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We provide leadership in understanding and managing environmental processes

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  1. Faculty of Environment
  2. School of Geography
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  4. River Basin Processes and Management

River Basin Processes and Management

River Basin Processes and Management

We provide international leadership in understanding and managing environmental processes and feedbacks that control and link water, sediment, solute and biotic dynamics in river basins, estuaries and marine systems. 

We are particularly renowned for our research strengths in peatland science, glacial and ice-marginal systems, hillslope processes, and water resource management. 

Our expertise

  • Hydrology and hydraulics: Hillslope hydrology, soil water, river hydraulics, shallow groundwater, natural flood management.

  • Geomorphology: Soil erosion, hillslope and river sediment flux, peatland processes, 3D modelling.

  • Biogeochemistry: Carbon and nitrogen cycling, metals, emerging contaminants including pharmaceuticals, isotopes.

  • Aquatic ecosystems: Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, invasive species, macroinvertebrates, Water Framework Directive (WFD).

  • Glaciology: Glacier dynamics, glacial landforms, outburst floods, surface energy balance modelling.

As part of water@leeds we develop and use innovative observational science, field and laboratory experiments and modelling approaches in interdisciplinary research projects across the globe.

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Dr Catherine Moody talks about her NERC Industrial Innovation Fellowship, which aims to investigate the composition of dissolved organic matter and its impact on water treatment in a changing climate

Contact us

If you would like to discuss an area of research in more detail please contact: Dr Mark Smith.

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Research degrees

Whether you’re looking to begin an academic career or want to develop your skills and expertise for a career in industry, studying for a PhD will be a journey that will stimulate your passion for your subject and push you to reach your potential.

We have PhD opportunities available including a number of scholarships and funded projects.

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Postdoctoral fellowships

We support outstanding individuals both from the UK and overseas who wish to apply for externally funded fellowships in the areas of our research interests. Funding can be sought from the following sources:

Please contact one of our academic staff members if you wish to discuss a potential application.