Staff Profile
Dr Brian Thomas
Senior Lecturer in Hydrology
- Email: brian.thomas@ncl.ac.uk
Background
My research seeks to incorporate and evaluate anthropogenic influences into the hydrologic cycle To do this, I explicitly consider the effect of groundwater withdrawals, surface water alterations, climate and water management decisions. The key question that guides my research is: how have we humans muddled the hydrologic cycle, and how will we continue to muddle the cycle in the future? Answering these questions allows us to work toward meeting our water demands in sustainable ways.
Current PhD Students
- Julio Caineta: Remote sensing of subsurface groundwater discharge
- Charalampos Ntigkakis: Modeling urban groundwater
- Mohamed Akl: Remote sensing of perched aquifers in Egypt
- BSc, Geology and Environmental Technology, University of North Dakota
- MSc, Hydrology, University of New Hampshire
- PhD, Water Resources Engineering, Tufts University
Research
Research Interests
Global groundwater sustainability
Urban hydrology
Storm water management
Statistical hydrology
Groundwater hydrology
Remote sensing
Teaching
Program Leader:
- Deputy Degree Program Director: MSc Hydrogeology and Water Management
Module Leader:
- CEG8507: Borehole Design, Construction and Operation
- CEG8511: Groundwater Assessment
Course Contributor:
- CEG8525: Hydrosystems Processes and Data Analysis (Hydrogeology topics)