Brian Reed

After ten years as a consulting engineer on international water projects, Brian became a lecturer in water and sanitation for low-income countries at the Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) at Loughborough University, teaching at undergraduate, postgraduate and professional development levels.

As a Chartered Environmentalist as well as a Chartered Civil Engineer, Brian teaches modules on Environmental Assessment and Integrated Water Resource Management, as well as contributing to many other modules on both development and humanitarian topics.

In terms of research, areas of interest relate to the 'gaps and overlaps' between more traditional topics, such as management of water and sanitation facilities in emergencies. On a lighter note, Brian is collecting examples of water pots and latrine slabs from around the world which leads to interesting conversations at airports!