Dr. Eng. Elias Nkiaka

Professional Summary

Cameroonian hydrologist, water resources engineer, senior lecturer, scientist, and international research and development consultant with more than sixteen years of professional experience. He currently serves as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom, where he teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students, supervises dissertations, conducts research, develops research proposals, publishes scientific findings, and contributes to academic peer review. His work integrates hydrology, climatology, ecohydrology, catchment science, rainfall-runoff and water-quality modelling, transboundary water management, climate change, water security, flood and drought risk, water footprints, and environmental sustainability. He has undertaken consultancy and research assignments for organisations including the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, the World Bank, UK Research and Innovation, the University of Sheffield, the University of Leeds, Stellenbosch University, and international climate-service initiatives across Africa.

Key Expertise

Major Projects and Contributions

• Senior Lecturer in Hydrology and Water Management - University of Lincoln
  Teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students in hydrology, water resources, environmental science, and related subjects. Supervises dissertations, provides academic mentorship, develops research proposals, applies for research funding, conducts scientific research, publishes results, and reviews manuscripts for academic journals.
• UNCCD Transboundary Water and Land Management Strategy for the Sahel Great Green Wall
  Served as an independent consultant to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and prepared a strategic report on transboundary water and land management for the Sahel Great Green Wall initiative.
• Guest Editor - Twenty-First Century Hydrological Challenges and Opportunities in Africa
  Served as Guest Editor for a special issue of Hydrological Sciences Journal focused on twenty-first century hydrological challenges and opportunities in Africa. Selected reviewers, supervised the peer-review process, evaluated submissions, and prepared recommendations for the Editor-in-Chief.
• Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship in Global Water Security
  Conducted scientific research in global water security at the University of Sheffield, published results in peer-reviewed journals, collaborated with international researchers, and delivered guest lectures in postgraduate programmes.
• World Bank Climate Risk Assessment for the Kenya Livestock Insurance Program
  Served as a World Bank consultant and prepared a report assessing the effects of climate change and climate variability on the Kenya Livestock Insurance Program and the climate risks affecting pastoral livestock systems.
• UKRI Weather and Climate Services Research in Africa
  Worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Leeds on a UKRI-funded project assessing user requirements for weather and climate services in African countries. Facilitated stakeholder workshops in Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya and participated in a weather-forecasting testbed in Kenya.
• SPARC Climate Change and Protected Areas Hydrological Modelling
  Worked as a Visiting Research Fellow at Stellenbosch University on the Spatial Planning for Protected Areas under Climate Change project funded by Conservation International, contributing to the African hydrological-modelling component.
• Hydrological and Water Quality Modelling Research
  Conducts and supports research using lumped, semi-distributed, rainfall-runoff, and water-quality models to assess water availability, catchment response, water quality, floods, droughts, precipitation changes, and climate impacts on water resources.
• Transboundary Water Management and Water Security Research
  Undertakes research and consultancy addressing shared water resources, transboundary river-basin management, climate-related water insecurity, sustainable water allocation, environmental governance, and cooperation between countries and institutions.
• Climate Change Adaptation and Environmental Sustainability
  Assesses climate change impacts and adaptation options related to hydrology, ecohydrology, water resources, floods, droughts, water footprints, environmental sustainability, and the resilience of communities and water-management systems.
• Scientific Capacity Building and Climate-Service Workshops in Africa
  Facilitates workshops, stakeholder consultations, academic training, and knowledge exchange involving researchers, government institutions, practitioners, and users of weather, climate, hydrological, and environmental information across African countries.