Dr. Richard Fenner

Prof. Richard Fenner is Emeritus Professor of Engineering Sustainability in Cambridge University's Engineering Department and was the Director of the Centre for Sustainable Development. He is a Chartered Civil Engineer and a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management. He is currently working on an EU-funded project on resilient nexus systems and was recently working on research council projects on urban flood resilience, environmental hazards in Bangladesh, and groundwater development in Africa. He is the recipient of several awards from the ICE, including the George Stephenson Gold Medal, the R A Carr Prize (twice: 2007 and 2020), and the James Watt Medal, as well as the Senior Moulton Medal from the Institution of Chemical Engineers and a University of Cambridge Pilkington Teaching Prize. He is joint a editor/author (with Charles Ainger) of the book "Sustainable Water", and he is also the lead author of Sustainable Infrastructure: Principles into Practice (2nd edition published by ICE Publishing in 2023). He set up and led Cambridge University's  MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development for 18 years from 2002 to 2020. His research interests focus on water, sanitation, and sustainability issues in both developed and developing countries, with a focus on urban drainage and water industry asset maintenance.