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Kim Neil Irvine

Thammasat University

Kim Irvine is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at Thammasat University, Thailand. He was an Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University Singapore from 2012 to 2020. Previously, he had been a Professor of Geography and Planning at Buffalo State, the State University of New York, for 25 years. While in Buffalo, he concurrently held several other appointments, including Hydrologic Scientist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, and Associate Director at Great Lakes Center. He has more than 160 peer-reviewed publications and has been the PI or co-PI on more than USD 7.02 million of externally-funded research. Dr Irvine received his Bachelor of Science in Geography from the University of Toronto, Canada, in 1983 and was awarded a Master of Science (Geography) and Doctor of Philosophy (Geography) from McMaster University, Canada, in 1985 and 1989, respectively. Dr Irvine’s research focuses on applied hydrologic process and watershed modelling; sustainable urban waterscapes; smart city planning; and integrating hydrologic modelling with architectural design. The research has been conducted in Canada, the U.S., Australia, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Japan. He was awarded the New York Water Environment Association Environmental Science Award in 2013 and has been on the IFS Science Advisory Committee since 2011.