Monitoring and Simulation of Hydrological and Hydraulic Processes
Risk Analysis, Non-linear Statistical Methods
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.