Rate My Professor Claire Walsh

In her distinguished career, Professor Walsh has held key positions including Elected Honorary Secretary of the British Hydrological Society from 2008 to 2012, Chair of the Organising Committee for the British Hydrological Society's International Symposium in 2010 hosted at Newcastle University, and various committee roles in the Royal Meteorological Society and British Hydrological Society. Her accolades include Newcastle University's Best Environment Research Project awards in 2016 (BUG project) and 2014 (Cafe Waste project), and a prestigious scholarship to Brown University’s International Advanced Research Institute on Climate Change and Water Resources in 2011. Notable publications encompass "Using global datasets to estimate flood exposure at the city scale: an evaluation in Addis Ababa" (Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2024), "Threshold-based flood early warning in an urbanizing catchment through multi-source data integration: Satellite and citizen science contribution" (Journal of Hydrology, 2024), "Activated carbon amendment of sand in the base of a permeable pavement reduces total nitrogen and nitrate leaching" (Science of the Total Environment, 2024), and "Nature-based solutions for urban climate change adaptation" (BioScience, 2019). Her interdisciplinary approach emphasizes collaboration with end-users to deliver impactful research on climate adaptation and sustainable infrastructure.