Dr Ian Maddock

Research and Consultancy projects undertaken
2005-2006 Research into the spatial and temporal dynamics of aquatic habitats in response to river regulation, Soca River, Slovenia.  Funded by the British Council

2006-2007 County Survey of the Fluvial Geomorphology of Worcestershire Rivers. Funded by Worcestershire County Council and the Earth Heritage Trust.

2006-2008 Assessing the viability of complex Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) with a spatially distributed sensor array for imaging of river bed morphology.  Funded by NERC as part of the CONNECT A scheme.

2007-2009 External Consultant for CDM Ireland on the project ‘Integrated Water Resource Management System for the Eastern River Basin District in Ireland’. 

Research and Consultancy Reports
Maddock, I.P. & Hill, G. (2005)  Rapid Assessment of Physical Habitat Sensitivity to Abstraction – Review of habitat mapping methods.  Report undertaken for the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (Wallingford).

Booker, D.J., Goodwin, T.G., Acreman, M.C., Dunbar, M.J., Rivas-Casado, M., Maddock I.P. and Hardy, T.B. (2006) Rapid Assessment of the Physical Habitat Sensitivity to Abstraction.  Interim Technical Report. Report to the Environment Agency and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.

Maddock, I.P. & Hill, G. (2007) A Survey of the Fluvial Geomorphology of Worcestershire Rivers.  Report to Worcestershire County Council and the Earth Heritage Trust.

Maddock, I.P., Visser, F., Hill, G., Holliday, R. & Wynn, D. (2007)  Assessing the viability of complex Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) with a spatially distributed sensor array for imaging of river bed morphology: a proof of concept study.  Report to NERC as part of the Connect A scheme.  Project Code: NE/E522559/1

Gosselin, M.P., Maddock, I.P. & Petts, G.E. (in press) Mesohabitat use by brown trout (Salmo trutta) in a small groundwater-dominated stream. River Research and Applications. Accepted.

Wallis, C., Maddock, I.P., Visser, F. & Acreman, M. (in press) A framework for evaluating the spatial configuration and temporal dynamics of hydraulic patches. River Research and Applications. Accepted.

Gosselin, M.P., Petts, G.E. & Maddock, I.P. (2010) Mesohabitat use by bullhead (Cottus gobio). Hydrobiologia. 652, 299-310.

Klaar, M.J., Maddock, I.P., Milner, A.M. (2009) The development of hydraulic and geomorphic complexity in recently formed streams in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. River Research and Applications. 25, 1331-1338.

Maddock, I.P., Smolar-Žvanut, N. & Hill, G. (2008) The effect of flow regulation on the distribution and dynamics of channel geomorphic units (CGUs) and implications for Marble Trout (Salmo marmoratus) spawning habitat in the Soca River, Slovenia. Institute of Physical Conference Series, Earth and Environmental Science, 4, 012026 doi:10.1088/1755-1307/4/1/012026.

Smolar-Žvanut, N., Maddock, I.P. & Vrhovšek, D. (2008) Evaluation and application of environmental flow regimes of running waters in Slovenia. International Journal of Water Resources Development. 24, 609-619.

Maddock, I.P., Smolar-Žvanut, N. & Hill, G. (2007) A comparison of the channel geomorphic unit (CGU) composition of regulated and unregulated reaches in the Soca River, Slovenia. Revija Za Geografijo. 1-2, 23-38.

Maddock, I.P., Hill, G. and Smolar-Žvanut, N. (2005) The effect of flow regulation on channel geomorphic unit (CGU) composition in the Soca River, Slovenia. In, Harby et al (eds.)  Proceedings of the 7th meeting of the EU COST Action 626 in Aquatic Habitat Modelling, Silkeborg, Denmark, May 2005. pp.205-216.  

University Roles
Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Water and Environmental Management
ISE Board Member
ISE Research and Knowledge Transfer Committee Member
Graduate Research School Steering Group Member  

External Responsibilities
Consultancy and research links with:
Research and consultancy with Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford:  Rapid assessment of physical habitat for sensitivity to abstraction.
Research and consultancy for the Environment Agency (various regions): evaluating the effect of flow regulation and abstraction on instream habitat availability, and determining environmental flows.
Consultant for CDM Ireland (Environmental Consultancy): Development of tools for setting Instream Flows, Eastern River Basin District, Ireland.
Research with the Earth Heritage Trust - Baseline survey of Worcestershire Rivers.
Research with Q-par Angus Ltd. funded by NERC: Assessing the viability of complex Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) for imaging river bed morphology.
Research with Dr Sarah Yarnell, University of California at Davis: the influence of flow regulation and bar morphology on hydraulic habitat. Research with Professor Sandy Milner, University of Birmingham:  the evolution of aquatic ecosystems and predicting how successional processes interact with landscape geomorphology, Glacier Bay, Alaska, USA.
Research with Dr Smolar-Žvanut, Limnos Water Ecology Group, Slovenia: the effect of flow regulation on the spatial and temporal dynamics of hydraulic river habitat in the Soca River, Slovenia.
Research with Associate Professor Martin Thoms, University of Canberra: environmental flow setting to protect habitat for native fish species, Cotter River, Australia.  

External MRes, MPhil and PhD examiner:
Loughborough University
University of Stirling
University of Durham
University of Canberra
University of Melbourne

Membership of Professional Bodies
Royal Geographical Society
British Hydrological Society
River Restoration Society