur along a coastline.
Professor of Urban and Regional Planning The University of the West Indies , Geomatics Engineering and Land Management Trinidad and Tobago
She was a Coordinating Lead Author of the Small Islands Chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report on Impacts, Vulnerability, Adaptation, Contributing Author to two other chapters and an Expert Reviewer for the IPCC’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.50C. Professor Mycoo is one of eight distinguished scientists appointed by the International Science Council to the Small Island Developing States Committee, elected VicePresident of the Scientific Advisory Committee of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO’s) Management of Social Transformations, and a Regional Engagement Partner for Future Earth Coasts, She has been a keynote speaker at over 50 global and regional conferences on climate change adaptation and urban planning.
Senior Research Fellow University of the West Indies , SALISES Trinidad and Tobago
Dr. Mohan is a Senior Fellow at SALISES. As an applied economist, she has conducted research on and is widely published in issues of sustainable development in Caribbean Small Island Developing States, including climate finance and climate policy as well as the macroeconomic impact of disasters and disaster resilience.
Dr. Karl Payne is a Lecturer and Stream Coordinator for Water Resources Management at the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies. Dr. Payne’s research is in climate-resilient water resources management, blending artificial intelligence, data analytics, and systems thinking to drive innovative, science-based solutions for small island developing states (SIDS). He teaches courses in water and wastewater management and surface and groundwater hydrology in the MSc. Water Resources Management taught masters. Holding a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Water Resources) from the University of South Florida, he has over ten years of experience spanning academia and industry, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to develop cutting-edge solutions for sustainable water management