Rivers and lakes have been modified by man for centuries. Although the impacts of development on freshwater ecosystems are recognised, the mechanisms that underpin the negative effects observed are often poorly understood.
At the International Centre for Ecohydraulics Research, an interdisciplinary team of scientists collaborates with domestic and international partners to bridge the gap between hydraulics and ecology. Experimental tests conducted by our ecologists, engineers, biologists and geomorphologists are designed to find solutions to the problems created when aquatic environments are developed. Current research is conducted in fish passage, small-scale hydropower development, hydraulic habitat and flow regime modelling, river restoration and fluvial sediment dynamics.
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| Staff Member | Primary Position |
|---|---|
| Ioannis (Yannis) A. Ieropoulos | Chair of Environmental Engineering, Head of Water & Environmental Engineering Group, EPSRC Career Acceleration Fellow, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grantee, EU PHOENIX COST Action Vice-Chair |
| Jim Kerr | Research Fellow for AMBER project |
| Robert Needham | Postgraduate research student |
| Sarah T.V Neenan | Postgraduate research student |
| Related Projects | Status |
|---|---|
| Fish passage upstream over gauging structures | Active |
| Improving fish passage design in China | Active |
| Impacts of low-head hydropower on freshwater fish migration | Active |
| Developing behavioural guidance technologies for European eel (Anguilla anguilla) | Active |
| Distribution and activity patterns of brown trout in a chalk river | Active |
| Improving fish passage at low-head river barriers | Active |