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 |
Information
- Location: Freiburg, Germany
Industry experience
Education: PhD
Seniority: Manager, Director, Professor
Years of experience: 1 to 5 years
Work experience
Taxonomy
- Project Manager
- Research Institute
- Policy
- Research
- Environment
- Water Supply
- Hydrology
- Project Execution
- Environmental Services and Mitigation
- Water Sector & Energy
- Water Policy
- GIS Spatial Analysis
- Flood
- Water Resources
- Universities
- Disaster Management
- Risk Analysis
- Social Impact
- International Water Non Profit
- Other