Prof. Roger A. Falconer is an Emeritus Professor
(Professor 1997–2018) of Water Engineering, Founding Director of the
Hydro-Environmental Research Centre (1997–2015) in the School of Engineering at
Cardiff University, a Chair Professor at Hohai University and the Yangtze
Institute for Conservation and Development, China, and an independent water and
environmental engineering consultant. He graduated from Imperial College with a
PhD in 1976, followed by posts at the universities of Birmingham (Lecturer,
1977–1986), Bradford (Professor 1987–1997 and Head of the Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering 1993–1997), and Cardiff (Professor 1997–2018). He
has managed a wide range of research projects on the hydro-environmental modelling
of coastal, estuarine, and river systems and has been involved in over 100 EIA
studies worldwide. He has published extensively in the field of water
engineering and management, advises governments and consulting companies
internationally on water-related topics, and regularly gives lectures and
participates in media and TV interviews on topics such as flooding, tidal and
river energy, and global water security. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of
Engineering, a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a Fellow
of the European Academy of Sciences, 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 and Research (2011–2015).
