Dr Nicholas Walker is currently an independent hydrologist based in the UK. Previously he was employed as a Principal Consultant in Hydrology in Aurecon’s Cape Town office, where he was involved in water resource and agriculture projects. These include hydrological catchment modelling, flood hydrology for climate-smart infrastructure, agro-hydrological modelling and hydrological studies for EIAs.
Nicholas has more than a decade of research and consulting experience, including his time served as a postdoctoral fellow jointly at the Department of Botany, the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). Nicholas has researched the links between geomorphology, ecology, soils and hydrology. He also has experience in eco-hydrology, crop modelling, modelling the impacts of climate change, environmental water requirements (EWRs) and water supply feasibility studies.
Nicholas obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in Hydrology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in 2005. He also holds a Master of Science in Irrigation Engineering from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom (UK), as well as a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Environmental Science from the University of Brighton in the UK, in 1999 and 1994, respectively. Nicholas is a registered professional natural scientist with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) and a member of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS).
