Professional summary

Philip is an Environmental Data Scientist in the Freshwater Restoration & Sustainability Group at UKCEH. He is a specialist in lake catchment science, frequently working with hydrological, botanical, land use and water quality data to assess conditions and recovery of fresh waters in the UK and beyond.

He leads the development of the UK Lakes Portal, which brings together data from many institutes and areas to facilitate lake research and make data publicly available and accessible. Philip's work encompasses all aspects of data science, working in an array of coding languages, databases, software and systems to analyse data and find patterns, as well as running a number of different training courses to disseminate this knowledge to others.

Selected publications

Chapman Daniel S. et al. , (2020), Invasion of freshwater ecosystems is promoted by network connectivity to hotspots of human activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29, 645-655, https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13051

Law Alan et al. , (2019), The effectiveness of aquatic plants as surrogates for wider biodiversity in standing fresh waters. Freshwater Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13369

May Linda et al. , (2019), Decision support framework to identify lakes that are likely to meet water quality targets if external inputs of phosphorus from agriculture are reduced. Limnetica, 38, 489-501, http://www.limnetica.net/es/decision-support-framework-identify-lakes-are-likely-meet-water-quality-targets-if-external-inputs

Richardson Jessica et al. , (2018), Effects of multiple stressors on cyanobacteria abundance varies with lake type. Global Change Biology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14396

Bouriaud Laura et al. , (2015), Institutional factors and opportunities for adapting European forest management to climate change. 15, 1595-1609, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-015-0852-8

Hale Sophie A. et al. , (2015), Comparison and validation of three versions of a forest wind risk model. 68, 27-41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.01.016