Phillip Blaen recently convened a national British Hydrological Conference at the University of Birmingham entitled ‘River Temperature: research and management in a changing climate’, funded in-part by a £600 grant from the University Graduate School. With over 40 delegates, the conference attracted speakers and audience members from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds including hydrology, engineering, climatology and freshwater biology.
Phillip is also organising the BHS Peter Wolf Early Career Hydrologist's Conference, a two-day event to be held at the University of Birmingham in April 2012.
In his spare time, Phillip likes to spend as much time as possible in the mountains where he enjoys climbing and skiing.