Rate My Professor Albert Chen

Professor Albert Chen holds the Personal Chair in Water and the Human Environment at the Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter. With over 20 years of experience in water and human environment studies, his research specializations encompass water resources management, hydrology and hydraulic modelling, urban drainage, flood forecasting and early warning, innovative technology applications, water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus, climate change impacts on critical infrastructure, water-borne disease prediction, hazard impact assessment, mitigation, and resilience strategies. He has participated in more than 50 international projects, publishing over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and 100 conference papers.

Professor Chen leads multiple research projects funded by EU Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, with grants exceeding £3 million, including ARSINOE, WATERLINE, WATERVERSE, ULTIMATE, RECONECT, RESCCUE, SIM4NEXUS, and others addressing urban flood management, climate resilience, digital twins, and nature-based solutions. He co-leads the Policy Action Group of the European Commission’s ICT4Water cluster, contributing policy recommendations on ICT in water sectors. As a Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute (2021-2023), he advanced data science and AI in water research; as UK Senior Expert in NERC Digital Environment Expert Network (2021-2023), he developed digital environment concepts. Key publications include "From hazard to impact: the flood damage assessment tools for mega cities" (Natural Hazards, 2016), "Modelling sewer discharge via displacement of manhole covers during flood events using 1D/2D SIPSON/P-DWave dual drainage simulations" (Urban Water Journal, 2015), "Formulation of a fast 2D urban pluvial flood model using a cellular automata approach" (Journal of Hydroinformatics, 2013), and "Multi-layered coarse grid modelling in 2D urban flood simulations" (Journal of Hydrology, 2012). He serves as Associate Editor for Journal of Hydroinformatics (2022-) and Urban Water Journal (2017-), and editorial board member for Cambridge Prisms: Water (2023-) and Journal of Flood Risk Management (2020-). Awards include Royal Academy of Engineering President's Special Awards for Pandemic Service (2020), EUvsVirus Hackathon Winner (2020), and University of Exeter Merit Awards (2010-2017). He coordinates international workshops and delivers invited lectures on water resilience.