Position: Visiting senior researcher
Branch: Department of social-ecological analysis
Workplace: ÚVGZ AV ČR, v. v. i.Bělidla 4aBrno603 00
Email: holman.i@czechglobe.cz
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Research Focus
He is an interdisciplinary hydrogeologist and spatial pedologist with expertise in sustainable water resource management. Ian’s research mainly focusses on understanding how rural landuse and its management affects soil degradation, agricultural production and hydrological response (water resources and quality) at sub-catchment to national scales under current (EPSRC, Defra, WWF, Environment Agency, RSPB, National Trust) and future (DFID; NERC; BBSRC; EC) conditions. He currently leads Cranfield research on adaptation within agricultural water management to drought and water scarcity for 3 NERC-funded projects.
Education
1987-1990 BSc (Environmental Science) First class honours, University of East Anglia, UK
1990-1994 Ph.D. (Hydrogeology) at University of East Anglia, UK
Appointments
1994-2001 Research Scientist, Soil Survey and Land Research Centre (York and Silsoe)
2001-2005 Lecturer. Institute of Water and Environment, Cranfield University, Silsoe
2005-2013 Senior Lecturer. School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University
2013-2014 Reader, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University
2014- date Professor, Cranfield University
Membership
He is a member of the Natural Environmental Research Council Peer Review College. He was an editorial board of Hydrogeology Journal (2012-15) and the Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology (2011-13) and was a founding Co-Chairman of the International Association of Hydrogeologist’s Working Group and (subsequently) Commission on Groundwater and Climate Change (2001-2011). He is Cranfield PI on a range of national and European projects, including IMPRESSIONS (EU-FP7), EU-FACCE-JPI project MACSUR2
Brief scientometrics
Bibliography (05/16) ISI
Web of science: 64
H-index: 21
Total citations: 1248 (1109 without self-citations)
