Josie Geris

Josie Geris is a Reader in Hydrology at the School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, holding a 0.8 FTE position since 2022. Her work bridges monitoring, modeling, and environmental tracer analysis to understand catchment processes under environmental change.

• Education: PhD in Civil Engineering and Geosciences (2012) from Newcastle University; MSc and BSc in EcoHydrology and Earth Sciences from VU University Amsterdam.

Research Interests center on:
• Vegetation-soil-water linkages in water storage and transmission
• Nature-based solutions for flood and drought management
• Multiscale catchment hydrology and land use impacts
• Stable isotope tracing and water resource modeling.

Publications highlight applications in agroforestry, river woodlands, and data-limited environments across Scotland, Europe, and tropical regions. Recent grants focus on nature-based water supply management, FARM TREE integration in agriculture, and Scottish water resilience under climate change.

• Scientific Grants (2016–2024):
  • £100K (PI) - Surface water-groundwater connections in nature-based solutions
  • £505K (PI) - FARM TREE: Balancing farm and landscape demands
  • £220K (Co-I) - UK-China Critical Zone science tools
  • £250K (Co-I) - Limpopo basin drought-flood governance

She supervises PhD students in hydrological modeling, isotopic studies, and agroforestry impacts, while co-supervising interdisciplinary projects with the School of Biological Sciences. Her collaborative work involves institutions like the Northern Rivers Institute and the Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW).