**James Shucksmith**

Dr James Shucksmith is a Senior Lecturer of Water Engineering at the University of Sheffield. He was awarded his PhD on hydrodynamics and mixing processes in vegetated flows in 2008, and took up an academic position in 2010. His research interests include the physical modelling of urban flooding processes, water quality and transport processes in catchments and urban drainage networks, as well as the implementation of real time control systems. He has published over 30 papers in peer reviewed ISI indexed journal papers.
