Monitoring and simulation of hydrological / hydraulic processes
Hydrological extremes
Risk analysis
Career:
2009 - 2015: Director Department 5 Earth Surface Processes, GFZ
2007 - 2009: Director Department Geoengineering, GFZ
2006: Professor for Engineering Hydrology and Management of Georisks, University of Potsdam
2002 - today: Head Section Hydrology, GFZ
2000 - 2002: Scientist, Section Geomechanics, GFZ
1996 - 2000: Secretary of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Committee for Disaster Mitigation
1990 - 1997: Scientist, Institute for Hydrology and Water Resources Planning, University Karlsruhe
1988 - 1990: Research scholarship, Chair of River Engineering, University Kyoto, Japan
Education:
2005: Habilitation in Hydrology and Water Resources Management, University of Potsdam, Flood risks: Possibilities and limitations of risk assessments.
1996: Dissertation in Water Resources Management, University of Karlsruhe, Simulation of rainfall-runoff processes under consideration of natural variability.
1988: Diploma in Civil Engineering, University Karlsruhe.
Research Boards and Committees:
Speaker TERENO Northeast - TERrestrial ENvironmental Observatories, Northeastern German Lowland
Member of AGU Natural Hazards Executive Committee
(Ass.) Editor of Water Security, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung
Awards:
AGU Fellow Class 2018
Plinius Medal of the EGU Natural Hazards Division, 2017
AGU Editors’ Choice Award 2015: Schröter et al., 2014, How useful are complex flood damage models? Water Resoures Research, 50(4), 3378-3395
AGU Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, Water Resources Research, 2013
EGU HESS Best Paper Award 2011: Uhlemann et al., 2010, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 14(7), 1277-1295
Honorary Senator Huber Award, University Karlsruhe, 1996
MONBUSHO Fellowship, University Kyoto, Japan, 1988-1990
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