Priv. Doz. Dr. Björn Guse
Function and Responsibilities:
ScientistResearch Interests:
Spatial and temporal analysis of flood patternsBetter understanding of causes for flood occurrence
Improvement of process representation in hydrological models
Diagnostic model analysis in high temporal resolution
Ecohydrological modeling in different catchments
Career:
seit 09/2017:
Scientist in the section Hydrology at the Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
DFG-Forschergruppe SPATE
02/2014-08/2017:
Scientist at the Institute for Natural Resource Conservation, Hydrology and Water Resources Management at the CAU Kiel
DFG-Project: Hydrological consistency in Modeling - Improving model structure and parameter estimation with temporal diagnostic analysis
09/2010-11/2013
Scientist at the Institute for Natural Resource Conservation, Hydrology and Water Resources Management at the CAU Kiel
BMBF-Project: IMPACT - Developing an integrated model to predict abiotic habitat conditions and biota for rivers for appliation in climate change research and water management
10/2006-08/2010:
Research Follow (PhD-student) in the Section Hydrology at the Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
CEDIM-Project: Synopsis of natural hazards in Saxony
Education:
2021:
Habilitation (Dr. rer.-nat. habil.) in the section geography at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel
Title of habilitation thesis: Achieving hydrological consistency in space and time in ecohydrological models
Test lecture: Physische Geographie von Chile
Teaching qualification for "Hydrology" und "Physical Geography"2006-2010:
Ph. D. in Hydrology at the Institute for Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Potsdam.
Title of the thesis: Improving flood frequency analysis by integration of empirical and probabilistic regional envelope curves
2000-2006:
Studies of geoecology at the university of Potsdam.
Diploma thesis: Anwendung und Vergleich von zwei hydrologischen Modellen unterschiedlicher Komplexität zur Quantifizierung des Wasserhaushalts und Phosphateintrags im Einzugsgebiet der Weißen Elster.
2002-2003:
Study abroad at the Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble/France
Projects:
since 09/2020: Space-Time Dynamics of Extreme Floods - SPATE, Second phase (GFZ, Hydrology)
09/2017 - 08/2020: Space-Time Dynamics of Extreme Floods - SPATE, First phase (GFZ, Hydrology)
02/2014 - 08/2017: DFG-Project for Temporary position for principal investigator: "Hydrological Consistency in Modeling" - (CAU Kiel, Hydrology and Water Resources Management)
09/2010 - 11/2013: BMBF-Projekt: „IMPACT - Developing an integrated model to predict abiotic habitat conditions and biota of rivers for application in climate change research and water management” - (CAU Kiel, Hydrology and Water Resources Management)
11/2006 - 08/2010: CEDIM-Projekt: “Synopsis of natural hazards in Saxony” - Subproject: “Estimation of flood discharges with large recurrence intervals in Saxony” (GFZ, Hydrology)
Research Boards and Committees:
Associate Editor of Hydrological Processes
Convener at General Assembly of the EGU
Member of the EGU subdivision on Catchment Hydrology
Leader of the working group "Process representation in hydrological models" in the German Hydrological Society (DHG)
Member of the working group "Improving the theoretical underpinnings of hydrological models"
Referee for the German Research Foundation (DFG) and Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF