Biography

Education

1991 - 1998 Ph.D., Department of Geology, University of Toronto, Canada
thesis: Tectonically controlled landscape evolution and its relation to the lithology, hydrology and hydrogeology of weathered crystalline rock in Uganda

1986 - 1990 B.Sc. (Hons.) Chemistry, Queen's University, Canada

Professional history

2009 - present, Reader in Hydrogeology, Department of Geography, University College London, UK

2000 - 2009, Lecturer in Physical Geography, Department of Geography, University College London, UK

2009 - present, Adjunct Professor, European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights & Democratisation, Venice, Italy

2002 - present, Adjunct Lecturer in Geology, Department of Geology, Makerere University, Uganda

1998 - 2000, NERC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Robens Centre for Public & Environmental Health, UK

1995 - 1999, Hydrogeological Consultant, Uganda
- Eastern Centres Water and Sanitation Project (DANIDA)
- Small Towns Water and Sanitation Project (World Bank)

1995 Course Lecturer, Environmental Sciences Division, University of Toronto, Canada

1994 Course Lecturer, Department of Geology, Makerere University, Uganda

1994 Water Supply Advisor, Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief, Uganda & Rwanda

Professional bodies & committees 

• Co-Chair, Groundwater & Climate in Africa Conference (2008)
• Co-Chair, IAH Commission on Groundwater & Climate Change
• Member, UNESCO-IHP GRAPHIC Programme (Groundwater Resources Assessment under the Pressures of Humanity & Climate Change)
• Fellow, Geological Society (FGS)
• Member, British National Committee of the IAH (International Association of Hydrologeologists)
• Fellow, Royal Geographical Society
• Member, National Ground Water Association

Peer review for academic journals

• Journal of Hydrology, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Hydrological Processes, Applied Geochemistry, Quaternary Science Reviews, Hydrogeology Journal, International Journal of Climatology, Water Policy, Journal of African Earth Sciences, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Waterlines, Water International

Peer review of grants

• START Grants for Global Environmental Change Research in Africa (2009)
• The British Academy (2008)
• STEREOII programme, Belgian Science Policy (2006)
• The Leverhulme Trust (2003)
• European Commission (DG X11/DI-2) Grant Applications (2000)