Kim N. Irvine

Kim N. Irvine is an Associate Professor and Lead of the Nature-based Solutions in Water Management (NbSWM) Research Unit in the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Thammasat University, Thailand. Between 2012 and 2020 he was an Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, and a Cluster Leader with the Environmental Process Modelling Centre of the Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI), NTU. Previously, he had been a Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning, Buffalo State, State University of New York. He was at Buffalo State for 25 years, starting in 1988, and while there concurrently held several other professional positions, including: Hydrologic Scientist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District; Associate Director, Great Lakes Center, Buffalo State; Director of the Center for Southeast Asia Environment and Sustainable Development, Buffalo State; Visiting Scientist, Environment Canada National Water Research Institute, and Adjunct Professor in Environmental Engineering and Management at Asian Institute of Technology (2010-present). He was Chair of the Buffalo State Geography and Planning Department, 2000-2009. 

Dr. Irvine’s research focuses on applied hydrologic process and watershed pollutant modelling; sustainable urban waterscapes; smart city planning; and integration of hydrologic modelling with architectural design for Nature-based Solutions. The research has been conducted in Canada, the U.S., Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Sri Lanka, Australia, and Japan. He was awarded the New York Water Environment Association Environmental Science Award in 2013, which is given to an Association Member who has made a significant impact in water quality management, environmental engineering and/or water and sewer infrastructure development. He received an NIE Excellence in Teaching Commendation, 2018, and was granted a Bualuang ASEAN Fellowship Award in 2020 to conduct research on water sensitive urban design in the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Thammasat University. He has >170 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and been PI or Co-PI on >$7.8 million USD in research funding.