Nigel Wright has been Professor of Water and Environmental Engineering at the University since 2022.
From initial research on the use of computers to predict the movement of fluids in the natural and built environment, Nigel’s research has expended into the cross-disciplinary aspects of flood risk management and climate change adaptation. This has led to funding from the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council, the Natural Environment Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council amongst others.
Nigel has published over 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He has received a number of journal awards with his co-authors including being highly commended in the Journal of Flood Risk Management Best Paper Award in 2021; the 16th Harold Jan Schoemaker Award for the most outstanding paper in the Journal of Hydraulic Research in the period 2007-8; and the John F Alcock Memorial Prize by the Railway Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Nigel's work has had a strong international focus. In addition to time spent working in the US and the Netherlands, he has worked on collaborative projects in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Argentina, China and India. He has been a Visiting Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and Fellow of the HEA.