Professional summary
Nathan’s research explores the assessment of water resources, focusing on the supply and demand aspects of sectoral water use for the present day, along with water availability and sustainable water use under scenario change, including climate change and anthropogenic influences. His work is focused around the development and application of large-scale hydrological models across river basins that span several countries or states, or on multiple rivers across sub-continental regions, necessitating collaboration with stakeholders such as governments, national hydrological agencies and water users across all key sectors.
His current work is focused around improving water security in regions of south-east Asia and sub-saharan Africa, as well as the development and implementation of modelling tools for several river basins across Europe. Key to this is the strengthening of stakeholder engagement to help build understanding of the impacts of climate and societal change on hydrology, and how improved policy and practice can help mitigate these impacts.
Nathan is a member of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, the British Hydrological Society and the Institution of Civil Engineers.