Veit Blauhut, Postdoctoral research fellow, Hydrology, Freiburg

Veit Blauhut, Postdoctoral research fellow, Hydrology, Freiburg

About

Research interests

Natural hazards | Risk analysis & vulnerability assessment from local to continental scale | Risk Management | Drought | Drought Impacts | Stakeholder Interaction | Geographic Information Systems | Statistical analysis and data visualisation | Databases

 

Professional experience

04/2016 – today Postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Hydrology, University of Freiburg, 
Project: DRiER: Drought impacts, processes and resilience: making the invisible visible, Project coordination
08/2015 – 03/2016 Research Assistant at the Chair of Hydrology, University of Freiburg 
Project: Pilot study on Low-Flow Management in Baden-Württemberg, Project Manager
01/2012 – 07/2015 Research Assistant at the Chair of Hydrology, University of Freiburg
Project: Drought R&SPI: Fostering European Drought Research and Science-Policy Interfacing

 

Education

01/2012 – 11/2015 PhD in Hydrology (Dr. rer. nat.), Chair of Hydrology, University of Freiburg
11/2010 – 05/2011 Saxonia, Institute of Education, Dresden, Germany, GIS- specialist, certificated course
01/2010 – 11/2011 Technical University of Dresden, Institute of Physical Geography, Dresden, Germany, Research associate at the “GEO- Laboratory”
10/2002 – 10/2010 Technical University of Dresden, Institute of Physical Geography, Dresden, Germany, 
German Diploma (eq. to MSc), Diploma thesis in cooperation with University of Lethbridge, Canada, 2009: “Snowfall in Southern Alberta – a Global Climate model based prediction for future snow conditions in prairie and alpine landscapes”
Scientific specialisation: Hydrology, Meteorology, GIS, Flood risk management, applied Geology
 11/2008 – 05/2009 University of Lethbridge, Department of Geography, Alberta, Canada Research associate
 10/2008 Technical University of Dresden (FLOODMaster) & Dresden Flood research center, FLOODMaster Certificate, thesis in cooperation with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Christchurch, New Zealand: “Tsunami and flood hazard exposure of city council infrastructure in Christchurch City“
 01/2008 – 09/2008 National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Christchurch, New Zealand, Internship as GIS analyst for natural hazards
 06/2002 Vitzthum Gymnasium Dresden, University entrance diploma

 

Teaching

“Project seminar low flow”, 
semester course for Bachelor 3rd year, 2015/ 16, Chair of Hydrology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany
“Project seminar drought”, 
semester course for Bachelor 3rd year, 2014/ 15, Chair of Hydrology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany
“Vulnerability as a component of Risk analyses”, 
Hydro Hazard course, Guest lecture, Chair of Hydrology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany

 

Awards and memberships

2014 Young Scientist’s Travel Award at EGU 2014 – Vienna: „Towards drought risk mapping on a pan- European scale”
“Environment, Society and Global Change" (ESGC) – Graduate School of the University of Freiburg
EGU – European Geoscience Union
Deutsche Hydrologische Gesellschaft

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Industry experience

Education: PhD

Seniority: Manager, Director, Professor

Years of experience: 1 to 5 years

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