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Personal details
Name Dr Ross Woods
Job title Reader in Water & Environmental Engineering
Department Department of Civil Engineering University of Bristol
Personal web page http://www.bristol.ac.uk/engineering/departments/civilengineering/people/ross-a-woods/overview.html
Contact details This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations Office.

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Qualifications BSc(Cant.), MComm(Cant.), PhD(W.Aust.)
Professional details
Membership of professional bodies American Geophysical Union
New Zealand Hydrological Society
Keywords water
hydrology
floods
droughts
climate change impacts
Areas of expertise I am a hydrologist and I study the water cycle. In particular, I have worked extensively on floods, droughts, the effects of climate change and land use change on water. My interests extends from scales of a few millimetres right up to the entire planet.
Media experience Over a 10-year period in New Zealand, I helped prepare numerous press releases, was interviewed for numerous press articles, gave about 10 radio interviews and 3 TV interviews (1 live), and featured in a magazine-style TV show on farming