Paul Bates

University of Bristol • Professor

Dr. Paul Bates is Professor of Hydrology at the University of Bristol where he specializes in the science of flooding.  Dr. Bates is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the American Geophysical Union, a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holder and in 2019 was awarded a CBE for services to flood risk management.  He is also Chairman of the flood risk analytics company Fathom (www.fathom.global). He has widespread research interests in risk, resilience, uncertainty, governance and decision-making in relation to natural hazards and global water issues. 

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