Dr Sopan Patil

Senior Lecturer

s.d.patil@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 388294

Dr Sopan Patil

Research Overview:

I am a catchment hydrologist with research interests along two broad themes: (1) to understand how climate and land-use change will affect the hydrological behaviour of landscapes across multiple observation scales, and (2) to quantify the resilience of linked ecosystem services to hydrological changes in the region. I am especially interested in investigating the spatial and temporal patterns of environmental change through model-based evaluations across numerous river basins.

Current Research Group:

Parinaz Rashidi (Post-doc): Pond Ecosystems for Resilient Future Landscapes in a changing climate

Matthew Cooper (PhD): Investigating the Role of Forested Lands for Natural Flood Management in Wales

Rijaa Khan (PhD): Investigating potential impacts of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) on the biodiversity of Pakistan (co-supervised with Dr Isabel Rosa)

Wider Academic Contribution:

Associate Editor, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA)

Deputy Director, Places of Climate Change (PloCC) Research Centre

Member of the NERC Peer Review College

Member of UKRI Interdisciplinary Assessment College

Member of the American Geophysical Union's (AGU) Catchment Hydrology Technical Committee

Administrative responsibilities within the school:

Office: Thoday Building, Room F6

Email: s.d.patil@bangor.ac.uk

Tel: +44 1248 38 8294

Module organiser for:

Teaching contributer to:

Research students supervised:

Matthew Cooper (PhD): Investigating the Role of Forested Lands for Natural Flood Management in Wales

Rijaa Khan (PhD): Investigating potential impacts of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) on the biodiversity of Pakistan (co-supervised with Dr Eleanor Warren-Thomas)

Tom Kind (MScRes, graduated: 2022): The feasibility of a conceptual model, EXP-Hydro, to simulate streamflow as a potential for hydropower generation of seven catchments in Wales for the years of 2040-2080, benchmarked against Kling-Gupta Efficiency (co-supervised with Ian Harris)

Alex Rigby (MScRes, graduated: 2021): A Hydrological Modelling Toolkit to Enhance Flood Management and Infrastructure Decisions in Gwynedd County, Wales

Richard Dallison (PhD, graduated: 2020): Climate Change and Welsh Catchments: Implications for Hydrological Regime, Water Quality and Water Abstraction

John Musau (PhD, graduated: 2020): Land Cover Change Impacts on Water and Energy Balance in East Africa

Hosea Mwangi (PhD, graduated: 2016): Impact of Land Use Change and Climate Variability on Watershed Hydrology in the Mara River Basin, East Africa

My research interests are along two broad themes: (1) to understand how climate and land-use change will affect the hydrological behaviour of landscapes across multiple observation scales, and (2) to quantify the resilience of linked ecosystem services to hydrological changes in the region. I am especially interested in investigating the spatial and temporal patterns of environmental change through model-based evaluations across numerous river basins.

I am willing to supervise a PhD

2025

  • Published
    Jahanshahi, A., Booij, M. & Patil, S., Mar 2025, In: Hydrological Sciences Journal. 70, 4, p. 581-596
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2024

  • Published
    Jahanshahi, A., Booij, M., Patil, S. & Gupta, H., 1 Oct 2024, In: Journal of Hydrology. 642, 131892.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Zeng, Y., Liu, S., Huang, S., Patil, S., Gao, W. & Li, H., 18 Apr 2024, In: Remote Sensing. 16, 8
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Ren, D., Liu, S., Wu, Y., Xiao, F., Patil, S., Dallison, R., Feng, S., Zhao, F., Qiu, L., Wang, S., Zhang, S. & Li, L., 1 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 53, p. 101788 101788.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

  • Published
    Rashidi, P., Patil, S., Schipper, A. M., Alkemade, R. & Rosa, I., 7 Sept 2023, In: Land.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Dallison, R. & Patil, S., 17 Mar 2023, In: Renewable Energy. 207, p. 611-628
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Kramer, L., Teurlincx, S., Rashleigh, B., Janssen, A., Janse, J., Brauman, K., Földesi, C., van Wijk, D., de Senerpont Domis, L., Patil, S., Rashidi, P., Hamel, P., Rising, J., Mooij, W. & Kuiper, J., 3 Jul 2023, In: Sustainability Science.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Coughlan, P., Bellini, R., Bello-Dambatta, A., Dallison, R., Dreyer-Gibney, K., Gallagher, J., Harris, I., McNabola, A., Mitrovic, D., Murali, M., Novara, D., Patil, S., Rigby, A., Ritsos, P. D., Schestak, I., Singh, A., Walker, N. & Williams, P., Dec 2023, In: The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. 59, 4, p. 556-584 29 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Dallison, R. & Patil, S., 1 Nov 2023, In: Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability. 3, 4, 045005.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

  • Published
    Dallison, R. & Patil, S., 14 Dec 2022.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
  • Published
    Jahanshahi, A., Ghazanchaei, Z., Navari, M., Goharian, E., Patil, S. & Zhang, Y., 12 Mar 2022, In: Hydrological Sciences Journal. 67, 4, p. 564-587 24 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Dallison, R. & Patil, S., 12 Sept 2022.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
  • Published
    Ridgill, M., Lewis, M., Robins, P., Patil, S. & Neill, S., Jul 2022, In: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 14, 4, 044501.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Acharya, B., Ahmmed, B., Chen, Y., Davison, J., Haygood, L., Hensley, R., Kumar, R., Lerback, J., Liu, H., Mehan, S., Mehana, M., Patil, S., Persaud, B., Sullivan, P. & URycki, D., 12 Apr 2022, In: Earth and Space Science. 9, 4, e2022EA002320.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
  • Published
    Jahanshahi, A., Patil, S. & Goharian, E., 1 Sept 2022, In: Journal of Hydrology. 612, Part B, 128193.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Rigby, A., Butcher, P., Ritsos, P. D. & Patil, S., Oct 2022, In: Environmental Modelling and Software. 156, 105469.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Dallison, R., Williams, P., Harris, I. & Patil, S., 25 Apr 2022, In: Hydrological Sciences Journal. 67, 6, p. 939-962 24 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Dallison, R. & Patil, S., 23 May 2022.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

2021

  • Published
    Jahanshahi, A., Melsen, L., Patil, S. & Goharian, E., Dec 2021, In: Journal of Hydrology. 603, Part C, 127099.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Dallison, R. & Patil, S., 16 Dec 2021.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • Published
    Ridgill, M., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Robins, P. & Patil, S., 1 Aug 2021, In: Renewable Energy. 174, p. 654-665
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Dallison, R. & Patil, S., 29 Apr 2021.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
  • Published
    Dallison, R., Patil, S. & Williams, P., 1 Aug 2021, In: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 36, 100866.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Crooks, E., Harris, I. & Patil, S., Jun 2021, In: Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 57, 3, p. 357-373
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Cooper, M., Patil, S., Nisbet, T., Thomas, H., Smith, A. & McDonald, M., Sept 2021, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water. 8, 5, e1541.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

2020

  • Published
    Dallison, R., Patil, S. & Williams, P., 12 Jun 2020, In: Water. 12, 6, 1684.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

  • Published
    Dallison, R. & Patil, S., 18 Jul 2019.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
  • Published
    Feng, S., Liu, S., Huang, Z., Jing, L., Zhao, M., Peng, X., Yan, W., Wu, Y., Lv, Y., Smith, A., McDonald, M., Patil, S., Sarkissian, A., Shi, Z., Xia, J. & Ogbodo, U. S., 17 Dec 2019, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 116, 51, p. 25491-25496
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Dallison, R. & Patil, S., 10 Jul 2019.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
  • Published
    Dallison, R. & Patil, S., 8 Apr 2019.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

2018

  • Published
    Dallison, R., Patil, S. & Williams, P., 9 Apr 2018.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
  • Published
    Mwangi, H., Lariu, P., Julich, S., Patil, S., McDonald, M. & Feger, K.-H., 2018, In: Forests. 9, 1, 17 p., 8.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

  • Published
    Patil, S., Gu, Y., Dias, A., Steiglitz, M. & Turk, G., 2017, In: International Journal of Remote Sensing. 38, p. 5592-5607
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

  • Published
    Styles, D., Borjesson, P., d’Hertefeldt, T., Birkhofer, K., Dauber, J., Adams, P., Patil, S., Pagella, T., Pettersson, L. B., Peck, P., Vaneeckhaute, C. & Rosenqvist, H., Dec 2016, In: AMBIO. 45, 8, p. 872-884
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Mwangi, H. M., Julich, S., Patil, S. D., McDonald, M. A. & Ferger, K., 30 Aug 2016, In: Hydrological Processes. 30, 18, p. 3139-3155
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    McDonald, M. A., Mwangi, H. M., Julich, S., Patil, S. D., McDonald, M. S. & Feger, K. H., 12 Feb 2016, In: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 5, p. 244-260
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

  • Published
    Patil, S. D. & Stieglitz, M., 9 Apr 2015, In: Journal of Hydrology. 525, p. 409-417
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Lunka, P. D., Lunka, P. & Patil, S. D., 15 Oct 2015, In: Hydrological Processes. 30, 6, p. 945–958
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

  • Published
    Sproles, E. A., Leibowitz, S. G., Reager, J. T., Wigington, P. J., Famiglietti, J. S. & Patil, S. D., 30 Oct 2014, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 19, p. 3253-3272
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Patil, S. D., Wigington, P. J., Leibowitz, S. G., Sproles, E. A. & Comeleo, R. L., 17 May 2014, In: Journal of Hydrology. 517, p. 135–145
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

  • Published
    Patil, S. D., Covino, T. P., Packman, A. I., McGlynn, B. L., Drummond, J. D., Payn, R. A. & Schumer, R., 1 Jun 2013, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 118, 2, p. 413-422
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Patil, S. D., Wigington, P. J., Leibowitz, S. G. & Comeleo, R. L., 18 Nov 2013, In: Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 50, 3, p. 762–776
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

  • Published
    Patil, S. D., Sivapalan, M., Hassan, M. A., Ye, S., Harman, C. J. & Xu, X., 1 Dec 2012, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 117, F4, p. F00A04
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Patil, S. D. & Stieglitz, M., 23 Feb 2012, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 16, p. 551-562
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Drummond, J. D., Covino, T. P., Aubeneau, A. F., Leong, D., Patil, S. D., Schumer, R. & Packman, A. I., 1 Sept 2012, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 117, G3
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Patil, S. D. & Stieglitz, M., 28 Dec 2012, In: Hydrological Processes. 28, 3, p. 1159-1169
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

  • Published
    Patil, S. D. & Stieglitz, M., 23 Mar 2011, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 15, 3, p. 989-997
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

  • Aug 2023 →

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Member)

  • Member of WDTN Steering Board

    May 2023 →

    Activity: Membership of board (Member)

2021

  • 17 Dec 2021

    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Chair)

2020

  • Dec 2020 →

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor)

  • Special Issue: Natural Ecosystems Management and Mountain Engineering Works as Tools for Runoff and Sediment Yield Control

    Jun 2020 – May 2021

    Activity: Editorial activity (Guest editor)

  • May 2020 →

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Member)

2019

  • Special Issue: Impact of Climate and Land-Use Change on the Earth’s Critical Zone

    Oct 2019 – Jan 2021

    Activity: Editorial activity (Guest editor)

2015

  • May 2015 →

    Activity: Editorial activity (Editorial board member)

  • 01/02/2022 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)

  • 30/11/2020 – 31/12/2199 (Active)

  • 01/11/2020 – 31/03/2024 (Finished)

  • 01/03/2020 – 31/03/2024 (Finished)

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies:

PhD, Hydrology and Water Resources; Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (2011)

MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (2006)

BE, Civil Engineering; University of Mumbai, India (2005)

Fellow, Higher Education Academy UK (2016)

Fellow, Royal Geographical Society UK (2019)

Member, European Geosciences Union

Member, American Geophysical Union