David Farrell
David Farrell
Dr. David Farrell is the Principal of the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), the technical Organ of the Caribbean Meteorological Organization. Over the last 13 years, he has been heavily involved in pre- and post-impact assessments following the passage of hydro-meteorological events through the Caribbean, in particular, the Eastern and Southern Caribbean. He has worked with the international community to design and implemented end-to-end early warning platforms in the Caribbean that integrate hazard, vulnerability, and socio-economic information. CIMH staff, including Dr. Farrell, frequently take part in regional Rapid Needs Assessment Teams (RNAT) coordinated by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) which provides CIMH with unique perspective of the impacts of hydro-meteorological events on countries, communities and the larger Caribbean and approaches to enhance regional early warning systems and resilience programmes to mitigate these losses. Dr. Farrell also collaborates with regional and international agencies seeking to enhance the resilience of the region. Dr. Farrell and his team have produced many reports, publications and presentations addressing hydro-meteorological and climatic impacts in the Caribbean. Dr. Farrell has both a Ph.D. (1997) and a M.Sc. (1993) in Hydrogeology from the University of Manitoba, Canada and received a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Geophysics from the University of Western Ontario, Canada in 1989. Dr. Farrell has over 25 years of experience working on a range of water resources, environmental and geological hazard and risk assessment projects worldwide including USA, Canada and the Caribbean. Dr. Farrell was formerly employed as a Senior Research Scientist in the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA) at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), San Antonio, Texas, USA from 1998-2006 where he managed several applied research and development projects related to the safe disposal and management of commercial nuclear waste.