Dr.
Heiko Apel
Building
C 4,
Room
2.31 (Büro)
Telegrafenberg
14473
Potsdam
Function and Responsibilities:
Senior scientist in the section 5.4 Hydrology.Research Interests:
Flood risk analysisHydraulic Modelling
Model optimization
Sedimentdynamics and -transport
Hydrological processes
Education:
- since 12/2002Scientist/Researcher at the section 5.4 Hydrology of GFZ
- 10/1998-05/2002PhD at the Institute of Geoecology of the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, Section Environmental System Analysis.
- 10/1991-03/1998Study of Geoecology at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany.
Diploma thesis: "Feasibility Study of the Development of a Decision Support System for Integrated Pest Management by Means of Fuzzy Logic and Expert Knowledge in Developing Countries with an Nepali Agro-Ecosystem as an Example"
Projects:
Recent Projects :
- KAHR - Klima-Anpassung, Hochwasser und Resilienz
- Drought-Adapt ("Drought adaptation in the Central Highlands of Vietnam2)
- Catch-Mekong ("Sediment and salt water dynamics in the Mekong delta and impacts of upstream developments")
- CAWa ("Regional research Network Water in Central Asia")
- WISDOM II ("Water-related Information System for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong Delta")
- DEWFORA ("Improved Drought Early Warning and forecasting to strengthen prepardness and adaptation to droughts in Africa")
- Vernetzungsplattform Naturkatastrophen (NaDiNe), Expertenteam Hochwasser
- WISDOM ("Water-related Information System for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong Delta")
- Operationelle Abfluss- und Hochwasservorhersage in Quellgebieten ( OPAQUE)
- Integrierter Umweltleitstand - Grundlagen für ein integriertes Monitoring- und Leitsystem zum Natur- und Umweltkatastrophenschutz
- German Research Network on Natural Disasters (DFNK) - Project funded bythe strategy fonds of the German Ministry of education and Research (BMBF), coordinated by the GFZ
- DFNK-Subproject A 4.2 - Methods for flood risk assessment considering of uncertainty aspects