Sopan Patil

Biography

Dr Sopan Patil Lecturer in Catchment Modelling Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies: PhD, Hydrology and Water Resources; Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (2011) MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (2006) BE, Civil Engineering; University of Mumbai, India (2005) Member, American Geophysical Union Member, European Geosciences Union Research Interest I am Lecturer in Catchment Modelling with research specialization in surface water hydrology. My research interests are along two broad themes: (1) to understand how climate and land-use change will affect the hydrological behaviour of landscapes across multiple observation scales, and (2) to quantify the resilience of linked ecosystem services to hydrological changes in the region. The ecosystem services of interest include nutrient removal from hill slopes to the river channels, patterns of vegetation biomass growth/decline, and sediment generation and delivery at multiple locations within a river basin. I am especially interested in investigating the spatial patterns of environmental change through model-based evaluations across numerous river basins.

Research Interest

(1) to understand how climate and land-use change will affect the hydrological behaviour of landscapes across multiple observation scales, and (2) to quantify the resilience of linked ecosystem services to hydrological changes in the region.