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Details for Dr Nicholas Howden
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Nicholas Howden |
| Job title | Warden Reader in Water & Environmental Engineering |
| Department | Residential and Hospitality Services University of Bristol Department of Civil Engineering University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | MEng(Dunelm), DIC PhD(Lond.), CEng, CEnv, CWEM, FCIWEM, FGS, FRGS |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | hydrology hydrogeology hydrogeochemistry |
| Areas of expertise | I am a catchment hydrologist and hydrogeologist. My research aims to provide a better understanding of how climate, land-use and land management affect the quantity and quality of surface and groundwater over the short- and long-term. I am particularly interested in the diffuse transport of nitrate from agricultural watersheds. I was recently leader of Work Package Hydrology for the Arctic Biosphere Atmosphere Coupling at Multiple Scales (ABACUS: www.abacus-ipy.org) research project, funded by the National Environmental Research Council (NERC) as part of the International Polar Year (IPY). In 2008 I was given a Young Investigators' Award by the NERC-UKPopNet (www.ukpopnet.org) to improve hydrological modelling of catchments in the Welsh Uplands, and have also worked as a hydrological consultant for Yorkshire Water, WINGAS Storage UK, Egdon Resources, and the Portland Gas Company. Finally, I am the Director of the University of Bristol's MSc Programme in Water and Environmental Management. |