Global Hydrology

People

These are the people working in global modelling and related issues

Note: for Postdocs and PhDs in the hydrology group that work on other subjects we refer to the Physical Geography site!

Permanent staff

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Prof. dr. Marc F.P. Bierkens
Full professor, chair
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Dr. Niko Wanders
Associate professor: hydrological extremes under climate change
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Dr. L.P.H. Rens van Beek
Associate professor: global hydrology and water use
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Dr. Edwin H. Sutanudjaja
Model Engineer: Main developer PCR-GLOBWB; Model coupling and HPC
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Prof. Michelle T.H. van Vliet
Professor: Water Quality and Sustainable Water Systems
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Dr. David F. Gold
Assistant professor: Quantitative modeling of human interactions with water resources systems
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Dr. Gu H.P. Oude Essink
Associate professor: large-scale groundwater salinity modelling
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Dr. Bram Droppers
Model Engineer: Developer PCR-GLOBWB; AI-based surrogate modelling and HPC

Postdocs

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Dr. Edward Jones
ERC StG B-WEX : Global water scarcity driven by water quality and use of unconventional water resources
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Dr. Daniel Zamrsky
ERC AdG GEOWAT: Fresh-salt groundwater modelling of the global coastline
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Dr. Sandra Hauswirth
NWO VIDI Recover: Using big data and machine learning for hydrological predictions and surrogate modelling
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Dr. Amal Sarfraz
National Geographic World Water Map: Direct potable wastewater reuse

PhD students

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Barry van Jaarsveld, MSc
ERC AdG GEOWAT: Physical limits to global groundwater use
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Nicole G Otoo, MSc
ERC AdG GEOWAT: Ecological limits to global groundwater use
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Sioux F. Melo Leon, MSc
ERC AdG GEOWAT: Economic limits to global groundwater use
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Sneha Chevuru
EU GoNEXUS: Water-Food Nexus under climate extremes
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Myrthe Leijnse, MSc
National Geographic World Water Map: Analyzing global hotspots og water scarcity
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Gabriel Cardenas Belleza, MSc
VIDI Quality driven water scarcity under droughts and heatwaves: Water use
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Duncan Graham, MSc
VIDI Quality driven water scarcity under droughts and heatwaves: Water quality
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Keerthana Suresh, MSc
InventWater: Global indicators of water quality in lakes
Located at IIASA
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Michele Magni, MSc
ERC StG B-WEX: Energy use of clean water provision
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Jignesh Shah, MSc
ERC StG B-WEX: Water use of energy provision
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Jen C. Steyart, MSc
EU SOS Water: Improving reservoir operations and ecological impact modelling
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Jonna van Mourik, MSc
ERC StG MultiDry: Atmospheric drivers of multi-year droughts in the current and future climate
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Denise Ruijsch, MSc
ERC StG MultiDry: Impacts of multi-year droughts on global vegetation
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Steye Verhoeve, MSc
NWO VIDI Recover: Legacy effects of drough on vegetation
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Aseel A.A. Mohamed, MSc
Operationalizing equity in quantitative water resources systems modeling

Alumni and former team members

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Prof. dr. Yoshihide Wada
Professor at KAUST and former professor of special appointment at UU
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Dr. Jarno Verkaik
Groundwater modelling using massive parallel computing
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Dr. Jannis Hoch
Postdoctoral Researcher: Flood hazards, large scale hydrology, food security and conflicts
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Naze Candogan Yossef
Global Seasonal Streamflow Forecasting
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Dr. Ruud van der Ent
Assistant professor Hydrology at TU Delft
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Dr. Dominik Wisser
Natural Resources Consultant FAO
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Dr. M. Straatsma
Assistant professor Physical Geography at Utrecht University
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Dr. Inge de Graaf
Associate professor Hydrology at the section Water Systems and Global Change Wageningen University
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Dr. Joyce Bosmans
Senior onderzoeker at Milieu Centraal
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Dr. Frederiek Sperna Weiland
Hydrologist at Deltares: Climate change and extreme events
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Dr. Joeri van Engelen
Researcher at Deltares