Professor Roger Falconer
Roger Falconer is Emeritus Professor of Water Engineering (since 2018) in the School of Engineering at Cardiff University, and an Independent Water and Environmental Engineering Consultant. He has held posts at the universities of Birmingham (Lecturer, 1977-86), Bradford (Professor 1987-97), and Cardiff (Professor 1997-18).
Roger has managed a wide range of research projects on hydro-environmental modelling and has been involved in over 100 EIA studies worldwide. He has published extensively in the field of water engineering and management, advises industry and government agencies, nationally and internationally, on water related topics, and regularly gives lectures and participates in media and TV interviews on topics such as: flooding, tidal range energy and global water security.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. He is an Honorary Member and Past-President of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering & Research (2011-15) and was a member of the Trustee Board of CIWEM (2016-20).