Dr Kieran Khamis PhD

Dr Kieran Khamis

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Lecturer in Physical Geography

Contact details

Email
k.khamis@bham.ac.uk
Address
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Kieran is an environmental scientist with a particular interest in freshwater ecosystems. His research can be divided into two main areas: (1) elucidating the impacts of global change (climate change, land use change and drought) on river ecosystems; and, (2) improving understanding of water quality and biogeochemistry of human modified river catchments (agricultural, urban), with a focus on dissolved organic matter and nutrient dynamics. Cross cutting both these themes is his interest in method development, specifically improving how we model and monitor aquatic ecosystems using mesocosm scale experimentation and in-situ, high-frequency environmental sensing.

Qualifications

2014: PhD Alpine Hydro-ecology. University 麻豆精选

2007: MSc Conservation Biology. Manchester Metropolitan University

2004 : BSc Geography. Manchester Metropolitan University

Biography

2021 - present: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University 麻豆精选. Lecturer in Aquatic Ecology and Ecohydrology.

2019 - 2021: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University 麻豆精选. Research Fellow.

2016-2019: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University 麻豆精选. Research Fellow - Environmental Change Outdoor Laboratory (ECOLAB).

2016-2019: RS Hydro Ltd, Bromsgrove.聽 Research & Development Manager for Optical Sensors.

2013-2016: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University 麻豆精选/RS Hydro. Knowledge Transfer Associate (Funding: Innovate UK).

2010-2014: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University 麻豆精选, UK PhD in Hydroecology (Funding EU- FP7).

2007-2010: Aquatic Scientist, APEM Ltd, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, UK.

Teaching

  • Global Challenges in the Anthropocene (UG Y1)

  • Critical Issues for 21st Century Ecosystems (UG Y2)

  • Ecological Systems (UG Y2)

  • Field Course (UG Y2)

  • Catchment Processes, Environmental Change and Restoration (UG Y3)

  • River Habitats and Biogeochemistry (PG)

  • River Ecology (PG)

Postgraduate supervision

Kieran is interested in supervising projects related to environmental sensing in freshwater environments and the impacts of environmental change on river ecosystem structure and function.

Research

Freshwater ecology: environmental stressors (organic pollution, effluents and emerging contaminants), environmental change (climate change, glacier retreat, land use and drought), biomonitoring, alpine river systems, functional traits.

Biogeochemistry; dissolved organic matter dynamics, nutrient dynamics in modified systems (urban/agricultural), environmental sensing, optical sensors, environmental chemistry, river temperature, statistical analysis, environmental monitoring.

Other activities

  • British Ecological Society
  • Freshwater Biological Association
  • British Hydrological Society

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Clayton, GE, Richards, LA, Fox, BG, Thorn, RMS, Bowes, MJ, Read, DS, Tipper, HJ, Khamis, K, Dutta, TK, Kumar, A, Hazra, M, Howard, B, Schneidewind, U, Armstrong, LK, Nicholls, DJE, Davies, H, Hannah, D, Nel, HA, Ghosh, A, Joshi, H, Gooddy, DC, Polya, DA, Krause, S & Reynolds, DM 2025, '', Water Research, vol. 278, 123374.

Marcotte, AL, Limpens, J, Nunes, JP, Howard, BC, Hurley, AG, Khamis, K, Krause, S, Croghan, D, Kourmouli, A, Leader, S, Singh, T, Stoof, CR, Ullah, S & Kettridge, N 2024, '', Water Resources Research, vol. 60, no. 7, e2023WR036412.

Zhu, H, Khamis, K, Hannah, DM & Krause, S 2024, '', Water Resources Research, vol. 60, no. 12, e2024WR037254.

Croghan, D, Ala-Aho, P, Welker, J, Mustonen, KR, Khamis, K, Hannah, DM, Vuorenmaa, J, Kl酶ve, B & Marttila, H 2024, '', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 1055-1070.

Yasmin, T, Khamis, K, Ross, A, Sen, S, Sharma, A, Sen, D, Sen, S, Buytaert, W & Hannah, DM 2023, '', Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 667-674.

White, JC, Khamis, K, Dugdale, S, Jackson, FL, Malcolm, IA, Krause, S & Hannah, DM 2023, '', Hydrological Processes, vol. 37, no. 10, e14958.

Richards, L, Guo, S, Lapworth, DJ, White, D, Civil, W, Wilson, GJL, Lu, C, Kumar, A, Ghosh, A, Khamis, K, Krause, S, Polya, DA & Gooddy, D 2023, '', Environmental Pollution, vol. 327, 121626.

Khamis, K, Ouellet, V, Croghan, D, Hernandez gonzalez, LM, Packman, AI, Hannah, DM & Krause, S 2023, '', Frontiers in Built Environment, vol. 9, 1072757.

Comment/debate

Brown, LE, Khamis, K, Wilkes, M, Blaen, P, Brittain, JE, Carrivick, JL, Fell, S, Friberg, N, F眉reder, L, Gislason, GM, Hainie, S, Hannah, DM, James, WHM, Lencioni, V, Olafsson, JS, Robinson, CT, Saltveit, SJ, Thompson, C & Milner, AM 2023, '', Nature ecology & evolution, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 472-476.

Ficklin, DL, Hannah, DM, Wanders, N, Dugdale, SJ, England, J, Klaus, J, Kelleher, C, Khamis, K & Charlton, MB 2023, '', Nature Water, vol. 1, no. 2, 58, pp. 125-128.

Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

Khamis, K, Milner, AM, Fell, SC, Hannah, DM & Brown, LE 2022, . in Encyclopedia of Inland Waters (Second Edition). vol. 2, Elsevier, pp. 598-615.

Letter

Aspin, T, Khamis, K, Matthews, T, Williams, G, Windsor, FM, Woodward, G & Ledger, M 2023, '', Biology Letters, vol. 19, no. 11, 20230381.

Preprint

Croghan, D, Ala-Aho, P, Welker, J, Mustonen, K-R, Khamis, K, Hannah, DM, Vuorenmaa, J, Kl酶ve, B & Marttila, H 2023 '' European Geosciences Union.

Review article

Kumar, M, Khamis, K, Stevens, R, Hannah, DM & Bradley, C 2024, '', Frontiers in Water, vol. 6, 1380133.

Gunter, H, Bradley, C, Hannah, D, Manaseki-Holland, S, Stevens, R & Khamis, K 2023, '', Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, vol. 10, no. 1, e1622.