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Hydrogeologist, British Geological Survey
Dr Andrew Hughes’ research centres on gas movement through the unsaturated zone, integrated environmental modelling, and object oriented groundwater model development, particularly with reference to groundwater recharge modelling. He also works on the simulation of groundwater flooding and stakeholder uptake of modelling results.
His current projects and collaboration include:
• Development of Community of Integrated Environmental Modelling roadmap – US-European collaboration
• Hydrological Extremes and Feedbacks in the Changing Water Cycle – BGS PM on NERC Grant – collaboration with Imperial College, University College and Reading University
• PI for the GROMIT project (NE/F018568/1) which seeks to understand the impact of Climate Change on the efficiency of Ground Source Heat Pumps
• Secretary of the OpenMI Association