Research

I develop and apply computational models to understand environmental flows, support resilient infrastructure and enable responsible marine-energy development.

My work is in environmental fluid mechanics, with a particular focus on coastal and ocean systems. I combine numerical modelling, observations, data analysis and optimisation to address questions that matter to infrastructure, ecosystems and the energy transition.

Research in E-COM

I lead E-COM — Edinburgh Coastal Ocean Modelling Group. Its website is the maintained home for current projects, researchers, software and collaborative work.

Explore E-COM’s work

For the latest project portfolio, research themes and team profiles, visit the E-COM research page. E-COM’s people page and publications page are kept current as the team and its outputs develop.

Focus areas

Marine energy and offshore systems

Resource assessment, array design, operational control and environmental effects of tidal and other marine-energy technologies.

Coastal, estuarine and fluvial processes

Hydrodynamics, mixing, sediment and water-quality processes in changing natural systems.

Numerical methods and software

Reliable, scalable and reproducible modelling tools for scientific and engineering applications.

Optimisation and uncertainty

Efficient methods for comparing design options and communicating the confidence and limits of model results.

Selected recent publications

For the complete record, see my publications or browse E-COM’s publications.

Open-source software

I use and contribute to open modelling tools that make research inspectable, reusable and extensible. Thetis is an open-source coastal-ocean model built on Firedrake and is a central component of much of this work. More software and workflow information is available on the E-COM research page.