Dr Fiachra O'Loughlin is an Assistant Professor of Hydrology in the UCD School of Civil Engineering and is the Deputy Lead of the Water theme in the UCD Earth Institute and a member of the UCD Dooge Centre for Water Resources Research. His research interests include the development and testing of hydrological and hydraulic models and the utilisation of remote sensing technologies to monitor our natural and built environment with the overall aim to improve our understanding of the underlying processes to help quantify past, current and future risks.