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Dr. Stephanie Bond is an Impact Translation Fellow at the School of Geography, Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds, specializing in GIS and hydrological modelling for the iCASP project. She also serves as a Board member of the West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme, addressing climate and flood challenges through catchment-based approaches.
She holds a PhD from the University of Leeds focused on seasonal and management impacts on water drainage in upland organo-mineral soil grasslands.
Her research optimizes land management for flood/drought resilience, carbon sequestration, water quality, and biodiversity, emphasizing hillslope-based Natural Flood Management where land cover acts as surface roughness to 'slow the flow'. She investigates soil hydrological properties influenced by land cover and uses GIS modelling to quantify downstream flood risk from land changes, collaborating closely with land managers, policymakers, and flood-affected communities for practical resilience solutions.
Key findings from her PhD reveal overland flow occurs in upland grasslands up to 60% of the time, with grassland vegetation altering flood peaks by -5.5% to +2.2% seasonally and reducing peaks by up to 42% via conservation management versus high-intensity practices.
