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Professor of Hydraulic Engineering and River Basin Development
n.wright@unesco-ihe.org
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Nigel Wright
Professor of Hydraulic Engineering and River Basin Development
Resume
Nigel Wright is Professor of Hydraulic Engineering and River Basin Development and holds a zero-appointment at the Technical University in Delft.
Before joining UNESCO-IHE in April 2006 he was Professor of Environmental Fluid Mechanics at the University of Nottingham. He has over 20 years experience in the application of computer modelling to environmental flows. He has obtained and managed research grants to a value of over €3 million from a number of agencies.
He is a past Chair of the British Section of the International Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research. He has published over 120 journal and conference papers.
At UNESCO-IHE Prof Wright is responsible for education and research in the core of Hydraulic Engineering and River Basin Development. Additionally he is Deputy Head of the Department of Water Engineering and leads the group implementing the Institute's new educational strategy.
He manages research from a number of funding agencies and teaches around the world as part of UNESCO-IHE's mission of capacity building in developing and newly-emerging economies.
Professor Wright's research has focused on innnovative numerical modelling for practical river flows. He is a member of the UK Flood Risk Management Research Consortium.