Dr Maggie Creed
- Lecturer (Infrastructure & Environment)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994Biography
Education
PhD in Environmental Fluid Mechanics (2016), University of Edinburgh.
MSc in Civil Engineering - Geotechnics (2012, diplome d’ingenieur), ENTPE, France.
BE(Hons) Civil & Environmental Engineering (2012), University College Cork, Ireland.
Employment
2021- Lecturer in Environmental Engineering, University of Glasgow
2019-2021 PDRA, School of Geoscience, University of Edinburgh
2017-2019 Professional Musician
2016-2017 PDRA, School of Geoscience, University of Edinburgh
Research interests
- Multi-criteria decision making in the context of large river basins, which integrates elements of hydrology, flood prediction modelling, and an understanding of societal, economic, and political dynamics. My aim as an engineering scientist is to find ways of using local knowledge to improve flood protection measures in rapidly changing landscapes.
- Theoretical modelling of water-particle interaction. This includes use of numerical models to understand the mechanisms of sediment-laden flows during extreme flood events, and to understand the impacts of long-term climate change and anthropogenic activities on river bank stability, sediment erosion, and scour around structures.
- Marine, coastal and hydro renewable energy: understanding the interaction between coastal and fluvial structures, flow dynamics and bed morphodynamics.
Publications
2025
Daniels, Lucy J. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0345-6467, Williams, Richard D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947, Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Quick, Laura, MacDonell, Craig J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5516-5078, Moir, Hamish and Roberts, Kenny
(2025)
Let the riverscape grow! Riverscape rewilding restores lateral connectivity and promotes geomorphic recovery in a Scottish gravel-bed river.
Science of the Total Environment,
(Accepted for Publication)
2024
Thapa, Saraswati, Sinclair, Hugh D., Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Borthwick, Alistair, Watson, C. Scott and Muthusamy, Manoranjan
(2024)
Sediment transport and flood risk: impact of newly constructed embankments on river morphology and flood dynamics in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Water Resources Research, 60(10),
e2024WR037.
(doi: 10.1029/2024wr037742)
Thapa, Saraswati, Sinclair, Hugh D., Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Mudd, Simon M., Attal, Mikael, Borthwick, Alistair, Ghimire, Bhola N. and Scott Watson, C.
(2024)
The impact of sediment flux and calibre on flood risk in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 49(2),
pp. 706-727.
(doi: 10.1002/esp.5731)
Scott Watson, C., Gyawali, Januka, Creed, Maggie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994 and Elliott, John R.
(2024)
City-scale high-resolution flood models and the role of topographic data: a case study of Kathmandu, Nepal.
Geocarto International, 39(1),
2387073.
(doi: 10.1080/10106049.2024.2387073)
2023
Shrestha, D. et al. (2023) Rainfall extremes under future climate change with implications for urban flood risk in Kathmandu, Nepal. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 97, 103997. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103997)
Quick, Laura ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2725-4767, Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Sinclair, Hugh D., Attal, Mikaël, Borthwick, Alistair. G. L. and Sinha, Rajiv
(2023)
Hyperconcentrated floods cause extreme gravel transport through the sandy rivers of the Gangetic Plains.
Communications Earth and Environment, 4,
297.
(doi: 10.1038/s43247-023-00953-9)
Cremen, G. et al. (2023) A state-of-the-art decision-support environment for risk-sensitive and pro-poor urban planning and design in Tomorrow's cities. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 85, 103400. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103400)
Evangelina Filippi, M. et al. (2023) Interdisciplinarity in practice: reflections from early-career researchers developing a risk-informed decision support environment for Tomorrow's cities. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 85, 103481. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103481)
Huang, Wei, Ni, Yufang, Creed, Maggie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994 and Yu, Sihan
(2023)
Experimental analysis of 3D flow structures around a floating dike.
Water, 15(4),
703.
(doi: 10.3390/w15040703)
Huang, Wei, Ni, Yufang, Creed, Maggie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994 and Yu, Sihan
(2023)
Experimental analysis of 3D flow structures around a floating dike.
Water, 15(4),
703.
(doi: 10.3390/w15040703)
Jenkins, Luke, Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Tarbali, Karim, Muthusamy, Manoranjan, Šakić Trogrlić, Robert, Phillips, Jeremy, Scott Watson, C., Sinclair, Hugh D., Galasso, Carmine and McCloskey, John
(2023)
Physics-based simulations of multiple natural hazards for risk-sensitive planning and decision making in expanding urban regions.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 84,
103338.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103338)
2022
Sharma, Ashrika, Donovan, Katherine, Krishnamurthy, Sukanya and Creed, Maggie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994
(2022)
Exploring the scope of public participation for risk sensitive land use planning in Nepal: a policy review.
Sustainability, 14(21),
14137.
(doi: 10.3390/su142114137)
2020
Dingle, E.H., Creed, M.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Sinclair, H.D., Gautam, D., Gourmelen, N., Borthwick, A.G.L. and Attal, M.
(2020)
Dynamic flood topographies in the Terai region of Nepal.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45(13),
pp. 3092-3102.
(doi: 10.1002/esp.4953)
Dingle, Elizabeth H., Sinclair, Hugh D., Venditti, Jeremy G., Attal, Mikaël, Kinnaird, Tim C., Creed, Maggie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Quick, Laura, Nittrouer, Jeffrey A. and Gautam, Dilip
(2020)
Sediment dynamics across gravel-sand transitions: implications for river stability and floodplain recycling.
Geology, 48(5),
pp. 468-472.
(doi: 10.1130/g46909.1)
Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Dingle, Elizabeth H., Sinclair, Hugh D., Gautam, Dilip, Gourmelen, Noel, Borthwick, Alistair G. L. and Attal, Mikael
(2020)
Numerical Modelling of Dynamic Flood Topographies in the Terai Region, Nepal.
EGU General Assembly 2020, Vienna, Austria, 04-08 May 2020.
(doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-5533)
Dingle, Elizabeth, Sinclair, Hugh, Venditti, Jeremy, Attal, Mikael, Kinnaird, Tim, Creed, Maggie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Quick, Laura, Nittrouer, Jeffrey and Gautam, Dilip
(2020)
Sediment Dynamics Across Gravel-Sand Transitions: Implications for River Stability and Floodplain Recycling.
EGU General Assembly 2020, Vienna, Austria, 04-08 May 2020.
(doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-573)
2018
Huang, Wei, Creed, Maggie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Chen, Fei, Liu, Huaihan and Ma, Aixing
(2018)
Scour around submerged spur dikes with flexible mattress protection.
Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 144(5),
04018013.
(doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000466)
2017
Sinclair, Hugh, Attal, Mikael, Borthwick, Alistair, Budimir, Mirianna, Creed, Maggie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Dingle, Elizabeth and Dugar, Sumit
(2017)
Improving understanding of flooding and resilience in the Terai, Nepal.
Project Report.
University of Edinburgh; Practical Action.
Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Draper, S., Nishino, T. and Borthwick, A. G. L.
(2017)
Flow through a very porous obstacle in a shallow channel.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 473(2200),
20160672.
(doi: 10.1098/rspa.2016.0672)
(PMID:28484321)
2016
Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Apostolidou, Ilektra-Georgia, Taylor, Paul H. and Borthwick, Alistair G. L.
(2016)
A finite volume shock-capturing solver of the fully coupled shallow water-sediment equations.
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 84(9),
pp. 509-542.
(doi: 10.1002/fld.4359)
Maldonado, S., Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994 and Borthwick, A. G. L.
(2016)
Bed-slope-related diffusion of an erodible hump.
In: Wieprecht, Silke, Haun, Stefan, Weber, Karolin, Noack, Markus and Terheiden, Kristina (eds.)
River Sedimentation.
CRC Press, pp. 690-695.
ISBN 9781138029453
(doi: 10.1201/9781315623207-125)
Articles
Daniels, Lucy J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0345-6467, Williams, Richard D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947, Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Quick, Laura, MacDonell, Craig J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5516-5078, Moir, Hamish and Roberts, Kenny
(2025)
Let the riverscape grow! Riverscape rewilding restores lateral connectivity and promotes geomorphic recovery in a Scottish gravel-bed river.
Science of the Total Environment,
(Accepted for Publication)
Thapa, Saraswati, Sinclair, Hugh D., Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Borthwick, Alistair, Watson, C. Scott and Muthusamy, Manoranjan
(2024)
Sediment transport and flood risk: impact of newly constructed embankments on river morphology and flood dynamics in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Water Resources Research, 60(10),
e2024WR037.
(doi: 10.1029/2024wr037742)
Thapa, Saraswati, Sinclair, Hugh D., Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Mudd, Simon M., Attal, Mikael, Borthwick, Alistair, Ghimire, Bhola N. and Scott Watson, C.
(2024)
The impact of sediment flux and calibre on flood risk in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 49(2),
pp. 706-727.
(doi: 10.1002/esp.5731)
Scott Watson, C., Gyawali, Januka, Creed, Maggie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994 and Elliott, John R.
(2024)
City-scale high-resolution flood models and the role of topographic data: a case study of Kathmandu, Nepal.
Geocarto International, 39(1),
2387073.
(doi: 10.1080/10106049.2024.2387073)
Shrestha, D. et al. (2023) Rainfall extremes under future climate change with implications for urban flood risk in Kathmandu, Nepal. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 97, 103997. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103997)
Quick, Laura ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2725-4767, Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Sinclair, Hugh D., Attal, Mikaël, Borthwick, Alistair. G. L. and Sinha, Rajiv
(2023)
Hyperconcentrated floods cause extreme gravel transport through the sandy rivers of the Gangetic Plains.
Communications Earth and Environment, 4,
297.
(doi: 10.1038/s43247-023-00953-9)
Cremen, G. et al. (2023) A state-of-the-art decision-support environment for risk-sensitive and pro-poor urban planning and design in Tomorrow's cities. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 85, 103400. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103400)
Evangelina Filippi, M. et al. (2023) Interdisciplinarity in practice: reflections from early-career researchers developing a risk-informed decision support environment for Tomorrow's cities. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 85, 103481. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103481)
Huang, Wei, Ni, Yufang, Creed, Maggie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994 and Yu, Sihan
(2023)
Experimental analysis of 3D flow structures around a floating dike.
Water, 15(4),
703.
(doi: 10.3390/w15040703)
Huang, Wei, Ni, Yufang, Creed, Maggie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994 and Yu, Sihan
(2023)
Experimental analysis of 3D flow structures around a floating dike.
Water, 15(4),
703.
(doi: 10.3390/w15040703)
Jenkins, Luke, Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Tarbali, Karim, Muthusamy, Manoranjan, Šakić Trogrlić, Robert, Phillips, Jeremy, Scott Watson, C., Sinclair, Hugh D., Galasso, Carmine and McCloskey, John
(2023)
Physics-based simulations of multiple natural hazards for risk-sensitive planning and decision making in expanding urban regions.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 84,
103338.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103338)
Sharma, Ashrika, Donovan, Katherine, Krishnamurthy, Sukanya and Creed, Maggie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994
(2022)
Exploring the scope of public participation for risk sensitive land use planning in Nepal: a policy review.
Sustainability, 14(21),
14137.
(doi: 10.3390/su142114137)
Dingle, E.H., Creed, M.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Sinclair, H.D., Gautam, D., Gourmelen, N., Borthwick, A.G.L. and Attal, M.
(2020)
Dynamic flood topographies in the Terai region of Nepal.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45(13),
pp. 3092-3102.
(doi: 10.1002/esp.4953)
Dingle, Elizabeth H., Sinclair, Hugh D., Venditti, Jeremy G., Attal, Mikaël, Kinnaird, Tim C., Creed, Maggie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Quick, Laura, Nittrouer, Jeffrey A. and Gautam, Dilip
(2020)
Sediment dynamics across gravel-sand transitions: implications for river stability and floodplain recycling.
Geology, 48(5),
pp. 468-472.
(doi: 10.1130/g46909.1)
Huang, Wei, Creed, Maggie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Chen, Fei, Liu, Huaihan and Ma, Aixing
(2018)
Scour around submerged spur dikes with flexible mattress protection.
Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 144(5),
04018013.
(doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000466)
Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Draper, S., Nishino, T. and Borthwick, A. G. L.
(2017)
Flow through a very porous obstacle in a shallow channel.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 473(2200),
20160672.
(doi: 10.1098/rspa.2016.0672)
(PMID:28484321)
Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Apostolidou, Ilektra-Georgia, Taylor, Paul H. and Borthwick, Alistair G. L.
(2016)
A finite volume shock-capturing solver of the fully coupled shallow water-sediment equations.
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 84(9),
pp. 509-542.
(doi: 10.1002/fld.4359)
Book Sections
Maldonado, S., Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994 and Borthwick, A. G. L.
(2016)
Bed-slope-related diffusion of an erodible hump.
In: Wieprecht, Silke, Haun, Stefan, Weber, Karolin, Noack, Markus and Terheiden, Kristina (eds.)
River Sedimentation.
CRC Press, pp. 690-695.
ISBN 9781138029453
(doi: 10.1201/9781315623207-125)
Research Reports or Papers
Sinclair, Hugh, Attal, Mikael, Borthwick, Alistair, Budimir, Mirianna, Creed, Maggie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Dingle, Elizabeth and Dugar, Sumit
(2017)
Improving understanding of flooding and resilience in the Terai, Nepal.
Project Report.
University of Edinburgh; Practical Action.
Conference or Workshop Item
Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Dingle, Elizabeth H., Sinclair, Hugh D., Gautam, Dilip, Gourmelen, Noel, Borthwick, Alistair G. L. and Attal, Mikael
(2020)
Numerical Modelling of Dynamic Flood Topographies in the Terai Region, Nepal.
EGU General Assembly 2020, Vienna, Austria, 04-08 May 2020.
(doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-5533)
Dingle, Elizabeth, Sinclair, Hugh, Venditti, Jeremy, Attal, Mikael, Kinnaird, Tim, Creed, Maggie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Quick, Laura, Nittrouer, Jeffrey and Gautam, Dilip
(2020)
Sediment Dynamics Across Gravel-Sand Transitions: Implications for River Stability and Floodplain Recycling.
EGU General Assembly 2020, Vienna, Austria, 04-08 May 2020.
(doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-573)
Grants
Current grants
- EPSRC IAA: Sounding Out The River: Monitoring And Modelling Sediment Transport For Risk Management. Co-PI. £50k (2024-present)
- UKRI NERC: Dynamic Risks For Cascading Himalayan Hazards. Co-I. £1m (2024-present)
Previous grants
- UKRI GCRF Multi-hazard Urban Disaster Risk Transitions Hub. Co-I. £19M (2019-2024)
Supervision
- Cload, Carolyn
The effect of channel confinement on long term flood risk in dynamic river systems - Daniels, Lucy
Implications of river restoration for geomorphic diversity and flood risk - Koursari, Eftychia
Bridge Scour: Monitoring, Prediction and Remediation
PhD Students (second supervisor)
- Saraswati Thapa, PhD Candidate, University of Edinburgh (2020-2024)
- Ashrika Sharma, PhD Candidate, University of Edinburgh (2020-2024)
Teaching
Undergraduate
- ENG3085 Engineering Hydraulics 3
- ENG3076 Civil Design Project 3
- ENG4050 Civil Design Project 4
- ENG4192 Hydraulics and Hydrology 4
