Postdoctoral researcher on the ISOLAND project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust. My work sought to integrate stable isotope data with tracer-aided ecohydrological models to assess the impacts of land use change on water partitioning in Scotland and Costa Rica.

Hydro Nation PhD Scholarship entitled "Advancing models of microbial water quality across scales: From statistical to process-based approaches"

12 week placementProject: Analysis of Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) parameter sensitivies at point- and global-scaleKey Skills Developed:- Sensitivity analysis using large-scale datasets in Python- Development of "Rose Suites" for efficient model running and completion of Python analysis- Land surface modelling theory- Time series spectral analysis

1. Research Project:"The value of stable isotope tracer data in calibrating a fully-distributed, physically-based rainfall-runoff model (CRUM3) to improve predictive capability"- Catchment hydrological modelling- Model uncertainty and process representation- Isotope Hydrology - Deriving transit time distributions using stable isotopes to characterise catchment hydrology2. Advanced Catchment Science- Catchment hydrology and modelling- Water geochemistry- Catchment-scale sediment transport3. Advanced Methods in Physical Geography- Reconstructing past environments - Slope stability and landslide prediction using the Infinite Slope Model- Geospatial data collection and analysis- Catchment modelling with TopModel- Hydrological Modelling writing in Python- Statistical Foundations and Stata4. Communicating Science in Physical Geography- Communicating science to non-specialist audiences- Presentation of research- Press release and feature article writing - Attendance of departmental research seminars

12 Week Summer Internship, working on a range of projects including:- Flood forecast verification- G2G Model Evaluation- Tidal Surge Model Evaluation- Surface Water Flooding Case Studies- Business Continuity Management