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Personal Statement
Dr Chris White is Head of the Centre for Water, Environment, Sustainability and Public Health at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. The Centre undertakes fundamental and applied research that provides novel solutions to some of the most pressing global environmental challenges, including net zero and the circular economy, renewable energy, water and waste, environmental health, and climate resilience.
As a Reader (Associate Professor), he leads the Engineering for Extremes research group that focuses on improving the understanding of extreme weather events and hydro-meteorological hazards such as floods and droughts, focused on complex multi-hazard interactions and cross-sectoral cascading physical and societal impacts in a changing climate.
His research interests are cross-disciplinary, including the emerging fields of multi-hazard risks, compound events and cascading impacts, impact-based forecasting, the application of climate services for improved decision-making and climate resilience, and the prediction and application of predictions on extended-range subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) and climatic timescales.
He leads several projects including the multi-hazard interactions and cascading impacts work package of the MEDiate (‘Multi-hazard and risk-informed system for enhanced local and regional disaster risk management’) project, funded by the Horizon Europe programme of the European Commission. He was also on the Management Committee of the recent European COST Action CA17109 on compound events. He also co-leads the applications sub-project of the World Meteorological Organization’s WWRP/WCRP S2S Prediction Project.
I have a fully-funded EPSRC PhD on long-term climate change risk scenarios open for applications at https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/long-term-climate-change-risk-scenarios-for-nuclear-disposal-and-storage/?p180742/. Applications close 31 January 2025. Please get in touch with me if you are interested to know more. |
Teaching Interests
Modules taught:
- CL216 Hydraulics and Hydrology
- CL248 Environmental and Hydraulic Engineering (IJEP)
Research Interests
My research focuses on natural hazards (including floods, droughts and heatwaves), surface water hydrology and resources, risk management and climate change resilience. I specialise in understanding natural hazards and risk from both physical causative and impacts perspectives, centred on the understanding, modelling and prediction of extreme weather events (in particular, hydrological prediction) on both the extended-range 'subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S)' (e.g. weeks to months) and climate timescales (e.g. up to the end of the century) using regional high-resolution and global climate projections.
Much of my research involves working with end-users to make climate, weather and natural hazards science and information more usable though the exploration of improved applications, communication and promotion of appropriate risk information in support of resource management, emergency management and disaster risk reduction activities.
I am always keen to talk to potential students, collaborators and industry partners about future projects and opportunities.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Engineering, The Use of Joint Probability Analysis to Predict Flood Frequency in Estuaries and Tidal Rivers, University of Southampton
1 Sept 2003 → 30 Nov 2007
Award Date: 30 Nov 2007
Bachelor of Engineering, Environmental Engineering, University of Southampton
1 Sept 2000 → 30 Jun 2003
Award Date: 30 Jun 2003
External positions
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Tasmania
1 Jul 2008 → …
Keywords
- Natural Hazards
- Flood Risk
- Climate Change
- risk communication
- Forecasting
- Environmental Engineering
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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DelugeAI: A review of the emerging opportunities of using artificial intelligence for flood forecasting in Scotland
White, C. (Principal Investigator), Atkinson, R. (Co-investigator), Bertram, D. (Co-investigator) & Nieradzinska, K. (Research Co-investigator)
5/03/25 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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Resilient Digitalising Infrastructure (ReDI) SCDT
Walls, L. (Principal Investigator), Patelli, E. (Co-investigator), White, C. (Co-investigator), Irvine, J. (Co-investigator), Strens, F. (Co-investigator) & Anderson, H. (Administrator)
1/01/25 → 30/06/28
Project: Internally funded project
Research output
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The WWRP/WCRP S2S project and its achievements
Vitart, F., Robertson, A. W., Brookshaw, A., Caltabiano, N., Coelho, C. A. S., de Coning, E., Dirmeyer, P. A., Domeisen, D. I. V., Hirons, L., Kim, H. J., Lin, H., Kumar, A., Molod, A., Robbins, J., Segele, Z., Spillman, C. M., Stan, C., Takaya, Y., Woolnough, S. & White, C. J. & 1 others, , 1 May 2025, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 106, 5, p. E791–E808 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Incorporating Multi-hazard approach to disaster risk management and climate change adaptation
Cha, Y., White, C., Adnan, M. S. G., Arosio, M. & Yousaf, Z., 16 Apr 2025. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
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Datasets
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A database of the United Kingdom’s exploited hydropower and tidal energy resource as of December 2020
Kennedy, C. (Creator), Bertram, D. (Supervisor) & White, C. (Supervisor), University of Strathclyde, 24 Oct 2023
DOI: 10.15129/fbbe66da-862e-441c-95d0-50ab1d41dbad, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-energy-planning-database-monthly-extract and one more link, https://www.ref.org.uk/energy-data (show fewer)
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Data for: "Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH) – a community perspective"
Blöschl, G. (Creator), Bierkens, M. F. P. (Creator), Chambel, A. (Creator), Cudennec, C. (Creator), Destouni, G. (Creator), Fiori, A. (Creator), Kirchner, J. W. (Creator), McDonnell, J. J. (Creator), Savenije, H. H. G. (Creator), Sivapalan, M. (Creator), Stumpp, C. (Creator), Toth, E. (Creator), Volpi, E. (Creator), Carr, G. (Creator), Lupton, C. (Creator), Salinas, J. (Creator), Széles, B. (Creator), Viglione, A. (Creator), Aksoy, H. (Contributor), Allen, S. T. (Creator), Amin, A. (Contributor), Andréassian, V. (Contributor), Arheimer, B. (Creator), Aryal, S. K. (Creator), Baker, V. (Creator), Bardsley, E. (Creator), Barendrecht, M. H. (Creator), Bartosova, A. (Creator), Batelaan, O. (Creator), Berghuijs, W. R. (Creator), Beven, K. (Creator), Blume, T. (Creator), Bogaard, T. (Creator), Borges de Amorim, P. (Contributor), Böttcher, M. E. (Creator), Boulet, G. (Creator), Breinl, K. (Creator), Brilly, M. (Creator), Brocca, L. (Creator), Buytaert, W. (Creator), Castellarin, A. (Creator), Castelletti, A. (Creator), Chen, X. (Contributor), Chen, Y. (Contributor), Chen, Y. (Contributor), Chifflard, P. (Creator), Claps, P. (Creator), Clark, M. P. (Creator), Collins, A. L. (Creator), Croke, B. (Creator), Dathe, A. (Creator), David, P. C. (Creator), de Barros, F. P. J. (Contributor), de Rooij, G. (Contributor), Di Baldassarre, G. (Contributor), Driscoll, J. M. (Creator), Duethmann, D. (Creator), Dwivedi, R. (Contributor), Eris, E. (Creator), Farmer, W. H. (Creator), Feiccabrino, J. (Creator), Ferguson, G. (Creator), Ferrari, E. (Creator), Ferraris, S. (Creator), Fersch, B. (Creator), Finger, D. (Creator), Foglia, L. (Creator), Fowler, K. (Contributor), Gartsman, B. (Creator), Gascoin, S. (Creator), Gaume, E. (Creator), Gelfan, A. (Creator), Geris, J. (Creator), Gharari, S. (Contributor), Gleeson, T. (Creator), Glendell, M. (Creator), Gonzalez Bevacqua, A. (Contributor), González-Dugo, M. P. (Creator), Grimaldi, S. (Creator), Gupta, A. B. (Contributor), Guse, B. (Creator), Han, D. (Contributor), Hannah, D. (Creator), Harpold, A. (Creator), Haun, S. (Creator), Heal, K. (Creator), Helfricht, K. (Creator), Herrnegger, M. (Creator), Hipsey, M. (Creator), Hlaváčiková, H. (Creator), Hohmann, C. (Creator), Holko, L. (Creator), Hopkinson, C. (Creator), Hrachowitz, M. (Creator), Illangasekare, T. H. (Contributor), Inam, A. (Creator), Innocente, C. (Contributor), Istanbulluoglu, E. (Creator), Jarihani, B. (Creator), Kalantari, Z. (Creator), Kalvans, A. (Creator), Khanal, S. (Contributor), Khatami, S. (Creator), Kiesel, J. (Creator), Kirkby, M. (Creator), Knoben, W. (Creator), Kochanek, K. (Creator), Kohnová, S. (Creator), Kolechkina, A. (Creator), Krause, S. (Creator), Kreamer, D. (Creator), Kreibich, H. (Creator), Kunstmann, H. (Creator), Lange, H. (Creator), Liberato, M. L. R. (Creator), Lindquist, E. (Creator), Link, T. (Creator), Liu, J. (Contributor), Loucks, D. P. (Creator), Luce, C. (Creator), Mahé, G. (Creator), Makarieva, O. (Creator), Malard, J. (Creator), Mashtayeva, S. (Contributor), Maskey, S. (Contributor), Mas-Pla, J. (Creator), Mavrova-Guirguinova, M. (Creator), Mazzoleni, M. (Creator), Mernild, S. (Creator), Misstear, B. D. (Creator), Montanari, A. (Creator), Müller-Thomy, H. (Creator), Nabizadeh, A. (Contributor), Nardi, F. (Creator), Neale, C. (Creator), Nesterova, N. (Creator), Nurtaev, B. (Contributor), Odongo, V. O. (Creator), Panda, S. (Contributor), Pande, S. (Contributor), Pang, Z. (Contributor), Papacharalampous, G. (Creator), Perrin, C. (Creator), Pfister, L. (Creator), Pimentel, R. (Creator), Polo, M. J. (Creator), Post, D. (Creator), Prieto Sierra, C. (Contributor), Ramos, M.-H. (Contributor), Renner, M. (Creator), Reynolds, J. E. (Creator), Ridolfi, E. (Creator), Rigon, R. (Creator), Riva, M. (Creator), Robertson, D. E. (Creator), Rosso, R. (Creator), Roy, T. (Contributor), Sá, J. H. M. (Creator), Salvadori, G. (Contributor), Sandells, M. (Creator), Schaefli, B. (Creator), Schumann, A. (Creator), Scolobig, A. (Creator), Seibert, J. (Creator), Servat, E. (Creator), Shafiei, M. (Creator), Sharma, A. (Creator), Sidibe, M. (Creator), Sidle, R. C. (Creator), Skaugen, T. (Creator), Smith, H. (Creator), Spiessl, S. M. (Creator), Stein, L. (Creator), Steinsland, I. (Contributor), Strasser, U. (Creator), Su, B. (Creator), Szolgay, J. (Creator), Tarboton, D. (Creator), Tauro, F. (Creator), Thirel, G. (Creator), Tian, F. (Contributor), Tong, R. (Creator), Tussupova, K. (Contributor), Tyralis, H. (Creator), Uijlenhoet, R. (Creator), van Beek, R. (Contributor), van der Ent, R. J. (Contributor), van der Ploeg, M. (Contributor), Van Loon, A. F. (Contributor), van Meerveld, I. (Contributor), van Nooijen, R. (Contributor), van Oel, P. R. (Contributor), Vidal, J.-P. (Contributor), von Freyberg, J. (Contributor), Vorogushyn, S. (Creator), Wachniew, P. (Contributor), Wade, A. J. (Creator), Ward, P. (Creator), Westerberg, I. K. (Creator), White, C. (Creator), Wood, E. F. (Creator), Woods, R. (Creator), Xu, Z. (Contributor), Yilmaz, K. K. (Creator) & Zhang, Y. (Contributor), figshare, 16 Feb 2023
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.10048910.v2
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Prizes
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Resilient Australia Awards: National 'Winner' - Climate Futures for Tasmania
White, C. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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World Water Day 2025
Robertson, D. (Organiser), Morse, T. (Organiser), Doyle, H. F. (Organiser), McGrane, S. (Chair), White, C. (Speaker), Major, L. (Speaker), Bonner, J. (Speaker), Sprick, S. (Speaker), Sindico, F. (Speaker), Guild, A. (Keynote/plenary speaker), Burnett, L. (Speaker), Tsiapis, N. (Speaker) & Carus, C. (Speaker)
24 Mar 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organiser of major conference
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Strath Methods series of seminars
Gallou, E. (Organiser), Morgera, E. (Invited speaker), Porta, S. (Invited speaker), Romice, O. (Invited speaker), Riccardi, A. (Invited speaker), Rivers, S. (Invited speaker), White, C. (Invited speaker), Gooding, L. (Participant), Flowers, P. (Invited speaker), Morse, T. (Member of programme committee), Laverick, J. (Invited speaker), McMaster, I. (Invited speaker), Vironen, H. (Invited speaker), Williams, L. (Invited speaker), Wilson, D. (Participant), White, C. (Invited speaker), Romice, O. (Invited speaker) & Porta, S. (Invited speaker)
1 Sept 2022 → 1 Aug 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organiser of special symposia