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CURRICULUM VITAE Patrick Willems Family name: Willems First name: Patrick Born in Herentals, Belgium, 21 May 1970 Master in Civil Engineering (KU Leuven, 1993; grote onderscheiding: magna cum laude) PhD in Engineering (KU Leuven, 2000; grootste onderscheiding: summa cum laude) Coordinates

KU Leuven, Department of Civil Engineering, Hydraulics Section

Kasteelpark Arenberg 40, BE-3001 Leuven, Belgium Tel. +32 16 321658 E-mail: patrick.willems@kuleuven.be URL: www.kuleuven.be/cv/u0009249e.htm Present Appointments

Full professor Urban and River Hydrology and Hydraulics KU Leuven Director of the Arenberg Doctoral School for Science, Engineering and Technology KU Leuven Head of the Hydraulics Section – Department of Civil Engineering KU Leuven Advisor tech-start Sumaqua (VLAIO Innovation Mandate Dr. Vincent Wolfs) Invited lecturer in Water Management Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

Expertise

Statistical analysis and stochastic modelling of hydrological extremes, extreme value analysis, hydrological time series analysis, impact of climate change, climate adaptation planning

River and urban drainage modelling: Spatial rainfall modelling, river catchment hydrological modelling, hydraulic river flood modelling, physico-chemical river water quality modelling, impact of sewer systems on receiving surface waters, bi-directional river-sewer interaction, real-time forecasting and control, uncertainty analysis

Publications: see full publication list on: www.kuleuven.be/hydr/willems.htm Web Of Science (Researcher ID: A-9715-2010; h-index = 35; number of citations = 4700)

Scopus (h-index = 38; number of citations = around 5000)

Google Scholar profile (h-index = 51; number of citations = around 9500) Research and teaching activities: see academic file next or on: www.kuleuven.be/hydr/willems.htm In brief:

More than 200 peer-reviewed publications in international journals or books

More than 200 full publications in proceedings of international conferences

More than 300 presentations at international conferences and workshops

More than 15 keynote or invited presentations at international conferences or events; more than 25 invited presentations at national workshops

More than 30 PhD theses as promotor; 15 ongoing

More than 170 Master theses as promotor since 2000; 15 this academic year

Leading researcher or coordinator of more than 50 research projects since 1995 (5 on-going)

Main author of more than 10 guidelines for regional authorities on river flood modelling, rainfall statistics and design storms, climate scenarios, climate change impact estimation on hydrological extremes, climate adaptation planning

Editor-in-Chief for the Elsevier Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, since 2013

Membership of international working groups and ongoing projects:

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o IWA International Water Association & IAHR International Association for Hydro-

Environment Engineering and Research – IGUR International Working Group on Urban Rainfall: Member since 2000, Chairman in 2008-2014

o EWA European Water Association: Appointed member of the Technical and Scientific Committee, since 2015

o EUA European University Association – Council for Doctoral Education: Member Thematic Peer Group “Career Development and Tracking in Doctoral Education”, since 2019

o WMO (World Meteorological Organization) - Commission for Hydrology (CHy) : member Open Panels of CHy Experts (OPACHE), since 2015

o WMO (World Meteorological Organization) - Commission for Hydrology : member of the Advisory Working Group on Downscaling, since 2014

o EGU Division on Hydrological Sciences (HS) – Subdivision Precipitation and Climate:

member of the Scientific Committee since 2015

o IPCC Assessment Reports & Special Reports (e.g. on Extreme events and disasters: SREX): Expert reviewer, since 2010

o EUMETSAT H-SAF (Support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management): Expert reviewer, since 2014

o EU-H2020 project “BRIGAID - BRIdges the GAp for Innovations in Disaster resilience”, 2016-2020, EU-H2020 Innovation Call: work package leader on “extreme weather”

o EU-H2020 project “Climate-fit.city - Pan-European Urban Climate Service”, 2017-2019, H2020-SC5-2016-2017 Greening the Economy call – Innovation action: core partner

o ERA-NET Co-Fund WaterWorks2015 project “FORWARD - Operational monitoring and FOrecasting system for Resilience of agriculture and forestry under intensification of the

WAteR cycle: a big Data approach”, 2016-2019, Joint Programming Initiatives - Water Challenges for a Changing World - Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change: project partner

o JPI Urban Europe & ERA-NET Cofund “Smart Urban Futures” project “FloodCitiSense – Early warning service for urban pluvial floods for and by citizens and city authorities”, 2017-2020: project co-promoter

o International Academic Partnerships Programme of NAWA - Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange project “Monitoring of water and sewage management in the context of the implementation of the circular economy assumptions (MonGOS)”, 2020-2021: project partner

o ER-SMNR programme on “Sustainable management of natural resources”, supported by VLIR-IUC (till 2018), and by Suriname Conservation Foundation and 13 green partners (since 2018): external programme coordinator, since 2012

o VLIR-TEAM project with Vietnam, Province of Ha Tinh: co-promoter of “WAter MAnagement and urban DEvelopment in Ha Tinh in relation to climate change (WAMADE)”, project co-promoter, since 2016

o VLIR-TEAM project with Bolivia, La Paz: promoter “Anthropogenic influence on a typical watershed in the Bolivian Andes”, project promoter, since 2018

o VLIR-SI project with Vietnam, Hanoi: promoter “Assessment of urban flood hazard in Hanoi under current and future climate conditions”, project promoter, since 2019

Membership of regional or local working groups and ongoing projects (not exhaustive):

o Royal Belgian Academy for Overseas Sciences (Koninklijke Academie voor Overzeese Wetenschappen / Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer): Member since 2010

o Royal Academy for Sciences and Arts – Flanders, Belgium: Member Water & Climate expert group since 2015

o Scientific Advisory Group “Water availability (Wabes)”, Rijkswaterstaat The Netherlands: Member 2015-2018

o International transboundary working group “Hydrological modelling of the river Meuse basin”: Member since 2013

o Coördination Commission Integrated Water Management (CIW) Flanders: Member of the working group “Water System Knowledge (Watersysteemkennis)”

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o VLARIO - Knowledge platform of the urban water sector in Flanders: Member of the

Board of Directors

o Blauwe Cluster (cooperation on Belgian coastal support): member Task Force Water

o Scientific-technical committee of the Belgian Complex Project Kustvisie (Coastal Vision): Member since 2019

o Structural collaboration Flanders – Netherlands on water knowledge development, for KWR The Netherlands & water company De Watergroep: Project promoter, 2017-2021

o Climate adaptation planning for city of Bruges, for City of Bruges: Project promoter, 2019-2020

o PEREX 4.0 - Développement, d’un util d’aide à la décision pour la gestion opérationelle des ressources en eau du réseau de voies hydrauliques de la région Walonne, for Wallonie Infrastructures SOFICO – Direction Générale Opérationelle de la Mobilité et des

Voies Hydrauliques, i.c.w. IMDC-Tractebel: Project partner 2019-2021

o Renovation Sluice Slijkens at Ostend, for Flanders’ Ministry of Public Works – De Vlaamse Waterweg, i.c.w. Sweco: Project partner, 2019

o Study of drought risks and set up of a water balance model for city of Leuven: Project promoter, 2019

o Drought planning for Province of Limburg: Project partner, 2019-2020

o Linking and integration of the hydrological modelling tools for drought effect quantification and mapping in Flanders with groundwater indicators, for Flemish Envrironment Agency: project partner, 2019

o Coherent Integration of climate projections into Climate ADaptation plAnning tools for BElgium (CICADA.be), for Belgian Science Policy (Belspo) - Valorization Action: project

partner, 2019-2020

o Water balance model for navigable rivers and canals in Flanders: project promoter, 2019-2020

o Reactive assessment framework for priority water use during water scarcity, for Authorities of Flanders (joint initiative of Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij, De Vlaamse Waterweg, Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken, Departement Landbouw en Visserij, Departement Omgeving, Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos, Departement Economie, Wetenschap en Innovatie): overall coordinator, 2019-2020

o Bluebloqs Circular Water System, Climate-KIC Demonstrator project: project partner, 2019-2020

o Demonstration projects Water-Land-Scape: project partner, 2019-2022

o RainlevelR: Smart regulation of rain water storage, for POM - Provincial Development

Agency Antwerp: project promoter, 2020

International visiting lectureships:

o Universidad da Cuenca, Ecuador: course “Advanced surface water hydrology”, Master in Water and Soil Management Programme - Programa para el Manejo del Agua y del Suelo, 2003, 2005, 2009 (PROMAS)

o University of West Indies (UWI), Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Port of Spain Trinidad: course “Hydrological modeling”, 2007 (IHP/UNESCO/Flanders in Trust Fund)

o Moi University, Faculty of Engineering, Kenya: course “Hydroinformatics”, Master in Water Engineering, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016 (VLIR-UOS)

o Anton de Kom Universiteit, Suriname: course “Water Resources Management”, Master in Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, 2010, 2011, 2012 (VLIR-UOS)

o Universidad San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia: course “Statistical Hydrology”, Master in Irrigation engineering, 2012, 2015 (VLIR Own Initiative)

o Imperial College London, UK: guest lectures, Master in Civil Engineering, 2015 (Belgian Chair at London University)

o Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, India: Training course on “Climate change impact analysis”, 2016 (Global Initiative on Academic Networks)

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o Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam: Training courses on “Decision support tools

for integrated water management in the context of climate change” and “Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS)”, 2018 (Enabel & MOET-Vietnam)

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ACADEMIC FILE Patrick Willems

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Coordinated research projects (limited to projects since 2002) a) Contract and project research:

‘Revision of methodology for river discharge monitoring’, 2002, for Flanders Hydraulics Research (Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium van de Vlaamse Overheid), in cooperation with U.Gent – Lab.Hydraulica; [leading researcher]

‘Development of methodology for low water scenarios along the navigable rivers in Flanders’,

2002-2004, for Flanders Hydraulics Research (Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium van de Vlaamse Overheid), in cooperation with Resource Analysis and IMDC; [leading researcher]

‘Flood risk and damage Assessment using Modelling and Earth observation techniques (FAME)’,

2002-2003, European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with KU Leuven-SADL, SARMAP (Switzerland) and d’Appolonia (Italy); [project coordinator]

‘Development of hydrological models and river hydraulic boundary conditions for the river

Dender basin’, 2003-2004, for Flanders Hydraulics Research (Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium van de Vlaamse Overheid), in cooperation with IMDC; [leading researcher]

‘New calibration and validation study of cacthment nutrient loss model SENTWA’, 2003-2004, for

Flemish Environment Agency (VMM); [leading researcher]

‘Technical-scientific support for SIGMAPLAN socio-economic cost-benefit analysis”, 2003-2005, for Flanders Hydraulics Research (Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium van de Vlaamse Overheid); [leading researcher]

‘Real-time flood forecasting’, 2005-2008, for Flanders Hydraulics Research (Waterbouwkundig

Laboratorium van de Vlaamse Overheid); [project coordinator]

‘Method for incorporating climate change in the composite hydrograph method’, 2005-2006, for Flanders Hydraulics Research (Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium van de Vlaamse Overheid); [project coordinator]

‘Contribution to the WISE-RTD science-policy interfacing system for water information in

Europe’, for the E.C. Concerted Action on Catchment Modelling “Harmoni-CA” (contract no.

EVK1-2001-00192), coordinated by RIZA (The Netherlands), 2002-2007; [invited expert; coordination of project contribution by KU Leuven]

‘Water test Avijlplateau Ukkel’, 2005-2006, for Geosan in a study for the city of Ukkel; [project

coordinator]

‘Local integrated hydro(geo-)logical model for the area affected by the drinking water abstraction of Pidpa at Oostmalle (incl. scenario analysis)’, 2006, for Lisec nv. in a study for Pidpa (Drinking water company Antwerp Province); [project coordinator]

‘Support of integrated water resources management by hydrological modelling and remote

sensing of arid and semi-arid ecosystems in the Tarim basin’, Phase 1 (2005-2008), Phase 2 (2009-2010), Joint Sino-Belgian project for the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid), in cooperation with VITO - Center of Expertise of Remote Sensing and

Earth Observation Processes, Xinjiang Institute for Ecology and Geography, Xinjiang Meteorological Bureau, and Tarim Management Bureau, Urumqi (China); [overall project coordinator]

‘Climate change impact on hydrological extremes along rivers and urban drainage systems (CCI-

HYDR)’, 2005-2007 (Phase 1), 2008-2009 (Phase 2), Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid) - Research Programme Science for a Sustainable Development (SSD), in cooperation with the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (KMI/IRM); [overall project coordinator]

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‘SPI-Water: Science-Policy Interfacing in support of the Water Framework Directive

implementation’, 2006-2008, European Commission – Framework Programme 6 – Specific Targeted Research Project; [project partner]

‘Effect of climate change on high and low river discharges and the surface water availability in

Flanders’, 2007-2010, for Flanders Hydraulics Research (Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium van de Vlaamse Overheid); [project coordinator]

‘Extreme value analysis coastal levels at Ostend’, 2007, for Flanders Hydraulics Research

(Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium van de Vlaamse Overheid); [researcher]

‘Climate scenarios for nature management in Flanders’, 2009, for Institute for Nature and Forest Management (INBO), in cooperation with KMI and KNMI; [project partner]

‘Impact of climate change on river hydrology and ecology: A case study for interdisciplinary

policy oriented research (SUDEM-CLI)’, 2008-2010, cluster project Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid), in cooperation with U.Antwerpen - Onderzoeksgroep Ecosysteembeheer (Prof. P.Meire) and UCL - Institut d’Astronomie et Géophysique G. Lemaître (Prof. J-P. van Ypersele); [project partner]

‘Inrekenen van klimaatverandering in de Code van Goede Praktijk voor het ontwerp van

rioleringssystemen’, 2008-2009, research project for Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) – Section Operational Water Management; [project coordinator]

‘Water in verstedelijkte landschappen. Integratie van steden- en waterbouwkundige benadering

in regionale landschapsontwikkelingsprojecten’, 2009-2012, research project National Fund for Scientific Research (F.W.O.); [project partner]

‘Innovative technologies for safer European coasts in a changing climate (Theseus)’, 2010-2013,

EU-FP7 project; [project partner]

‘Fluxes, interactions and environment at the land-ocean boundary: downscaling, assimilation and coupling (FIELD_AC)’, 2010-2012, EU-FP7-SPACE project; [project partner]

‘The Lived Experience of Climate Change: interdisciplinary e-module development and virtual

mobility (LECH-e)’, 2009-2012, ERASMUS Curriculum Development Project, Lifelong Learning Programme

‘Science, Technology and Policy Interfacing using WISE-RTD (STEP-WISE)’, 2011-2012, EU-FP7 project; [project partner]

‘Conceptual water budget modeling to support water resources management of Nasser Lake, Egypt’, DBOF research project KU Leuven, 2010-2014; [project promoter]

‘Stochastic rainfall generation accounting for climate changes’, 2011-2015, research project

National Fund for Scientific Research (F.W.O.); [project partner]

‘Master in Irrigation engineering, UMSA La Plaz Bolivia’, 2011-2015, VLIR Own Initiative; [project promoter]

‘Impact of climate change on hydrology of rivers in Flanders’, 2011-2014, research project for Flanders Hydraulics Research (Authorities of Flanders); [project promoter]

‘Advanced observation systems for enhanced street scale urban surface flood prediction, warning and risk management (RAINGAIN)’, 2010-2015, Interreg IVB NWE project; [project partner]

‘Conceptual model builder, integrated in InfoWorks-RS software’, 2011-2012, research project

for Flemish Environment Agency and Antea Group; [project partner]

‘Scientific support to real-time flood forecasting’, 2011-2014, research project for Flanders Hydraulics Research (Authorities of Flanders); [project promoter]

‘Initial research on the development of conceptual models’, 2011-2012, research project for Flanders Hydraulics Research (Authorities of Flanders); [project promoter]

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‘Rainfall generator for flood risk assessment’, 2012-2014, TWOL research project for Flemish

Environment Agency in collaboration with U.Gent; [project promoter]

‘Evaluation of calculation methods for the design of small scale retention basins for erosion control’, 2012-2013, research project for Authorities of Flanders, Dept. Environment, Nature and Energy, Section Land and Soil Control, Underground and Natural Resources; [project promoter]

‘Technical-scientific support water quantity modelling’, 2012-2014, subcontracting to IMDC for Flanders Hydraulics Research (Authorities of Flanders); [expert]

‘Forecasting and management of extreme rainfall induced risks in the urban environment (PLURISK)’, 2012-2016, research project for Belgian Federal Science Policy Office, 5 partners; [overall project coördinator]

‘Support hydrological modelling and statististical analysis’, 2012, for water authority Aa & Maas,

The Netherlands; [expert]

‘An environmental Standards Information Portal for Europe (SIPE)’, EU-FP7 Coordination and Support Action, 2012-2014; [project partner]

“Support flood risk analysis (Toetsing wateroverlast)”, 2013, for water authority Waterschap Brabantse Delta, The Netherlands; [expert]

“Next-generation tools for hydrometry, hydrology and hydraulics for operational water management, catchment Dijle”, 2013-2014, for Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) – Operational Water Management division, subcontracting to IMDC; [expert]

“Open modelling system for integrated river basin water management based on conceptual models”, 2013-2017, for Flanders Hydraulics Research (Authorities of Flanders); [project

promotor]

“Revision climate scenarios for impact analysis of hydrological extremes”, 2013-2014, for Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) – Operational Water Management division; [project promoter]

“Implementation of a non-linear Model Predictive Control system for real-time flood control in the river Demer basin”, 2013-2015, for Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) – Operational Water Management division, subcontracting to Tijdelijke Vereniging THV AFII; [expert]

“Revision climate scenarios till 2100 for Flanders”, 2013-2014, for Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) – Environmental Reporting division (MIRA), in collaboration with KU Leuven – Geography division (prof. N. Van Lipzig); [project promoter]

“Revision of extreme value analysis of storm surge levels along the Belgian coast”, 2014, for

Flanders Hydraulics Research (Authorities of Flanders); [project promoter]

“Modelling and policy support on extreme precipitation in Antwerp”, 2014-2015, for City of Antwerp; [project promoter]

“COmbining Regional Downscaling EXpertise in Belgium: CORDEX and beyond (CORDEX.be)”, 2015-2017, Belspo – BRAIN-be project action “Geosystems, universe and climate”; [project partner]

“Organisation, infrastructure and proof of concept of a Water Data Infrastructure for Next-Generation e-Water-Services”, 2015-2016, for Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) – Operational Water Management division, subcontracting to IMDC; [expert]

“Development of a validation and correction procedure for meteorological data”, 2015-2016, for

Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) – Operational Water Management division; [project promoter]

“Vulnerability and risk analysis in view of climate adaptation and development of climate adaptation strategies for the Province of Antwerp”, 2015-2016, for Province of Antwerp (Provincie Antwerpen), i.c.w. Alterra & CAS; [project partner]

“Validation extreme precipitation modelling in Antwerp”, 2015-2016, for City of Antwerp; [project promoter]

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“WAter MAnagement and urban DEvelopment in Ha Tinh in relation to climate change (WAMADE)”,

VLIR-UOS TEAM project, for region: Vietnam, Province of HaTinh, 2016-2019; [project co-promoter]

“Changing paradigms for irrigation development in the Andes; case-study for Bolivia”, VLIR-UOS TEAM project, for region: Bolivia, Cochabamba and Chuquisaca interandean valleys, 2016-2019; [project co-promoter]

“BRIGAID - BRIdges the GAp for Innovations in Disaster resilience”, 2016-2020; EU H2020 project (call H2020-DRS-2015); [work package leader]

“Integrated analysis of water management problems Roosendaal”, for Dutch water authority Brabantse delta, i.c.w. Witteveen+Bos, 2016-2017 [project partner]

“Vulnerability analysis for urban flooding in the city of Ghent”, for city of Ghent, i.c.w. Arcadis,

2016-2017 [project partner]

“Climate-fit.city - Pan-European Urban Climate Service”, 2017-2019; EU H2020 project (call H2020-SC5-2016-2017 Greening the Economy – Innovation Action), i.c.w. VITO and other EU partners; [core partner]

“FORWARD - Operational monitoring and FOrecasting system for Resilience of agriculture and forestry under intensification of the WAteR cycle: a big Data approach”, 2016-2019, ERA-NET Co-Fund WaterWorks2015 - Joint Programming Initiatives - Water Challenges for a Changing World - Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change; [project partner]

“FloodCitiSense – Early warning service for urban pluvial floods for and by citizens and city authorities”, 2017-2020, JPI Urban Europe project & ERA-NET Cofund “Smart Urban Futures”, i.c.w. VUB and other EU partners [co-promoter]

“Forestflow - Shifting the balance? Dissolved carbon fluxes from forests under future rainfall

regimes”, 2017-2020, BRAIN-be programme “Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks”, i.c.w. U.Antwerp, UCL & RMI [project partner]

“Development of a climate change web atlas for the Flanders” climate effects”, 2017-2018, for Flemish Environment Agency (VMM), i.c.w. Stichting Wageningen Research (Alterra) [project partner]

“Impact of climate change on meteorological droughts”, 2017, for Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) [project promoter]

“Trend correction to long-term Ukkel rainfall and PET series”, 2017, for Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) [project promoter]

“Integrated analysis of flood problems along Goorloop river”, 2017, for Province of Antwerp –

Integrated Water Management division

“Impact of the stop-the-soil-sealing plan on sewer projects in Flanders”, 2017-2018, for VLARIO (Flanders’ urban water sector)

“Methodology for characterisation of the runoff dynamics of a river basin”, 2017, for STOWA – The Netherlands

“Structural collaboration Flanders – Netherlands on water knowledge development”, 2017-2021, for KWR The Netherlands & water company De Watergroep [project promoter]

“Hydrological modelling for drought effect quantification and mapping in Flanders”, 2017, for

Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) [project partner]

“Anthropogenic influence on a typical watershed in the Bolivian Andes”, 2018-2021, VLIR TEAM project with Universidad Mayor de San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia

“Vulnerability and risk analysis and climate adaptation planning for Meetjesland”, 2018-2019, for Veneco & Province Oost-Vlaanderen [project promoter]

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“Climate adaptation planning for historical city of Bruges”, 2018-2019, for City of Bruges [project

promoter]

“Analysis of historical droughts and design criteria for stormwater source control measures under climate change & Analysis of drinking water consumption”, 2018, for Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) [porject promoter]

“Assessment of urban flood hazard in Hanoi under current and future climate conditions”, 2019-2020, VLIR South Initiative project with Thuyloi University, Hanoi, Vietnam [project promoter]

“High water analysis city of ’s-Hertogenbosch”, 2019, for Water authority Aa & Maas, The Netherlands [project promoter]

“RainBrain, the smart blue-green roof", 2019, EU-SynchroniCity project [project promoter]

“Update on climate state indicators for Climate Portal Flanders”, 2019, for Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) [project promoter]

“Brussels Airport Company: Study on the transformation of the rainwater system for Strategic Vision 2040 and climate change’, 2019, for Brussels Airport Company, i.c.w. KPMG [project partner]

“PEREX 4.0: Développement, d’un util d’aide à la décision pour la gestion opérationelle des ressources en eau du réseau de voies hydrauliques de la région Walonne”, 2019-2021, Wallonie Infrastructures SOFICO – Direction Générale Opérationelle de la Mobilité et des Voies Hydrauliques, i.c.w. IMDC-Tractebel [project partner]

“Renovation Sluice Slijkens at Ostend”, 2019, for Flanders’ Ministry of Public Works – De Vlaamse Waterweg, i.c.w. Sweco [project partner]

“Audit q-h relationships swirl valves”, 2019, for companies ESEP & Mosbaek [project promoter]

“Study of drought risks and set up of a water balance model for city of Leuven”, 2019, for City of

Leuven [project promoter]

“Drought planning for Province of Limburg”, 2019-2020, for Province of Limburg [project partner]

“Linking and integration of the hydrological modelling tools for drought effect quantification and mapping in Flanders with groundwater indicators”, 2019, for Flemish Envrironment Agency (VMM) [project partner]

“Coherent Integration of climate projections into Climate ADaptation plAnning tools for BElgium (CICADA.be)”, 2019-2020, for Belgian Science Policy (Belspo) - Valorization Action, i.c.w. RMI

[project partner]

“Development of sustainable energy and climate action plans for municipalities in Province of East Flanders (EU Convenant of Mayors)”, 2019-2021, for Flanders’ Province Oost-Vlaanderen, i.c.w. Zero Emission Solutions [project co-promotor]

“Development of synthetic runoff hydrographs and boundary conditions for river flood hazard modelling and mapping”, 2019-2020, for Flanders Hydraulics Research (Authorities of Flanders); [project partner]

“Development of a climate adaptation plan for the city of Bruges”, 2019-2020, for city of Bruges [project promotor]

“Audit of climate plan city of Mechelen”, 2019, for city of Mechelen, i.c.w. Zero Emission Solutions

[project co-promotor]

“Revision of extreme value analysis of storm surge levels along the Belgian coast”, 2019, for Flanders Hydraulics Research (Authorities of Flanders); [project promoter]

“Support to water availability modelling navigable rivers Flanders”, 2019-2013, for river authority De Vlaamse Waterweg [project promoter]

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“Framework agreement for the preparation of (area-oriented) spatial structure sketches City of

Ghent”, 2019-2024, for City of Gent [project partner]

“Development of a reactive assessment framework for priority water use during water scarcity in Flanders”, 2019-2020, for authorities of Flanders [project coordinator]

“Bluebloqs Circular Water System”, Climate-KIC Demonstrator project, 2019-2020 [project partner]

“Demonstration projects Water-Land-Scape”, i.c.w. Bodemkundige Dienst van België, agrobeheercentrum Eco² & Sweco, 2019-2022 [project partner]

“Monitoring of water and sewage management in the context of the implementation of the circular economy assumptions (MonGOS)”, International Academic Partnerships Programme of NAWA - Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange, 2020-2021 [project partner]

“RainlevelR: Smart regulation of rain water storage”, 2020, for POM - Provincial Development

Agency Antwerp [project promoter]

“Drought plan for city of Gent”, 2020-2021, for city of Gent [project promoter]

“Update of drinking water consumption forecasting model based on meteorological data”, 2020, for Flemish Environment Agency [project promoter]

“Statistical analysis of coastal and estuarine water levels”, 2020, for Antea & Authorities of Flanders [project partner]

b) Research scholarships and fellowships awarded to persons under one’s supervision:

Toni Barjas-Blanco, ‘Onderzoek naar intelligente sturingstechnieken voor operationeel oppervlaktewaterbeheer’, 2005-2008, PhD scholarship Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij - Afdeling Water; [supervisor of the PhD research project]

Toon Goormans, ‘Lokale radar voor rioleringstoepassingen', 2007-2008, PhD scholarship Aquafin

nv.; [supervisor of the PhD research project; PhD promoter together with J.Berlamont]

Luis Timbe, ‘River flood analysis combining 1D hydraulic modelling with 2D GIS information’, SBA PhD scholarship KU Leuven, 2001-2007; [supervisor of the PhD study]

Rolando Celleri, ‘Development and testing of engineering tools for integrated planning and

management of the water resources in mountainous catchments with limited

hydrometeorological data’, SBA PhD scholarship KU Leuven, 2003-2007; [supervisor of the PhD study]

Mark-Henry Rubarenzya, ‘Impact of wetland restoration on river flood risks’, IUPWARE PhD

scholarship KU Leuven & VUB, 2003-2007; [supervisor of the PhD study]

Edwin Rutalebwa, ‘Hydrological applications of extreme value analysis’, BTC PhD scholarship, 2005-2009; [promoter of the PhD study together with J.Beirlant]

Lan Anh Nguyen: ‘Integrated river catchment modelling’, PhD study University of Sheffield,

MOET (Ministry Of Education and Training) scholarship Vietnam Science Foundation, 2004-2008; [supervisor of the PhD study together with A.Saul & J.Boxall]

Mauricio Villazón Gómez: ‘Modelling and conceptualization of hydrology and river hydraulics in

flood conditions, for Belgian and Bolivian basins’, SBA PhD scholarship KU Leuven, 2007-2011; [promoter of the PhD study]

Mohamed El-Sawwaf: ‘Influence of evaporation, groundwater, and uncertainty in the hydrologic

budget and operation of Lake Nasser’, Nile Basin Initiative PhD scholarship, 2007-2010; [promoter of the PhD study]

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Paul Nyeko Ogiramoi: ‘Climate change impacts on hydrological extremes and water resources in

Lake Victoria catchments, upper Nile basin’, VLIR ICP-PhD scholarship, 2008-2011; [promoter of the PhD study]

Diego Mora: ‘Assessment of the hydrological effects of human interference and climate change

on the runoff and water storage of the paramo-ecosystem of Cajas National Park (Ecuador)’, SBA PhD scholarship KU Leuven, 2008-2013; [promoter of the PhD study]

Eline Vanuytrecht: ‘Impact of vegetation responses to climate change on the regional hydrological system in Belgium’, FWO PhD scholarship, 2009-2012; [co-promoter of the PhD study]

Gilbert Nyandwaro: ‘Combined hydrological-hydrodynamic modelling and forecasting of hydrological extremes for Nzoia Basin, Kenya’, PhD scholarship VLIR-IUC project Moi University (Kenya), 2010-2013; [promoter of the PhD study]

Liliana Pagliero: ‘European scale modelling of pollutant loads’, PhD scholarship Joint Research

Center (JRC) of European Commission, Ispra (Italy), 2010-2013; [promoter of the PhD study]

Luis Pineda Ordoñez: ‘Hydro-climatic variability and climate change effect on hydrologic response of Tropical Andean Mountains in Southern Ecuador-Northern Peru’, PhD scholarship Erasmus Mundus project “Ánimo, ¡Chévere!”, 2010-2014; [promoter of the PhD study]

Ingrid Keupers: ‘Holistic water quantity and quality modelling of rivers’, FWO PhD scholarship, 2011-2015; [promoter of the PhD study]

Vincent Wolfs: ‘Conceptual model structure identification of river and sewer systems’, KU Leuven FLOF scholarship (2011), IWT PhD scholarship (2012-2015); [promoter of the PhD study]

Duc Anh Nguyen: ‘Simulation of saline water intrusion in the Ma estuary taken into account the impact of climate change’, VLIR ICP PhD scholarship (2012-2016); [co-promoter of the PhD study; promotor: J.Monbaliu]

Mary Akurut: ‘Water quality modelling of the Lake Victoria basin and impact investigation of climate change on the quality of the Lake’, VLIR ICP PhD scholarship (2012-2016); [promoter of the PhD study]

Thuy Thanh Nguyen: ‘Assessment of climate change impacts on river water quality’, IRO PhD scholarship KU Leuven (2012-2016); [promoter of the PhD study]

Hanne Van Gaelen: ‘Upgrading water use efficiency by adapted field management and its impact on catchment hydrology’, FWO PhD scholarship (2012-2016); [co-promoter of the PhD study]

Charles Onyutha: ‘Study of spatio-temporal variability of rainfall and hydrological extremes and the drivers in the Nile Basin’, IRO PhD scholarship KU Leuven (2013-2017); [promoter of the PhD study]

Quan Tran: ‘Integrating groundwater models in catchment runoff models’, OT project KU Leuven (2014-2018); [promoter of the PhD study; co-promoter: M.Huysmans]

Els Van Uytven: ‘Evaluation and improvement of statistical downscaling methods for climate change impact analysis on hydrological extremes’, FWO (2014-2018); [promoter of the PhD study]

Vincent Wolfs: ‘SUMAQUA: Optimale en toekomstgerichte oplossingen op maat voor integraal waterbeheer’, IWT Innovation Position (2016-2018); [scientific promoter of the position]

Yuefeng Wang: ‘Changes of river network and its influence on hydrological processes in the metropolitan area of China (Taihu Lake Basin)’, CSC scholarship, Nanjing Unviersity, China; [1 year (2016-2017) at KU Leuven]

Karen Gabriels: ‘Flood insurance value of land use systems and its application in spatial planning / De verzekeringswaarde van landgebruikssystemen voor wateroverlast stroomafwaarts’, FWO (2017-2020); [co-promoter of the PhD study]

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Hossein Tabari: ‘Global climate change hotspots in terms of multi-risk assessment of hydro-

climatic hazards’, FWO postdoctoral scholarship (2018-2021); [promoter of the postdoc study]

Daan Bertels: ‘Integrated conceptual water system modelling for current and future water availability analysis’, FWO SBO PhD scholarship (2019-2023); [promoter of the PhD study]

c) Research without grants or contracts:

‘Introduction de concepts probabilistes pour décrire des phénomènes extrêmes’, 2002-2004, research project for Ministère de l’Amenagement du Territoire et de l’Environnement - Programme Risque Inondations, by Université Paris VI, Laboratoire de Statistique Théorique en Appliquée (A. Guillou); [advisor in the project + research cooperation]

‘Assessing the impact of land use change on hydrology by ensemble modelling’, 2005-2007,

German research project in the frame of the Cooperative Research Center (CRC) 299 "Land use concepts for peripheral regions"; [participation to workshops + research cooperation]

‘The exploitation of PRISM and AVNIR-2 products to improve water quality monitoring and

modelling in the Nile Delta’, 2006-2009, by Spatial Applications Division Leuven (SADL), for the European Space Agency; [access to ALOS satellite imagery + research cooperation]

NOSCCA (North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment), 2011-2015, within scope of the international transboundary working group on the topic [research cooperation; lead author on ‘Projected changes in Hydrology and Vegetation’]

‘Hydrological modelling of the river Meuse basin’, since 2013, within scope of the international transboundary working group on the topic [research cooperation]

d) Supervising PhD studies:

Promoter of:

- Omar El-Farouk Boukhris: ‘Climate change impact on hydrological extremes in Belgium’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended on 26 August 2008

- Lan Anh Nguyen: ‘Integrated river catchment modelling’, University of Sheffield (A.Saul), defended in 2008

- Toon Goormans: ‘Implementatie van lokale radargegevens voor rioleringstoepassingen’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended in January 2011

- Mohamed El-Sawwaf: ‘Influence of evaporation, groundwater, and uncertainty in the hydrologic budget and operation of Lake Nasser’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended in 2011

- Victor Ntegeka: ‘Assessment of the observed and future climate variability and change in hydroclimatic and hydrological extremes’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended in 2011

- Tie Liu: ‘Hydrological modeling and climate change impact analysis for the Tarim basin, China’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended on 22 August 2011

- Mauricio Villazón Gómez: ‘Modelling and conceptualization of hydrology and river hydraulics in flood conditions, for Belgian and Bolivian basins’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended on 15 November 2011

- Paul Nyeko Ogiramoi: ‘Climate change impacts on hydrological extremes and water resources in Lake Victoria catchments, upper Nile basin’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended on 9 December 2011

- Edwin Rutalebwa, ‘Hydrological applications of extreme value analysis’, KU Leuven –

Faculty of Science (J.Beirlant), defended on 19 March 2012

- Thomas Vansteenkiste: ‘Climate change and urban expansion impact on high and low flows and the overall water availability’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended on 14 December 2012

- Reza Haji Shirazi: ‘Evaluation of the application of the flushing devices for sediment transport implementation in sewer networks in Belgium’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended on 4 April 2013

- Isabelle Putseys: ‘Water research in Urbanized Flemish Landscapes’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended on 22 April 2013

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- Diego Mora: ‘Assessment of the hydrological effects of human interference and climate

change on the runoff and water storage of the paramo-ecosystem of Cajas National Park (Ecuador)’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended 23 October 2013

- Eline Vanuytrecht: ‘Impact of vegetation responses to climate change on the regional hydrological system in Belgium’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, defended on 15 October 2013

- Niels Van Steenbergen: ‘Uncertainty quantification and reduction for river flood forecasting’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended on 17 Febr. 2014

- Meron Teferi Taye, ‘Low flow analysis and related drought conditions in selected catchments of the Nile basin under climate change’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended on 28 Nov. 2013

- Luis Pineda Ordoñez: ‘Hydro-climatic variability and climate change effect on hydrologic response of Tropical Andean Mountains in Southern Ecuador-Northern Peru’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended on 27 March 2015

- Po-Kuan Chiang: ‘Flood control combining optimization techniques with hydrological-hydraulic modeling’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended on 1 April 2015

- Vincent Wolfs: ‘Conceptual model structure identification of river and sewer systems’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended on 26 January 2016

- Huy Hoang Pham: ‘Modeling of wastewater treatment unit operations in view of integrated modeling’, co-promoter, defended on 15 June 2016

- Hanne Van Gaelen: ‘Evaluating agricultural management from field to catchment scale – development of a parsimonious agro-hydrological model’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, co-promoter, defended on 2 September 2016

- Ingrid Keupers, ‘Integrated river water quantity and quality modelling’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended on 14 October 2016

- Mary Akurut: ‘Water quality modelling of the Lake Victoria basin and impact investigation

of climate change on the quality of the Lake’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended on 1 June 2017

- Thuy Thanh Nguyen: ‘Assessment of climate change impacts on river water quality’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended on 18 August 2017

- Duc Anh Nguyen: ‘Simulation of saline water intrusion in the Ma estuary taken into account the impact of climate change’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended on 28 August 2017

- Pieter Meert: ‘Conceptual river modelling in support of uncertainty and scenario analyses at catchment scale / Conceptuele riviermodellering op bekkenschaal, ter ondersteuning van onzekerheids- en scenario analyses’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, promoter, defended on 31 August 2017

- Charles Onyutha: ‘Temporal variability of floods, and its driving forces in the Nile Basin with more focus on the Lake Victoria sub basins’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering,

promoter, defended on 29 September 2017

- Edouard Goudenhoofdt: ‘Precipitation estimation from weather radar measurements : statistical analysis of convective storms and extreme rainfall’, defended on 26 January 2018

- Hossein Tabari: ‘Multi-decadal climate oscillations’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, promoter, defended on 23 February 2018

- Evert Vermuyten: ‘Optimale strategieën voor integraal overstromingsbeheer langs waterlopen’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, promoter, defended in 2018

- Jan De Niel: ‘Variability of river flow extremes in Flanders: impact of atmospheric and catchment drivers’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, promoter, defended on 20 December 2018

- Liliana Pagliero: ‘Continental scale hydrological modelling’, KU Leuven – Faculty of

Engineering, defended on 15 April 2019

- Quoc Quan Tran: ‘Development of an integrated modelling approach for improved lowflow prediction’, defended on 29 August 2019

- Stefan Kroll, ‘Development of a methodology for the selection of RTC-strategies for sewer systems’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, defended on 10 October 2019

- Els Van Uytven: ‘Evaluation of statistical downscaling methods for climate change impact analysis on hydrological extremes’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, promoter, defended on 7 November 2019

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- Vladimiro Tobar: ‘Statistical spatial and temporal analysis of historical rainfall and

evapotranspiration behavior for Ecuador’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, co-promoter, 8 November 2019

- Gilbert Nyandwaro: ‘Combined physically-based and stochastic water balance modeling for river Nzoia basin in Kenya’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, on-going

- Parisa Hosseinzadehtalaei: ‘Impact of climate change on precipitation extremes and urban drainage systems in Europe’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, promoter, on-going

- Xiaohan Li: ‘Radar based fine-scale rainfall estimation and forecasting for urban hydrological applications’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, promoter, on-going

- Sotirios Moustakas: ‘Tool for integrated river basin management and optimization’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, promoter, on-going

- Andres Alfonso Gonzalez Iniguez: ‘Urban pluvial flood modelling and analysis’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, promoter, on-going

- Sandra Mena: ‘Modelling hydrological and dissolved carbon fluxes from forests under

current and future rainfall regimes’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, promoter, on-going

- Daan Bertels: ‘Integrated conceptual water system modelling for current and future water availability analysis’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering, promoter, on-going

- Gavi Alavi Murillo, ‘Soil erosion and carbon dynamics toward climate change adaptation and mitigation strategy in a tropical high altitude Andean basin’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bio-Engineering, co-promoter, on-going

Member of doctoral advisory committee of:

- Luis Timbe: ‘River flood analysis combining 1D hydraulic modelling with 2D GIS information’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promoter J.Berlamont), 2001-2007

- Rolando Celleri: ‘Development and testing of engineering tools for integrated planning

and management of the water resources in mountainous catchments with limited hydrometeorological data’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promoters J.Berlamont, J.Feyen), 2003-2007

- Mark Henry Rubarenzya: ‘Integrated evaluation of the restoration of wetlands’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promoters J.Berlamont, J.Feyen), 2003-2007

- Hamed Rouhani: ‘Parametrisation of physical-based semi-distributed diffuse pollution models: evaluation of the impact of model calibration and methods of uncertainty reduction’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (promoter J.Feyen), 2004-2008, defended 18 August 2008

- Arnoud Cuppens: ‘Reuse of mixed rain and waste water for agriculture with optimal treatment efficiency using waste stabilization ponds’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (promoters G.Wyseure, I.Smets), defended on 21 December 2011

- Philip Nyenje: ‘Modelling the Impact of Landuse Change on Non-Point Source Pollutant

Loads in Lake Victoria: A Case Study of the Northern Shoreline in Uganda’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (promotors: D.Raes, J.Pousen, O.Batelaan)

- Pham Thi Thuy, ‘Assessment of low-cost adsorbents for production of safe drinking water from polluted surface water’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promoter B. Van der Bruggen), defended on 7 September 2012

- Bartel Van Nieuwenhuyse: ‘Hydrologische connectiviteit op de runoff opbrengst’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (promoters G.Wyseure, G.Govers), defended on 9 November 2012

- Klaartje Verbeeck: ‘Spatiotemporal analysis and exploration of sealing and green in residential areas’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (promoters J. Van Orshoven, M. Hermy), defended on 24 January 2013

- Erwan Brisson: ‘Ontwikkeling van innovatieve technieken voor schaalverkleining van neerslagprojecties voor België op basis van regionale klimaatscenario’s’, KU Leuven –

Faculty of Science (promotor: N. van Lipzig), on-going

- Christian Nolf, ‘Water research in Urbanized Flemish Landscapes’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promoters B.De Muelder, K.Shannon, O.Devisch), defended on 21 December 2012 (prelim), 22 April 2013 (public)

- Tuan Pham Anh, ‘Water urbanism in Hanoi, Vietnam’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promoters K.Shannon, B.De Meulder), defended on 21 December 2012 (prelim), 22 April 2013 (public)

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- Maarten Breckpot, ‘Model predictive control of river flooding’, KU Leuven – Faculty of

Engineering (promoter B. De Moor), defended on 15 May 2013 (prelim), 10 July 2013 (public)

- Yasmin Ara: ‘Water-based Cities: A Potential Leap towards Sustainability’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promoters K. Shannon, B. De Meulder), ongoing

- Juan Carlos Alurralde, 'Adaptation of the watering strategy to deal with expected shortage of irrigation water in the Palca municipality due to the impacts of climate change’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (promoters D. Raes, M. Garcia), on-going

- Fiwa Lameck, ‘Towards a sustainable and improved cereal production by rainfed farming in Malawi’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (promoter D. Raes), defended 27 February 2015 (prelim), 11 June 2015 (public)

- Gustavo Tenorio, ‘Sediment transport in the Paute basin’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Science (promoters G.Govers & V.Vanacker), on-going

- Carolien Toté, ‘Environmental change in the Andes’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Science (promoters G.Govers & A.Van Rompaey), stopped in March 2017

- Mohammad Azari, ‘Estuarine morphodynamics in the context of climate change: case study for Scheldt estuary’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promotor E.Toorman), on-going

- Mohamed Ouda, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promotor E.Toorman), defended 25 oktober 2019 (public)

- Dida Alberra, ‘A methodological approach to produce and distribute high quality drinking water in urban areas of Ethiopia’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promoter B. Van der Bruggen), ongoing

- Jaime Veintimilla Reyes, ‘Mathematical programming for the support of strategic and operational decisions in river water management’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience

Engineering (promoters J. Van Orshoven, D. Cattrysse), ongoing

- Katrien Wouters, On river and floodplain morphology, KU Leuven – Faculty of Science (promoter G. Verstraeten), ongoing

- Min Lu, Quantifying and predicting river-aquifer exchange in lowland floodplains (Nete, Demer and Dijle), KU Leuven – Faculty of Science (promoter M. Huysmans), ongoing

Member of PhD examination committees:

At KU Leuven:

- Mona Radwan: ‘River water quality modelling as water resources management tool at catchment scale’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promoter J.Berlamont), Sept. 2002

- Richard Chibanga: ‘Modelling of rainfall-runoff and streamflow in the Kafue catchment

and optimization of water resource allocation’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promoter J.Berlamont), Oct. 2002

- Raul Vázquez: ‘Assessment of the performance of physically based distributed codes simulating medium size hydrological systems’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (promoter J.Feyen), June 2003

- Jan Mertens: ‘Parameter estimation strategies in unsaturated zone modelling’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (promoter J.Feyen), Nov. 2003

- Bruno Verbist, ‘Assessment of watershed functions to support negotiations in a catchment under conflict in Sumberjaya, Lampung, Indonesia’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (promoters J.Deckers, J.Poesen), Sept. 2008

- Rodrigo Rojas, KU Leuven – Faculty of Science (promoters A. Dassargues), May 2009

- Kwinten Van Weverberg, ‘Modeling of extreme precipitation in Belgium’, KU Leuven –

Faculty of Science (promoter N. Van Lipzig), 2010

- Loreen Katiyo, ‘Demand driven catchment modelling - Evaluating the transferability of the WAdss tool to the Upper Mupfure catchment, Zimbabwe’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (promoters J. Feyen, G. Wyseure), 2010

- Toni Barjas-Blanco, ‘The Demer regulated by MPC’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promoters B. De Moor, J. Berlamont), 2010

- Lien Poelmans, ‘Modelling urban expansion and its hydrological impacts’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Science (promoter A. Van Rompaey), 2010

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- Arnoud Cuppens, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (promoters G.Wyseure

& I.Smets), 2011

- Pham Thi Thuy, ‘Assessment of low-cost adsorbents for production of safe drinking water from polluted surface water’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promotor B. Van der Bruggen), 2012

- Bartel Van Nieuwenhuyse, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (promoters G.Wyseure & G.Govers), 2012

- Klaartje Verbeeck, ‘Spatiotemporal analysis and exploration of sealing and green in residential areas’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (promoters J. Van Orshoven, M.Hermy), 2013

- Christian Nolf, ‘Water research in Urbanized Flemish Landscapes’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promotors B. De Meulder, K. Shannon), 2013

- Tuan Pham Anh, ‘Water urbanism in Hanoi, Vietnam’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promotors B. De Meulder, K. Shannon), 2013

- Abraha Gebrekidan Asgedom, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promotor B. Van der Bruggen), 2013

- Maarten Breckpot, ‘Model predictive control of river flooding’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promoter B. De Moor), 2013

- Erwan Brisson, KU Leuven – Faculty of Science (promotor N. Van Lipzig), 2015

- Anand Kalpoe, ‘duurzame elektriciteitsvoorziening in Suriname’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Engineering (promotor J.Driesen), 2015

- Wim Thiery, KU Leuven – Faculteit Wetenschappen (promotor Nicole Van Lipzig), 2015

- Joost Lauwers, ‘structurele en praktische identificeerbaarheid van grootschalige modellen’, KU Leuven – Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen (promotor Jan Van Impe), 2015

- Marco Rinaldi, KU Leuven – Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen (promotor Chris Tampère), 2015

- Jaime Veintimilla, ‘Real time monitoring and matching of spatially distributed supply and demand for water using web-enabled in-situ sensing and optimization techniques’, KU Leuven – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (promotors Jos Van Orshoven & Dirk Cattrysse), 2015

- Sam Vanden Broucke, ‘The added value of convection-permitting regional climate modeling’, KU Leuven – Faculteit Wetenschappen (promotor Nicole Van Lipzig), 2017

At other Belgian universities:

- Faith Githui: ‘Assessing the impacts of environmental change on the hydrology of the Nzoia catchment in the Lake Victoria basin’, VUB - Faculty of Engineering (promoter W.Bauwens), May 2008

- Dang Thai Mai, ‘Development and integration of a physically based distributed hydrologic

and hydraulic model for real-time flood prediction in Huong river basin, Vietnam’, VUB – Faculty of Engineering (promotor F. De Smedt), 2009

- Nguyen Huy Phuong, ‘Decision support system for flood plain management in Tra Khuc river basin, Quang Ngai province, Vietnam’, VUB – Faculty of Engineering (promotor F. De Smedt), 2009

- Mhanna Muamaraldin, ‘Planning and design of rainwater harvesting infra-structure in the Middle East’, VUB – Faculty of Engineering (promoter W. Bauwens), 2011

- Jiri Nossent, VUB – Faculty of Engineering (promoter W. Bauwens), 2012

- Jef Dams, VUB – Faculty of Engineering (promoter O. Batelaan), 2012

- Sander Vandenberghe, U.Gent – Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (promoter N.Verhoest), 2012

- Alireza Safari, ‘Application of a spatial distributed hydrological model for simulation of

stream flow forced with operational quality radar-based precipitation data’, VUB – Faculty of Engineering (promotor F. De Smedt), 2012

- Narayan Shrestha, ‘OpenMI based integrated modelling of the river Zenne, Belgium’, VUB – Faculty of Engineering (promotor W. Bauwens), 2013

- Olkeba Tolessa, ‘Catchment processes modelling, including the assessment of different sources of uncertainty, using the SWAT model: the river Zenne (Belgium) case study’, VUB – Faculty of Engineering (promotor W. Bauwens), 2013

- Emmanuel Roulin, ‘Ensemble hydrological forecasts’, ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles) - Faculté des Sciences (promotor Stéphane Vannitsem), 2014

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- Rozemien De Troch, ‘The application of the ALARO-0 model for regional climate

modelling in Belgium: extreme precipitation and unfavorable conditions for the dispersion of air pollutants under present and future climate conditions’, U.Gent – Vakgroep Fysica en Sterrenkunde (promotors Piet Termonia, Rafiq Hamdi), 2016

- Minh Tu Pham, ‘Copula-based stochastic modelling of evapotranspiration time series conditioned on rainfall as design tool in water resources management’, U.Gent – Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Management (promotor Niko Verhoest), 2016

- Shirley Mahabali, ‘Wetlands en plantenzuivering van pesticiden’, U.Gent - Department Crop Protection, Laboratory of Crop Protection Chemistry (promotor Pieter Spanoghe), 2016

- Befekadu Woldegiorgis, ‘Conceptual water quality modelling’, VUB – Faculty of Engineering (promotor A. van Griensven), 2017

- Ting Tang, ‘Characterization and modeling of pesticide transport in urbanized areas’, VUB – Faculty of Engineering (promotors A. van Griensven, P. Seuntjens, J.Bronders), 2017

- Charlotte Wirion, ‘Quantification of the urban water fluxes supported by remote sensing’, VUB – Faculty of Engineering (promotor B. Verbeiren), 2019

- Samuel Van Ackere, ‘Flood Impact Assessment Tool, An Object-Relational GIS Tool for Flood Impact Assessment in Flanders, Belgium’, U.Gent – Faculty of Science (promotor Ph. De Maeyer), 2019

At universities in other countries:

- Fannar Thordarson, ‘Grey Box Modelling of Hydrological Systems - With Focus on Uncertainties’, Technical University of Denmark, promoter: Henrik Madsen, 2012

- Li-Pen Wang, Imperial College London, promoter: Cedo Maksimovic, 2012

- Jesper Ellerbæk Nielsen, ‘Combining C- and X -band Weather Radars for Improving Precipitation Estimates over Urban Areas’, Aalborg University, Denmark, promoter:

Michael Robdrup Rasmussen, 2013

- Aidan Burton, ‘Stochastic rainfall models for hydrological applications’, Newcastle University, UK, promoter: Chris Kilsby, 2014

- Nagendra Kayastha, ‘Refining the committee approach and uncertainty prediction in hydrological modelling’, UNESCO-IHE & Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, promoter: Dimitri Solomatine, 2014

- Matthieu Spekkers, ‘Modeling rainfall damage’, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, promoter: Francois Clemens, 2014

- Mériem Labbas, ‘Modélisation hydrologique de bassins versants périurbains et influence de l’occupation du sol et de la gestion des eaux pluviales - Application au bassin de l’Yzeron’, Université de Grenoble, IRSTEA, Lyon, France, promoters: Isabelle Braud & Flora Branger, 2015

- Kun Yan, ‘Low-cost space-borne data for inundation modelling: topography, flood extent

and water level’, UNESCO-IHE & Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, promoter: Dimitri Solomatine, 2015

- Martin Fencl, ‘On the suitability of telecommunication microwave links for urban rainfall-runoff modeling’, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic, promotor: Vojtech Bares, 2016

- Johan Post, ‘A statistical approach to guide the management of the anterior part of the sewer system’, TU Delft, promoter: Francois Clemens, 2016

- Tanja de Boer-Euser, ‘Added value of distribution in rainfall-runoff models for the Meuse basin’, TU Delft, promoter: Hubert Savenije, 2017

- Petra van Daal-Rombouts, ‘Performance evaluation of real time control in urban wastewater systems’, TU Delft, promoter: Francois Clemens, 2017

- Vianney Courdent, ‘Numerical weather prediction and relative economic value framework

to improve integrated urban drainage – wastewater management’, Technical University of Denmark, promoter: Peter-Steen Mikkelsen, 2017

- Saja Al Ali, ‘Modelisation semi-distribuée de la production et du transfert des mes, haps et metaux dans les eaux urbaines de temps de pluie’, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, promoter: Ghassan Chebbo, 2018

- Elena Cristiano, ‘Effects of rainfall and catchment scales on hydrological response sensitivity in urban areas’, TU Delft, 2019

- Antonio Moreno, ‘Uncertainty analysis in integrated catchment modelling’, TU Delft, 2019

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- Tjitske Geertsema, ‘Water level and discharge dynamics in human-affected lowland

rivers’, Universiteit Wageningen, 2019

- Oscar Osvaldo Marquez Calvo, ‘Advancing robust multi-objective optimization applied to complex model-based water-related problems’, TU Delft, 2020

Development cooperation projects:

FRIEND/Nile Basin Programme of UNESCO, supported by the ‘FIT: Flanders in Trust’ programme of the Flemish Government: participation as ‘Flemish Counterpart’ for the “Flood Frequency Analysis Component” and the “Drought and Low Flow Analysis Component” (in Phase 1: 2001-2005) and the “Stochastic Modelling Component” (in Phase 2: 2006-2010):

- Participation and training, Workshop Cairo, Egypt, 13-15 November 2001 - Participation and training, Workshop Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania, 20-25 May 2002

- Participation and training, Worshop Cairo/Giza, Egypt, 1-4 April 2003 - Participation and training, Workshop Nairobi, Kenya, 25-29 August 2003 - Evaluation Mission Flood Frequency Analysis Component, Cairo, Egypt, 25-30 October

2003 - Participation and training, Workshop Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, 29 November 2003 - 1

December 2003 - Participation and training on ‘Hydrological extreme value analysis for high and low flows’,

Workshop Alexandria, Egypt, 18-24 June 2004 - Participation and training on ‘QDF relationships and hydrological extreme value analysis’,

Workshop Nairobi, Kenya, 23-29 November 2004 - Participation and training in paper writing for the Final Conference, Workshop Khartoum,

Sudan, 25-30 July 2005 - Final conference Phase 1, Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, 12-14 November 2005 - Preparatory meetings Phase 2 + TwinNile E.C. proposal, Cairo, Egypt, 18-21 February

2006 - Participation and training on ‘Stationarity and trend testing of hydroclimatologic and

hydrologic data’, Workshops Cairo, Egypt, 14-19 August 2006 - Participation and training on ‘Delineation of flood homogenous regions’, Workshops Dar-

Es-Salaam, Tanzania, 23-29 November 2007 - Participation and training on ‘Climate change impact investigations on high and low

flows’, Cairo, 31 May – 4 June 2009 - Participation and training on ‘Trends and oscillations in hydroclimatic extremes’, Cairo,

12 – 15 October 2011 (The FRIEND/Nile Programme aims at improving the international river basin management of the Nile through improved scientific cooperation among the Nile countries (Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda) in the field of water resources management and regional scale analysis of hydrological regimes. This will ultimately contribute to meet the basic human needs of safe and clean water supply –

as expressed in the UN Millennium Development Goals - and will promote the sustainable development of the region by securing sufficient quantities of water for the agricultural, industrial and other sectors. Networking and technical exchange between the implementing institutions and the Flemish specialized universities is hereby a sought objective. The project serves as a good model for the south-south and north-south cooperation)

Training on river modelling, within the NATO - Science for Peace programme ‘Integrated Water Resources Management for Wetlands Restauration Management in the Aral Sea Basin’ for Resource Analysis, to the SANIIRI Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan: 1 week in Tashkent (16-20 September 2001) + 1 week in Antwerp (25-31 March 2002, Antwerp)

Institutional University Cooperation (IUC) of VLIR-UOS (Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad voor

ontwikkelingssamenwerking): - Moi University, Kenya: coordinator of the Water Engineering Master Programme; course

on “Hydroinformatics”, since 2007 - University Cuenca, Ecuador: course on “Advanced surface hydrology”, since 2007 - Anton de Kom universiteit, Suriname: course “Water resources management” since

2007, project leader P4/5 “Sustainable management of natural resources”, since 2012 - Universidad San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia: promoter Own Initiative “Master in Irrigation

engineering”, 2012-2015 - Vietnam, Province of HaTinh: co-promoter TEAM project “WAter MAnagement and urban

DEvelopment in Ha Tinh in relation to climate change (WAMADE)”, 2016-2019

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- Bolivia, Cochabamba and Chuquisaca interandean valleys: co-promoter TEAM project

“Changing paradigms for irrigation development in the Andes; case-study for Bolivia”, 2016-2019

- Bolivia, La Paz: promoter TEAM project on “Anthropogenic influence on a typical watershed in the Bolivian Andes”, 2018-2021

- Vietnam, Hanoi: promoter South Initiative project “Assessment of urban flood hazard in Hanoi under current and future climate conditions”, 2019-2020

Academic grants, prizes and awards:

Scientific prize 1994 of the “Belgische Vereniging voor Ondergrondse Technieken en Stedebouw” for the Master thesis study in Civil Engineering on “Faalkansen van de Kanaaltunnel”

Doctoral research scholarship IWT (Vlaams Instituut voor de Bevordering van het

Wetenschappelijk-Technologisch Onderzoek in de Industrie) on “Probabilistisch ontwerp van rioleringen m.b.t. de impact op de ontvangende oppervlaktewateren”, 1996-1997 (eerste termijn), 1998-1999 (tweede termijn)

Postdoctoral research scholarship F.W.O.-Vlaanderen on “Risk-analysis in integrated river

management’”, 2001-2004

Postdoctoral research scolarship (Phase 2) F.W.O.-Vlaanderen on “Multidisciplinary impact analysis for integrated river catchment management”, 2004-2007

Travel Award from the Americal Geophysical Union, for the 6th International Conference on

Precipitation about “Predictability of rainfall at the various scales”, Mauna Lani Bay, 29 June – 1 July 1998

Travel Award for young scientists (based on selected papers) from the European Geophysical Society, for EGS’99 Conference, Den Haag, 21-24 April 1999

Collaborative Linkage Grant from the NATO Science Programme - Cooperative Science and

Technology Sub-Programme, for establishing research cooperation between KU Leuven and the National Water Research Centre of Egypt on Cairo (Egypte) on “Mathematical modelling for integrated surface water management along the river Nile”, 2003-2005, Grant no. EST.CLG.979547

Best Paper Presentation Award for the oral presentation “Methodology for integrated catchment

modelling” at the IMUG (Integrated Modelling User Group) International Conference, Tilburg, 23-25 April 2003

Expert Visit Award from the NATO Environmental and Earth Science and Technology Programme,

in preparation of a Tempus Joint European Project on “Curriculum Development of Environmental Hydraulics Program”, 2004, Grant no. Expert Visit – Ref. 980742

International Water Association (IWA) & International Association for Hydro-Environment Engeneering and Research (IAHR) – International Working Group on Urban Rainfall (IGUR): elected as Chairman since 2008, re-elected (second term) in August 2011

Travel and Accomodation Award F.W.O.-Vlaanderen for 6 months research visit at the Laboratoire du Climat de de l’Environnement, Gif-sur-Yvette, France: February – July 2009

Member of the Royal Belgian Academy for Overseas Sciences (Koninklijke Academie voor Overzeese Wetenschappen / Académie Royale des Sciences d’Outre-Mer): elected in 2010 (associate member), 2012 (full member)

Belgian Chair 2015 at London University: selected among all science disciplines; guest lectures

and research cooperation at/with Imperial College London

Organisation of conferences and workshops:

Final workshop of the FAME project on “Flood risk and damage assessment using modelling and earth observation techniques” for the European Space Agency, Faculty Club Leuven, 8 May 2003, 30 participants, lead in the organization

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PhD Symposium 2002 of KU Leuven - Faculty of Engineering, 11 Dec. 2002, Campusbibliotheek Arenberg, ±150 participants, Member of the Organizing Committee

1st Flanders Engineering PhD Symposium 2003 “Industry-Ready Innovative Research” of the

Faculties of Engineering of KU Leuven, Ghent University and VUB, 11 Dec. 2003, ±300 participants, Member of the Organizing Committee

6th International Workshop on “Precipitation in Urban Areas: Measured and simulated

precipitation data requirements for hydrological modelling”, by ETH-Zurich and the International Water Association, Pontresina, Switzerland, 4-7 Dec. 2003, ±100 participants, Member of the Scientific Committee

PhD Symposium 2005 of KU Leuven - Faculty of Engineering, 20 April 2005, ±150 participants,

Member of the Organizing Committee

International Conference of the UNESCO FRIEND/Nile Project – “Towards a better cooperation”,

Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 20-23 Nov. 2005, ±300 participants, Member of the Scientific Committee

Workshop on “Vlaamse innovaties in watersysteemkennis: thema oppervlaktewaterkwantiteit”,

by the Vlaamse Coördinatiecommissie Integraal Waterbeleid (CIW), Leuven, 12 Oct. 2006, 220 participants, lead in the organization and the scientific programme:

- Guest editor tijdschrift Water nr. 25 (2006), Themanummer Referaten Congres

Watersysteemkennis – “Vlaamse innovaties in watersysteemkennis: thema oppervlaktewaterkwantiteit”, 64 p. (+review 10 papers)

Workshop on “Modellen voor integraal waterbeheer in Vlaanderen”, by the Vlaamse

Coördinatiecommissie Integraal Waterbeleid (CIW), Brussels, 3 May 2007, 150 participants, coordinator item “4. calibratie, onzekerheidsanalyse en betrouwbaarheid van modellen” (+ review 4 papers)

7th International Workshop on “Precipitation in Urban Areas”, by ETH-Zurich and the

International Water Association, St.Moritz, Switzerland, 7-9 Dec. 2006, Member of the Scientific Committee

“Water & urban development” conference, at KU Leuven in Sept. 2008, organized jointly by the Department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning, the Department of Civil Engineering and the Department of Land Management and Economics, Member of the Organizing Committee representing the Department of Civil Engineering

SPI-Water Final Conference on “Managing water related information in support of WFD and

IWRM implementation”, Brussels, 30-31 Oct. 2008, Member of the Organizing Committee

8th International Workshop on “Precipitation in Urban Areas”, by ETH-Zurich and the International Water Association, St.Moritz, Switzerland, 10-13 Dec. 2009, Member of the Scientific Committee

- Guest editor Special Issue Atmospheric Research, 2010

Workshop “Sustainable water management”, external launch Leuven Sustainable Earth reserch center, Leuven, 19 juni 2009, Organizer workshop

Event Belgian EU-leadership 2010: “Adaptation to climate change”, Brussels, 23-24 November 2010, Member of Steering Committee

NHV Fall Meeting: “Vlaanderen en Nederland maken en delen kennis”, Leuven, 25 November 2010, Organizer workshop

12ICUD: International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, 11-16 September 2011: member of international scientific committee, and organizer of 4 technical sessions on “urban rainfall” and “climate change”

International workshop on “fine-scale rainfall acquisition and estimation”, Leuven, 16-18 April 2012, Organizer workshop

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9th International Workshop on “Precipitation in Urban Areas”, by ETH-Zurich and the International Water Association, St.Moritz, Switzerland, 6-9 Dec. 20012, Member of the Scientific Committee

RainGain International Workshop on “Fine-scale rainfall estimation”, KU Leuven, Leuven, 16-18 April 2012, Organizer workshop

International conference on “Water for today and tomorrow – Water availability, supply and security in the 21th century”, Tianjin (China), 28-30 October 2014, jointly organized by the Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society (CHES) and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE): member of the Advisory Committee

EGU General Assembly 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, Session HS7.8 “Precipitation and urban hydrology”: Co-Convener

RainGain International Workshop on “Fine-scale rainfall nowcasting”, Antwerp, 31 March 2014,

Scientific organizer workshop

UDM 2015 – 10th International Urban Drainage Modelling Conference, Québec, Canada, 20-23 September 2015: Member of the Scientific Committee

10th International Workshop on “Precipitation in Urban Areas”, by ETH-Zurich and the International Water Association, Pontresina, Switzerland, 1-5 December 2015, Member of the Scientific Committee

- Guest editor Special Issue HESS on “Rainfall and Urban Hydrology”, sollicating papers from EGU session “Urban precipitation and hydrology”, RainGain final conference & UrbanRain15, 2015-2016

6th Water Resources Management & Engineering Conference and Workshop “Enhancing

understanding of drought risk for preparedness and response: local, national and regional dimensions”, Eldoret, Kenya, 4-9 April 2016: co-organizer together with Moi University

4th IAHR Europe Conference, Liège, 27-29 July 2016, Member of the International Scientific

Committee

8th conference on Sewer Processes & Networks , Delft, 30 August – 2 September 2016, Member of the Scientific Committee

ICUD2017: 14th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Prague, Czech Republic, 10-15 September 2017, Member of the International Scientific Committee

CORDEX.be Stakeholders meeting, KMI Ukkel, 25 September 2017: Organisation of session on “hydrological hazards”

PLURISK Final Symposium “Forecasting and Management of Extreme Rainfall Induced Risks in the Urban Environment”, Brussels, 4 October 2017: co-organizer together with RMI

2018 SWAT Conference, Brussels, 17-21 September 2018: Member of the Scientific Committee

11th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling, Palermo, Italy, 23-26 September 2018: Member of the Scientific Committee

11th International Workshop on “Precipitation in Urban Areas”, by ETH-Zurich and the International Water Association, Switzerland, December 2018, Member of the Scientific Committee

Belgian Hydraulic Day, Leuven, 7 May 2019: Organizer

2020 IAHR Europe Conference, organized by SHF (Société Hydrotechnique de France / French

Society for Hydrotechnics), Member of the International Scientific Committee

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Participation in international committees and meetings related to research:

International Working Group on Urban Rainfall (IGUR) of the International Water Association (IWA) & the International Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), member since 2000 and Chairman since 2008

European Water Association: Appointed member of the Technical and Scientific Committee, since

2015

WMO (World Meteorological Organization) - Commission for Hydrology (CHy) : member Open Panels of CHy Experts (OPACHE), since 2015

WMO (World Meteorological Organization) - Commission for Hydrology : member of the Advisory Working Group on Downscaling, since 2014

EGU Division on Hydrological Sciences (HS) – Subdivision Precipitation and Climate: member of the Scientific Committee since 2015

Harmoni-CA Concerted Action of the CATCHMOD Cluster (projects on catchment modelling) within the 5th Framework Programme of the European Commission, participation to workshops and meetings as Invited Expert, 2002-2007:

- Book published: “Model-supported Implementation of the Water Framework Directive - A

Water Manager’s Guide”, Eds. F.F.Hattermann and Z.W.Kundzewicz, Authors: A.Becker, A.Castelletti, W.de Lange, S.Kaden, Y.Laurans, S.Muhar, C.Pahl-Wostl, P.Stålnacke, R.Soncini-Sessa, P.Willems; [first author of Chapter 3 “Modelling – a primer for practitioners”, 72-103]

LUCHEM research cooperation on “Assessing the impact of land use change on hydrology by

ensemble modelling”, with 10 international research groups (University of Canberra, University of Potsdam, Forschungszentrum Jülich, University of Washington, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Stockholm University, CSIRO Land and Water Australia) in the framework of the German Cooperative Research Center 299 (coordinated by Justus-Liebig-Universitat Gießen) since 2005

COST Action ES0901 on ‘European procedures for flood frequency estimation’ (FloodFreq; domain: Earth System Sciences and Environmental Management - ESSEM), 2009 – 2013: Member of Action management board since 2009

NOSCCA (North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment), 2011-2013: lead author book project Chapter ‘Projected changes in Hydrology and Vegetation’

IPCC Special Report on Extreme events and disasters (SREX), expert group for review, 2010-

2011

EUMETSAT H-SAF (Support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management), expert Operational Review, Rome, 26-27 March 2014, 25-26 March 2015

International transboundary working group “Hydrological modelling of the river Meuse basin”, since 2013

King Baudouin Foundation (Koning Boudewijnstichting) – Fund Prof T. Van Autenboer: member evaluation committee since 2018

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TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Teaching assignments: Course instructor of the following courses:

Statistics for Water Engineering (KUL-I0742, KUL-I0743, KUL-I0D13A), Master of Water Resources Engineering KU Leuven & VUB, 6 pt., 52h per year (50% lectures and 50% exercises), oral examination, ±35 students, from 1999

River Modelling (KUL-I0D25A), Master of Water Resources Engineering KU Leuven & VUB, 5 pt.,

52h per year (50% lectures and 50% exercises), oral examination, ±15 students, from 2007

Systems Approach to Water Management (KUL-I0D21A), Master of Water Resources Engineering

KU Leuven & VUB, Master in de bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: land- en bosbeheer (Major Bodem en Water) KU Leuven, 2de jaar Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen: bouwkunde VUB, 5 pt., 52h per year (50% lectures and 50% exercises), oral examination, ±35 students, from 2007 (temporal part-time lecturer 10% VUB)

Waterloopkunde, Master in de Ingenieurswetenschappen – bouwkunde, KU Leuven, ±40 students, from 2012

Sanitaire bouwwerken (Rioleringen), Master in de Ingenieurswetenschappen – bouwkunde, KU Leuven, ±40 students, from 2012

Milieuproblemen en -technieken, Master in de Ingenieurswetenschappen – bouwkunde & geotechniek - mijnbouwkunde, KU Leuven, ±50 students, coordinator from 2012

Onderzoeksseminarie Hydraulica (H0P11A), Master in de Ingenieurswetenschappen – bouwkunde, KU Leuven, ±25 PhD researchers and postdocs, from 2015

International visiting lectureships:

Guest lectures Imperial College London, at Master of Civil Engineering, Belgian chair 2015 Advanced surface water hydrology, Master of Water and Soil Management - Programa para el

Manejo del Agua y del Suelo (PROMAS), Universidad da Cuenca, Ecuador, 2 weeks in 2003 and 2005, 2009

Hydroinformatics, Master of Water Engineering, Moi University, Kenya, 2 weeks in 2008, 2009, 2011

Hydrological Modelling, UNESCO – International Hydrological Programme (IHP) course,

University of West Indies, Trinidad, 1 week in 2007 Water resources management, Master in Management of Natural Resources, Anton de Kom

universiteit, Suriname, 2 weeks in 2010, 2011, 2012 Climate change impact analysis, Global Initiative on Academic Network, Indian Institute of

Engineering Science and Technology, India, 2 weeks in 2016 Decision support tools for integrated water management in the context of climate change &

Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS), Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2 weeks in 2018; http://cefd.edu.vn/en/professional-training-on-inteintegrated-water-resources-management/

Supervising Master's degree dissertations:

Olivié D. & Vandezande B., ’Statistische waterkwaliteitsmodellering’, Burgerlijk Bouwkundig Ingenieur KU Leuven, promoter J.Berlamont, 1994-1995; [supervisor]

Herftijd T. & Luyckx G., ‘Invloed van de ruimtelijke spreiding van de neerslag op het rioleringsontwerp’, Burgerlijk Bouwkundig Ingenieur KU Leuven, promoter J.Berlamont, 1995-1996; [supervisor]

De Cock W., ‘Neerslagafstroming naar oppervaktewateren’, Burgerlijk Bouwkundig Ingenieur KU Leuven, promoter J.Berlamont, 1995-1996; [supervisor]

Houbrechts E. & Truyen M., ‘Modelleren van de ruimtelijke spreiding van neerslag’, Licentiaat Wiskunde KU Leuven, promoter J.Beirlant, 1996-1997; [supervisor]

Plevoets B. & Van Brabant S., ‘Risico-analyse van dijken langs de Maas’, Burgerlijk Bouwkundig Ingenieur KU Leuven, promoter J.Berlamont, 1996-1997; [supervisor]

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Camps T. & Delva K., ‘Modellering van rioolwaterzuiveringsinstallaties’, Burgerlijk Bouwkundig

Ingenieur KU Leuven, promoter J.Berlamont, 1997-1998; [supervisor] Popa D., ‘Pollution impact modelling for river basins’, Erasmus Master thesis University

Politechnica of Bucharest, promoter J.Berlamont, 1998-1999; [supervisor] Vlad M., ‘Modelling of the nitrogen balance at regional scale using a one-dimensional mechanistic

model (DRAINMOD) in combination with GIS’, Erasmus Master thesis KU Leuven, promoter J.Feyen, 1998-1999; [supervisor]

Nguyen L-A., ‘Integrated river catchment modelling’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2000-2001; [promoter and supervisor]

Adhikari P., ‘Comparison of hydrodynamic modelling systems for river catchments’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2000-2001; [promoter and supervisor]

Qazaer E., ‘Spatial rainfall modelling for hydrological applications’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2001-2002; [promoter and supervisor]

Cauberg N., ‘Estimating long-range dependence in the presence of non-stationarities’, Erasmus

Master thesis Politecnico di Milano, promoters J. Berlamont, C.De Michele, 2002-2003; [supervisor]

Mulenga V., ‘Integration of simulation models for sewer and river systems’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2002-2003; [promoter and supervisor] Nguyen G., ‘Lumped conceptual hydrologic modeling and extreme value analysis. Study cases: Nyando and Gucha-Migori basins in Kenya’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2003-2004; [promoter and supervisor]

Abd El-Khalek A., ‘Hydrological model parameter identification for ungauged catchments’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2003-2004; [promoter and supervisor]

Geukens B., ‘Hydrologische extreme-waarden-analyse langs het Nijlbekken’, Burgerlijk Mijnbouwkundig ingenieur KU Leuven, promoter J.Berlamont, 2003-2004; [co-promoter and supervisor]

Verreydt S., ‘Evaluatie van de ROG dataset voor Vlaanderen’, Bio-ingenieur KU Leuven,

promoter J.Van Orshoven, 2003-2004; [supervisor] de Bustamante Santana A., ‘Análisis hidrólogico de la cuenca Molenbeek/Erpe-Mere usando el

modelo avSWAT / Analysis of the hydrology of the Molenbeek/Erpe-Mere basin using the avSWAT model’, Erasmus Master thesis Bio-ingenieur KU Leuven, promoter J.Feyen, 2003-2004; [supervisor]

de Torres Huertas M., ‘Determinación del valor de los parámetros dependientes del uso del suelo, aplicando el model avSWAT en la cuenca Molenbeek/Geraardsbergen / Determination of the land use dependent model parameters using the avSWAT model, with application to the Molenbeek/Geraardsbergen basin’, Erasmus Master thesis Bio-ingenieur KU Leuven, promoter J.Feyen, 2003-2004; [supervisor]

Rutalebwa E., ‘Hydrological applications of extreme value analysis’, Master in Statistics KU Leuven, promoter J.Beirlant, 2003-2004; [co-promoter and supervisor]

Pagliero L., ‘Lumped conceptual rainfall-runoff modelling for river basins in Chili using data-mining techniques’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2004-

2005; [promoter and supervisor] Schmitter P., ‘Impact of land use changes on river discharges’, Master of Water Resources

Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2004-2005; [promoter and supervisor] Newaz K.A., ‘Integrated river water quality modelling for the Dender basin’, Master of Water

Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2004-2005; [promoter and supervisor] Geukens B., ‘Probabilistic analysis of inundations and dike-failures in Flanders’, Master of Water

Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2004-2005; [promoter and supervisor] Villazón M., ‘Comparison of river hydrodynamic models in a quasi 2D approach’, Master of Water

Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2004-2005; [promoter and supervisor] Ogiramoi P.N., ‘Delineation of flood homogeneous regions based on hierarchical method and

regional growth curve mapping for the river Nile basin’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2004-2005; [promoter and supervisor]

Wambuzi A., ‘Flood frequency analysis for the Nile river basin: Identification of regional distributions’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2004-2005;

[promoter and supervisor] Gbaguidi F., ‘Hydroclimatological statistics for water engineering applications’, Master of Water

Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2004-2005, promoter D.Raes; [co-promoter and supervisor]

Bolle A. & Demuynck A., ‘Tweezijdige koppeling van riolerings- en waterloopmodellen’, Burgerlijk Bouwkundig Ingenieur KU Leuven, promoter J.Berlamont, 2004-2005; [supervisor]

De Deckere S., ‘Numerisch model van invloedsgebied van rivierbekken ‘La Llave’ te Cochabamba (Bolivia)’, Burgerlijk Bouwkundig Ingenieur KU Leuven, promoters J.Berlamont, R.Mendez, 2004-2005; [supervisor]

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Massari P., ‘Flood risk assessment combining probabilistic and hydraulic modelling approaches’,

Erasmus Master thesis Polytechnical University Turino, promoters Prof.Schiara, Prof.Rosso, 2004-2005; [supervisor]

Lozano Pulido A., ‘Physico-chemical water quality modelling of rivers’, Erasmus Master thesis University Madrid, promoter J.Berlamont, 2004-2005; [supervisor]

Taye Meskele T., ‘Regional low flow frequency analysis for the river Nile basin’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2005-2006; [promoter and supervisor]

Ojeo J., ‘Step-wise calibration of hydrological models using data-mining techniques. Case study: Katonga and Bukora sub basins, Uganda’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2005-2006; [promoter and supervisor]

Ntegeka V., ‘An empirical statistical approach to climate change impact on hydroclimatic extremes’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2005-2006; [promoter and supervisor]

Auwerkerken J., ‘Climate change impact on hydrological extremes’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2005-2006; [promoter and supervisor]

Liu T., ‘Conceptual surface water modelling of the Tarim river basin’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2005-2006; [promoter and supervisor]

Jans H., ‘Stochastic spatio-temporal rainfall modelling for hydrological applications in a semi-arid region in Kenya’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2005-2006; [promoter and supervisor]

Liguori S., ‘Flood risk assessment combining historical flood information with river hydraulic models’, Erasmus Master thesis University of Naples "Federico II", promoter J.Berlamont, 2005-2006; [supervisor]

Meugens M., ‘Radargegevens als neerslaginvoer voor waterloop- en rioleringsmodellen’, Burgerlijk Bouwkundig Ingenieur KU Leuven, promoter J.Berlamont, 2006-2007; [supervisor]

Sengendo G., ‘Simulation model for integrated river management of River Dender in Flanders, Belgium’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2006-2007; [promoter and supervisor]

Kandori C., ‘Impact of the two-directional interaction of sewer and river systems on the flood

risk’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2006-2007; [promoter and supervisor]

Gasset J., ‘Simulation model for integrated river management in the Nete basin, Belgium’, Master Programme in Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2006-2007; [promoter and supervisor]

Neyskens I. & Smolders S., ‘River and sewer model linking through the application of the OpenMI interface (Case-studies Erpe-Mere and Knokke)’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2006-2007; [promoter and supervisor]

Neve C., ‘Climate change impacts on the water cycle and possible policy responses in the context of river basin management planning’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, promoter Ph.Quevauviller, 2006-2007; [supervisor]

Arnautu C., ‘Integration of research and technological developments in water policies’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, promoter Ph.Quevauviller, 2006-2007; [supervisor]

Van Boeckel D. & Vandenbroucke P., ‘Historische trends in de overstromingskansen in Vlaanderen’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, promoter J.Berlamont, 2007-2008; [co-promoter and supervisor]

Amelinckx Ph. & Schenk B., ‘Impact van klimaatverandering en gewijzigd landgebruik op de hydrologie van de Grote Nete’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, promoter J.Berlamont, 2007-2008; [co-promoter and supervisor]

Van Hulst P., ‘Gecombineerd gebruik van radar- en pluviograafgegevens voor rioleringstoepassingen’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, promoter J.Berlamont, 2007-2008; [co-promoter and supervisor]

Tops B. & Peeters W., ‘Drinkwatervoorziening’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, promoter E.Toorman, 2007-2008; [co-promoter and supervisor]

De Boeck K., ‘Climate change impact on hydrological extremes (floods and low flows)’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2007-2008; [promoter and supervisor]

De Roo S., ‘Artificial influences in integrated river flow modelling’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2007-2008; [promoter and supervisor]

Girma Mille S., ‘Flood damage and risk assessment for the river Demer’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2007-2008; [promoter and supervisor]

Pineda L., ‘Floodplain modelling for the Grote Nete river basin’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2007-2008; [promoter and supervisor]

Ur Rahman M., ‘Low flow analysis and water quality modelling for the river Dender basin’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2007-2008; [promoter and supervisor]

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Hamdan S., ‘Real-time control of flood reservoirs’, Master of Water Resources Engineering

(IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2007-2008; [promoter and supervisor] Maesen L., ‘Berekening overstromingsrisisco's volgens meerdere faalmodi’, Master in de

ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2008-2009; [promoter and supervisor] Ducro D., ‘Impact van klimaatverandering op rioleringsoverstgromingen in Vlaanderen’, Master

in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2008-2009; [promoter and supervisor] Ven R., ‘Impact van klimaatverandering op watertekorten voor drinkwaterproductie in

Vlaanderen’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2008-2009; [promoter and supervisor]

Verbelen J. & Van Steenbergen N., ‘Adaptieve maatregelen tegen overstromingen in functie van de toekomstige klimaatverandering’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2008-2009; [promoter and supervisor]

Hillewaere J. & Franken P., ‘Reconstructie van het waternetwerk van de oude Grieks-Romeinse stad Sagalassos m.b.v. hydraulische modellering’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2008-2009; [promoter and supervisor]

Narayan Kumar Shrestha, ‘Radar based rainfall estimation for flood risk modeling’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2008-2009; [promoter and supervisor]

Basalwa Brenda Joanne, ‘Climate Change scenarios for flood and drought assessment in the Nile basin’, , Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2008-2009; [promoter and supervisor]

Teferi Taye Meron, ‘Analysis of trends in hydrological extremes (floods and low flows) for the Nile basin’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2008-2009; [promoter and supervisor]

Nawaga Helen, ‘Analysis of Rainfall in Lake Victoria Basin’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2008-2009; [promoter and supervisor]

Tolessa O., ‘Climate Change Impact on Hydrology: What is the role of vegetation in this impact?’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, promoters D.Raes & P.Willems, 2008-2009; [co-promoter and supervisor]

Van Meirhaeghe D., ‘Invloed van klimaatverandering op overstromingen ten behoeve van ecologische impactanalyse’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2009-2010; [promoter]

Mulleman B., ‘Impact van klimaatverandering op watertekorten voor drinkwaterproductie in Vlaanderen’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2009-2010; [promoter]

Vreys C. & Swennen B., ‘Adaptieve maatregelen tegen overstromingen in functie van de toekomstige klimaatverandering’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2009-2010; [promoter]

Van Beneden W. & Jansseune I., ‘Gebruik van lokale radarmetingen voor rioleringstoepassingen’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2009-2010; [promoter]

De Niel J., ‘Optimalisatie van neerslaginvoer voor riviermodellering’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2009-2010; [promoter]

Snoeks M., ‘Real-time sturing van wachtbekkens langs de Demer’, Master in de

ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2009-2010; [promoter] Van Humbeeck A. & Vidts W., ‘3D hydraulische modellering van een wildwaterbaan’, Master in de

ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2009-2010; [promoter] Alam Sh., ‘Simulation of IWRM adaptive measures to reduce the impacts of urbanization and

climate change on urban flood risks’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2009-2010; [promoter]

Danitza Salazar, ‘River water quality modelling of the Grote Nete basin’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2009-2010; [promoter]

Vu Dinh Thai, ‘Distributed hydrological modeling and climate change impact analysis for the Gete basin’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2009-2010; [promoter]

Verhoeve Kl., ‘Radar based rainfall estimation: radar calibration and uncertainty analysis’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2009-2010; [promoter]

Mgungu W., ‘Analysis of variability and trends in hydro-climatic extremes in the Lake Victoria

Basin, East Africa’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2009-2010; [promoter]

Bokkor Siddik M.A., ‘Model performance evaluation and improvement of river flood simulation models for the Demer basin, Belgium’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2009-2010; [promoter]

Fiengo F., ‘Computational tool for conceptual river modelling: River Dender case, Belgium’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2009-2010; [promoter]

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Reayd A.M., ‘Integrated Water Resources Management with focus on Climate change impacts on

flood risks in polders of South-west region of Bangladesh’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2009-2010; [co-promoter]

Izzi D., ‘Simulation model for integrated river management’, Erasmus Master in Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; [promoter]

Nelissen M., ‘Naar een betere afstemming tussen waterbeheer en ruimtelijke planning: (case Turnhout)’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2010-2011; [promoter]

Vanderlinden Tr., ‘Naar een betere afstemming tussen waterbeheer en ruimtelijke planning’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - geotechniek KU Leuven, 2010-2011; [promoter]

Decloedt L.C., ‘Invloed van klimaatverandering op windklimaat en stormopzet’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2010-2011; [promoter]

Danau K., ‘Impactanalyse van rioleringen op rivierdebieten in het stroomgebied van de Grote Nete, voor en na klimaatverandering’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2010-2011; [promoter]

Wolfs V., Vissers S., ‘Aanpasbare maatregelen tegen overstromingen in functie van de toekomstige klimaatveranderingen’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2010-2011; [promoter]

Cleynen J., ‘Naar een meer efficiënte sturing van wachtbekkens ter voorkoming van overstromingen’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2010-2011; [promoter]

Schuermans Y., ‘Technische ondersteuning bij de transfer van RTD-kennis naar water-gerelateerd beleid’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2010-2011; [promoter]

Onyutha C., ‘Regionalisation of low flow frequency in Lake Victoria subbasin’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2010-2011; [promoter]

Mondejar J., ‘Trend analysis on hydrological extremes (floods and low flows) in the Blue Nile basin’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2010-2011; [promoter]

Duc Anh Nguyen, ‘Incorporation of the effect of urban areas in a distributed hydrological model of the Grote Nete basin’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2010-2011; [promoter]

Thanh Thuy Nguyen, ‘Water quality model for the Grote Nete basin’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2010-2011; [promoter]

van Steijn T., ‘Modelling nutrient imissions to surface waters using artificial neural networks’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2010-2011; [promoter]

Azizafshari M., ‘Implementation of MIKE SHE on the Velpe basin in Belgium’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2010-2011; [promoter]

Md. Ariful Islam, ‘Uncertainty analysis in real-time flood forecasting; a case study of Dender River, Belgium’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2010-2011; [promoter]

Akhter F., ‘Adaptive measure to reduce climate change impacts on flood and low flow probabilities’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2010-2011;

[promoter] Wang W., ‘2D modeling and mapping of inundations from sewer systems’, Master of Water

Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2010-2011; [promoter] Reza A.A., ‘The use of uncertainty of river hydrodynamic models in flood forecasting and climate

change scenario analysis’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2010-2011; [promoter]

Akurut M., ‘Radar based rainfall estimation to improve spatial rainfall input in hydrological models’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2010-2011; [promoter]

Haddis W.A., ‘Assessment of Climate Change impacts and Possible Adaptation Measures on Upper Blue Nile (Abbay), Ethiopia’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2010-2011; [co-promoter]

Hossen M.A., ‘Study of the wind speed, rainfall and storm surges for the Scheldt Estuary in Belgium’, Erasmus Mundus - Joint European Masters in Water and Coastal Management,

University of Plymouth, 2010-2011; [promoter] Pauwels G., ‘Gecombineerd gebruik van radarbeelden en pluviometerdata voor

rioleringsmodellering’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2011-2012; [promoter]

Meert P., ‘Intelligente sturing van wachtbekkens ter voorkoming van overstromingen’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2011-2012; [promoter]

Quanten L., ‘Impactanalyse van verstedelijking op de hydrologie van het Grote Nete bekken’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2011-2012; [promoter]

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Van Bael J., ‘Aanpasbare maatregelen tegen overstromingen in functie van de toekomstige

klimaatverandering’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2011-2012; [promoter]

Stouten, T., ‘Modellering van overstromingsgebieden en schadeberekening ter ondersteuning van inteligente sturing’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2011-2012; [promoter]

Weustenraad J. & De Vleeschauwer K., ‘De invloed van op- en afwaartse buffering op de riolering en waterloop te Turnhout’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2011-2012; [promoter]

Heylen G., ‘Integratie van waterbouwkunde en stedenbouwkundige ontwerp: gevalstudie Gaverbeek’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2011-2012; [promoter]

Van der Wee X., ‘Hydraulische studie naar de onderwaterzetting van de IJzervlakte tijdens WOI’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2011-2012; [promoter]

Bommelyn B., ‘Optimalisatie van de hydrodynamische modellering van de afvoerriolen van het

kanaal Brussel-Charleroi’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2011-2012; [promoter]

Kalumba M., ‘Climate change Impact on Hydrology.What is the Role of Vegetation?’ , Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2011-2012; [promoter]

Mosquera Salles V., ‘Landscape infrastructure as adaptive water management measures to reduce flood frequency and climate change impacts on the Grote Nete basin, Belgium’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2011-2012; [promoter]

Quan Tran Quoc, ‘Investigation of climate change impacts on high flows in the Mark river, Belgium’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2011-2012; [promoter]

Erin Priandini, ‘Uncertainty analysis in river flood forecasting’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2011-2012; [promoter]

Sofie Verrewaere, ‘Design of small scale landscape infrastructures as adaptive water management measures to reduce the flood frequency in the Grote Nete basin, Belgium’, Master

of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2011-2012; [promoter] Juan Veimar Vasquez Bazoalto, ‘Study of monthly rainfall trends and anomalies in the Pirai river

basin’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2011-2012; [promoter]

Stephen Siwila, ‘Climate change impacts on the water cycle and their integration into river basin management planning: the case of Zambia’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2011-2012; [co-promoter]

Peter Opwanya, ‘Technical support towards upgrading a science-policy interface for the European water legislation’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2011-2012; [co-promoter]

Lawrence Omai, ‘Quasi two-dimensional river flood modelling for the Budalangi floodplains’, Moi University Kenya, Master of Science in Water Engineering, 2010-2011; [promoter]

Peter Donk, ‘Modelling the impact of climate change on the hydropower potential of Suriname – A study of the Kabalebo river basin’, Anton de Kom Universiteit Suriname, Master of Science in

Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, 2011-2012; [co-supervisor] Richard Rutto, ‘Flood mitigation in the river Nzoia basin through storage reservoirs’, Moi

University Kenya, Master of Science in Water Engineering, 2011-2012; [co-promoter] Geert Van Rompay & Wietse Hertoghs, ‘Gecombineerd gebruik van radarbeelden en

pluviometerdata voor hydrologische modellering en voorspellingen’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2012-2013; [promoter]

Philippe De Rore, ‘Het belang van fijnschalige ruimtelijke neerslaginvoer voor rioleringsmodellering’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2012-2013; [promoter]

Philip Decorte & Yannick Vanrepellen, ‘Analyse van uitzonderlijke historische overstromingen en maatgevende afvoeren’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2012-2013; [promoter]

Evert Vermuyten & Bert Van den Zegel, ‘Intelligente sturing ter beheersing van overstromingen langs de Demer’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2012-2013;

[promoter] Wim Debucquoy, ‘Naar een duurzame stedelijke watercyclus – Evaluatie van

duurzaamheidsmaatregelen aan de hand van LCA studies’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2012-2013; [co-promoter]

Jolien Driesmans, ‘Impactanalyse van rivieroverstromingen op de ecologie van overstromingsgebieden in het Grote Nete rivierbekken’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2012-2013; [promoter]

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Farkhondeh Khorashadi Zadeh, ‘Evaluating the Ensemble Kalman fliter for flood forecasting

updating’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2012-2013; [promoter]

Tung Hoa Truong, ‘Climate change impact on floods along river Dender, accounting for the correlation between upstream inland and downstream coastal conditions’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2012-2013; [promoter]

Nina Zarrineh, ‘Quantification of the uncertainty due to the regulation of hydraulic structures in flood forecasting’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2012-2013; [promoter]

Pamela Agaba, ‘Comparison of global climate model downscaling techniques for flood impact assessment’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2012-2013; [promoter]

Tebikachew Betru Tariku, ‘Comparison of climate change impact on hydrological extremes by different hydrological models – Upper Dijle catchment’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2012-2013; [promoter]

Calvince A. Wara, ‘Climate change impacts on the water cycle and their integration into river basin management planning: case study: Nyando river catchment in Kenya’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2012-2013; [co-promoter]

Moonga Chilanga, ‘Evaluation of science-policy interfacing in the trans-boundary water resources management of the Zambezi river basin’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2012-2013; [co-promoter]

Rádhna Badal, ‘Modelling the impact of climate change on the hydrological regime of the Tapanahony river basin using WETSPRO and ArcGIS’, Anton de Kom Universiteit Suriname, Master of Science in Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, 2012-2013; [co-supervisor]

Reshma Ratnadevi Ramjiawan, ‘Future changes in temperature, precipitation, evapotranspiration and river discharges in Suriname derived from the GCMs and RCMs’, Anton de Kom Universiteit Suriname, Master of Science in Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, 2012-2013; [co-supervisor]

Dennis Kibet Ndiema, ‘Modelling the adequacy of the existing spillway: A case study of Kesses

reservoir’, Moi University Kenya, Master of Science in Water Engineering, 2012-2013; [co-promoter]

Edwin Kimutai Kanda, ‘Application of Mike 11 model for water quality management in river Nzoia’, Moi University Kenya, Master of Science in Water Engineering, 2012-2013; [co-promoter]

Joachim Macharia, ‘Modelling the quantity and quality of stormwater using swmm 5 model: a case study of Nakuru urban area’, Moi University Kenya, Master of Science in Water Engineering, 2012-2013; [co-promoter]

Koen Van Schepdael, ‘Gevoeligheidsanalyse van waterkwaliteitsparameters in het Grote Nete rivierbekken’,

Senne Vanrintsel & Nick Kets, ‘Impact van riooloverstorten op overstromingen in het Grote Nete stroomgebied’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2013-2014; [promoter]

Lars Buttiens & Arno Raeymaekers, ‘Assessing temporal variations in rainfall extremes from climate drivers – case study of Paute basin in Ecuador’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen -

bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2013-2014; [promoter] Dieter Haesendonck & Vincent Van Herck, ‘Flood modelling of the Quevedo-Vinces river,

Ecuador’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2013-2014; [promoter]

Alexander Geboers, ‘Gecombineerde invloed van extreem stormopzet en bovenafvoer op overstromingen langs de Schelde’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2013-2014; [promoter]

Raf Jacobs, ‘Naar een optimale ruimtelijke neerslagschatting met behulp van radarmetingen - Gevalstudie Leuven’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2013-2014; [promoter]

Tine Rottiers, ‘Modellering van rioleringsoverstromingen – Gevalstudie Oostakker en Sint-Amandsberg’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2013-2014; [promoter]

Brecht Laenens, ‘Analyse van de overstromingsproblematiek in het Denderbekken’, Master in de

ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2013-2014; [promoter] Maarten Vander Cruyssen, ‘Ruimtelijke integratie van pluviograaf- en radarmetingen -

Gevalstudie Gent’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2013-2014; [promoter]

Stefan Eerlings, ‘Analyse van uitzonderlijke historische rivieroverstromingen’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2013-2014; [promoter]

Kobe De Decker, ‘Spatially distributed conceptual modeling for the Dijle catchment’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2013-2014; [promoter]

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Ignace Van den Broeck, ‘Investigating the possibilities for large-scale nitrate modelling in SWAT’,

Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2013-2014; [promoter] Wilson Ojiambo, ‘Improving the reliability of QDF prediction under climate variability – Case

study of River Manafwa sub-catchment’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2013-2014; [promoter]

Stien Keunen, ‘Developing an ecohydrological model by combining AquaCrop and the VHM model’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2013-2014; [promoter]

José Vicente Tinoco Ochoa, ‘Evaluation of reservoir operation strategies for the Macul basin, Ecuador’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2013-2014; [promoter]

Abaye Getahun Abebe, ‘Spatially distributed conceptual modeling for Grote Nete catchment, Belgium’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2013-2014; [promoter]

Carlos Muñoz López, ‘Improved data processing for a low-coast portable X-band radar in leuven

area’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2013-2014; [promoter]

Kamuti Mulonda, ‘1D/2D modelling of urban flood – case study of Oostakker and Sint Amandsberg’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2013-2014; [promoter]

Abena Owusua Amponsah, ‘Evaluation of the ensemble Kalman filter for real time flood forecasting’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2013-2014; [promoter]

Andualem Shigute Bokke, ‘Climate change impact analysis on hydrological extremes of Ribb-Gumera sub catchment, upper Blue Nile, Ethiopia’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2013-2014; [promoter]

Thanh Hai Nguyen, ‘Rainfall and flow extreme temporal variation analysis and climate change impact assessment in SrePok River, central highland of Vietnam’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2013-2014; [promoter]

Alice Armaleo, ‘Water quality modelling of river floodplains – Grote Nete case study’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2013-2014; [promoter]

Gavi Alavi Murillo, ‘Simulation of quinoa production (Aquacrop) with generated future climate scenarios (LARS-WG and QPM) in the Bolivian Altiplano’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2013-2014; [promoter]

Robby Wielockx, ‘Analyse van historische rioleringsoverstromingen’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2014-2015; [promoter]

Ng’era Paul Kimani, ‘Hydrological modelling of the Sergoit Basin for the estimation of catchment yield: A comparative study of the “lumped conceptual MIKE 11 NAM” and the “semi distributed physically based SWAT” models’, Master in Water Engineering, School of Engineering, Moi University - Kenya, 2014-2015; [promoter]

Yorick Devrieze & Joren Severy, ‘Analysis and calibration of high-resolution X-band radar data to enhance rainfall estimations’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2014-2015; [promoter]

Joren Oliviers, ‘Inrekenen van riooloverstortdebieten in de composiethydrogrammethode’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2014-2015; [promoter]

Tom Van Horebeek, ‘Intelligente sturing ter beperking van overstromingen in het Demerbekken aan de hand van RTC-Tools’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2014-2015; [promoter]

Maarten Vangerven, ‘Onderzoek naar gedifferentieerde buffereisen langs rioleringsstelsels’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2014-2015; [promoter]

Kristof Niesten, ‘De invloed van de nieuwe composietbuien op het rioleringsontwerp’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2014-2015; [promoter]

Jannes Janssens, ‘Kwantificering van de overstromingsgevolgen in het Demerbekken’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2014-2015; [promoter]

Mekuanent Muluneh Finsa, ‘Performance analysis of conceptual rainfall-runoff models under extreme conditions’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2014-2015; [promoter]

Evangelia Choudalaki, ‘Evaluation of a sewer model for urban flood studies’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2014-2015; [promoter]

Gebrehiwot Niguse Tesfay, ‘Temporal interpolation of radar rainfall images using rain-gauge data and its applications in urban hydrology’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2014-2015; [promoter]

Lina Gabriela Terrazas Villaroel, ‘Lumped conceptual rainfall-runoff model extension and evaluation for subandean mountainous catchments in Bolivia’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2014-2015; [promoter]

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Reshma Ramjiawan, ‘Future changes in Suriname’s temperature and precipitation derived from

Regional Climate Models’, Anton de Kom Universiteit Suriname, Master of Science in Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, 2014-2015; [co-supervisor]

Radhna Badal, ‘Modeling the impact of climate change on the hydrological regime of the Tapanahony river basin in Suriname’, Anton de Kom Universiteit Suriname, Master of Science in Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, 2015-2016; [co-supervisor]

Wouter Coomans & Leen Versmissen, ‘Intelligente sturing ter beperking van overstromingen in het Demerbekken aan de hand van VIATOC’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2015-2016; [promoter]

Pieter Uyttendaele, ‘Onderzoek naar gedifferentieerde buffereisen langs rioleringsstelsels’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2015-2016; [promoter]

Martin Colot, ‘Uncertainty analysis of the model input in a conceptual river water quality model’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2015-2016; [promoter]

Maximo Basheija Twinomuhangi, ‘Sensitivity analysis on spatial and temporal resolutions of hydrological models for the Grote Nete river catchment’, Master of Water Resources Engineering

(IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2015-2016; [promoter] Yoseph Arba Orke, ‘Regional analyses of high peak flows in the Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia’, Master

of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2015-2016; [promoter] Sheila Akullu, ‘Assessment of the factors influencing analyses of rainfall variability and its

linkages to ocean-atmosphere interactions’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2015-2016; [promoter]

Vivian Cubian, ‘Weather typing based statistical downscaling for rainfall’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2015-2016; [promoter]

Bushra Monowar Duti, ‘Hydrological extremes for the Jamuneshwari river basin under current and future climatic conditions’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2015-2016; [promoter]

Ayalew Shura Kasa, ‘Effect of rainfall spatial variability on catchment runoff simulation for Grote Nete river basin, Belgium’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2015-2016; [promoter]

Binay Shakya, ‘Towards the use of deterministic extrapolation scheme for estimation of missing radar data’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2015-2016; [promoter]

Shimelis Asfaw Wakigari, ‘Empirical investigation of changes in catchment behavior and its effect on high peak flows’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2015-2016; [promoter]

Terefe Adugna Assefa, ‘Analysis of rainfall extremes under climate variability in Upper Blue Nile basin’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2015-2016; [promoter]

Joseph Malicdem Caburnay, ‘Assessing the performance of an integrated urban drainage model – case of Ghent sewer system’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2015-2016; [promoter]

Michel Van Lierde, ‘Effect van bronmaatregelen langs rioleringen: Casestudie Oostakker en Sint-Amandsberg’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2016-2017;

[promoter] Pieter-Jan Lemmens, ‘Waterbeschikbaarheidsanalyse voor het waterproductiecentrum in Kluizen

in functie van de toekomstige klimaatverandering’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2016-2017; [promoter]

Quinten Ajenifuja, ‘Gevoeligheidsanalyse in tijd en ruimte van Model Predictive Control voor het beheersen van overstromingen’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2016-2017; [promoter]

Phebe Van de Heyning, ‘Climate change downscaling and impacts on hydrological extremes for Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2016-2017; [promoter]

Ine Schelfaut, ‘Hydrodynamic model based river flood analysis for Ha Tinh Province in Vietnam’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2016-2017; [promoter]

Sotirios Moustakas, ‘Real-time flood forecasting with state updating for the Dender basin’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2016-2017; [promoter]

Ishara Rakith Perera, ‘Calibration of physically based rainfall generator with parameter optimization for small spatial scales’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2016-2017; [promoter]

Sumantra Basu, ‘Analysis of global precipitation extremes under climate variability using CMIP5 GCMs’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2016-2017; [promoter]

Saed N.A. Aker, ‘Analyzing the effects of dynamic synthetic storms and sustainable urban drainage systems on urban pluvial flooding’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2016-2017; [promoter]

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Andrés Alfonso González Iñiguez, ‘A model for the optimization of water reservoir operations

with sediments evacuation. Study case: Manduriacu reservoir, Ecuador’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2016-2017; [promoter]

Hoang Hai Cao, ‘Temporal variability analysis of hydro-meteorological extremes, and assessment of land use changes impacts to extreme flows in the Maarkebeek catchment, Belgium’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2016-2017; [promoter]

Taline Zgheib, ‘Quantification of the intangible damages of floods and their impact on flood control strategies. Case study: The Herk river in Belgium’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2016-2017; [promoter]

Gabriella Mangione, ‘Probabilistic river flood modelling and mapping’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2016-2017; Erasmus exchange with Politecnico di Torino; [promoter]

Eren Duzenli, ‘Decadal variability analysis of extreme precipitation in Turkey and its relationship with teleconnection patterns’, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey), 2016-2017; promoter: Tuğrul Yılmaz [co-promoter, after research stay at KU Leuven]

Dana Ivanova, ‘Probability assesment of rock fall and implications on the economic efficiency of mitigation measures’, Master in Statistics KU Leuven, 2017-2018; i.c.w. Federal Research Center (SLF) in Davos, Switzerland; [promoter]

Glenn Verhaeren, ‘Klimaatadaptatieplanning: Casestudie waterproductiecentrum Kluizen’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2017-2018; [promoter]

Wouter Van den Bosch, ‘Klimaatadaptatieplanning m.b.t. de waterhuishouding op stroomgebiedsniveau – casestudy: het Denderbekken’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2017-2018; [promoter]

Esther Wampers, ‘Statistische neerschaling van klimaatmodellen voor impactanalyse op rioleringen’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2017-2018; [promoter]

Mathias Renders & Willem Sarkol, ‘Analyseren duurzame maatregelen tegen wateroverlast in de stedelijke omgeving’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2017-2018; [promoter]

Sarah Dewitte, ‘Invloed van de betonstop op stedelijke wateroverlast en rioolontwerp’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2017-2018; [promoter]

Arnoud Vermeir, ‘Impact van de betonstop op de rivierafvoer’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2017-2018; [promoter]

Iris Holvoet, ‘Hydrological and hydrodynamic flood modelling in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam, under current climate conditions’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2017-2018; [promoter]

Marie Uytterhoeven & Wart Vandevelde, ‘Modelling of river salt intrusion in the Nickerie river in Suriname’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2017-2018; [promoter]

Daan Bertels & Lars Janssen, ‘Duurzame maatregelen tegen wateroverlast in de stedelijke omgeving, casestudie Antwerpen’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2017-2018; [promoter]

Elien Goris, ‘Klimaatadaptatieplanning bij overstromingsrisicobeheer langs de Dender’, Master in

de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2017-2018; [promoter] Céline Van Havere, ‘Impact van de klimaatverandering op stedelijke overstromingen’, Master in de

ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2017-2018; [promoter] Michaël Allaeys, ‘Nowcasting and fine-scale flood modelling in urban areas’, Master in de

ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2017-2018; [promoter] Joris Bams, ‘Invloed van het landgebruik op het stroomgebied van de Maarkebeek’, Master in de

ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2017-2018; [promoter] Pedro José Cordero Delgado, ‘Development of a conceptual sediment transport model for river

basin management’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2017-2018; [promoter together with E.Toorman]

George Kwame Amoako-Nimako Jnr, ‘Empirical investigation of changes in catchment behaviour and its effect on runoff variability in the Black Volta Basin of Ghana’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2017-2018; [promoter]

Kalkidan Mulu Kebede, ‘Analysis of multi-decadal variations of hydrological extremes in the Nile

basin in response to large-scale atmospheric circulations’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2017-2018; [promoter]

Anjali Tiwari, ‘Impact of source control (blue green water integration) on urban flood risk reduction (city of Antwerp)’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2017-2018; [promoter]

Paul Andrés Muñoz Pauta, ‘Flash-flood forecast modelling in a mountain catchment based on the Random Forest algorithm’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2017-2018; [promoter]

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Shashwat Dhungana, ‘Hydrological ensemble forecasting to generate probabilistic flood maps’,

Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2017-2018; [promoter] Ewout Vereecke, ‘Intelligent control of green roofs as buffers in urban settings: a case study for

Antwerp’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2018-2019; [promoter] Seppe Wilrycx, ‘Overstromingsrisicobeheer in een onzekere toekomst: toepassing van Modern

Portfolio Theory’, Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen - bouwkunde KU Leuven, 2018-2019; [promoter]

Santiago Mendoza Paz, ‘Application of clustering techniques to address big data in climate change impact studies’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2018-2019; [promoter]

Benedictor Mang'era Kemanga, ‘Future magnitude and frequency of pluvial flooding under climate change: a case study in Antwerp’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2018-2019; [promoter]

Mart Dayniel Clanor, ‘Consistency evaluation of a distributed hydrologic model performance for different spatial resolutions in the Kleine Nete catchment, Belgium’, Master of Water Resources

Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2018-2019; [promoter] Alemu Tezera Dessie, ‘A hydrodynamic river flood modelling of Rao Cai river basin’, Master of

Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2018-2019; [promoter] Ruth Sofia La Fuente Pillco, ‘Climate change impact assessment on mean and extreme

temperature and precipitation in Bolivia’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2018-2019; [promoter]

Rhoda Achieng’ Odongo, ‘Comparison and analysis of different model setting up configurations and sewer inlet representation in urban drainage modelling’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2018-2019; [promoter]

Manassé Ntakirutimana, ‘Quantifying the impacts of land use and climate changes on runoff in the Kleine Nete catchment, Belgium’, Master of Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) KU Leuven & VUB, 2018-2019; [promoter]

Master and PhD thesis awards as promoter:

Price Intercommunale Leiedal 2011 for Master thesis Isabelle Putseys, ‘Gaverbeek/Resurgence of Structuring Landscapes’ (promoters K.Shannon, B.De Meulder, P.Willems)

Price Intercommunale Leiedal 2011 for Master thesis Bert Mulleman, ‘Impact van klimaatverandering op watertekorten voor drinkwaterproductie in Vlaanderen’ (promoter P.Willems

Besix price 2012, best Master thesis related to Civil Engineering: Jelle Weustenraad & Kristof De Vleeschauwer ‘De invloed van op- en afwaartse buffering op de riolering en waterloop te Turnhout’ (promoter P.Willems)

Besix price 2013, best Master thesis related to Civil Engineering: Evert Vermuyten & Bert Van den Zegel, ‘Intelligente sturing ter beheersing van overstromingen langs de Demer’ (promoter P.Willems)

Price Ernest du Bois – PhD of the King Boudain Foundation (doctoraat van de Koning Boudewijnstichting) for Hossein Tabari, PhD on ‘Climate variability and change in Europe and the

Middle East’ (promoter P.Willems) Nomination Vlaamse Scriptieprijs (among the 5 selected from 592 submitted) Master thesis

Daan Bertels & Lars Janssen “Duurzame maatregelen tegen wateroverlast in de stedelijke omgeving, casestudie Antwerpen”, Master of Civil Engineering (promoter P.Willems)

Prijs New Scientist Wetenschapstalent 2019: Vincent Wolfs nominated by KU Leuven SET group (promoter P.Willems)

2019 Water Travel Award winner, MDPI: Parisa Hosseinzadehtalaei (promoter P.Willems) Nomination Agoriaprijs 2019 (long list of 10 selected) Master thesis Ewout Vereecke “Intelligent

control of green roofs as buffers in urban settings: a case study for Antwerp (Titel journalistiek artikel: Een slim en blauw groendak beschermt steden tegen overstromingen én droogte)”, Master of Civil Engineering (promoter P.Willems)

Hydrogeology Journal Editors’ Choice article for 2019: for paper “Coupling catchment runoff models to groundwater flow models in a multi-model ensemble approach for improved prediction

of groundwater recharge, hydraulic heads and river discharge, Hydrogeol J 27, 3043–3061” (PhD reseach Quan Tran, promoters: P.Willems, M.Huysmans)

Contribution to postacademic trainings:

Programme ‘Watermanagement’, GroepT Leuven, course ‘Waterkwaliteitsmodellen: Instrumenten voor watermanagement’, 10h/year, from 1996 till 1999

PAO-opleiding ‘Het gebruik van mathematische modellen in de rioleringstechniek: terugblik en vooruitblik’, Stichting Postacademisch Onderwijs in de Gezondheidstechniek en

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Milieutechnologie, T.U.Delft, 17 Nov. 1999, lecture ‘Onzekerheidsbronnen en probabilistische

modellering in de rioleringstechniek’ Training ‘Algemene methodologie voor de modellering van bevaarbare waterlopen in

Vlaanderen’, Vlaamse Overheid - Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium, for water experts of the Flemish water administrations and water engineering/consulting agencies, Borgerhout, 24 & 26 May 2000, 9 & 12 October 2001

KVIV course ‘Hydrologisch modelleren’, organisation ‘Module oppervlaktewater’, Antwerpen, 15 & 29 Nov. 2002

KVIV course ‘Hydraulica van leidingen en open kanalen’, seminar ‘Hydrodynamische simulatiemodellen voor waterloopmodellering’, Leuven, 18 June 2002

Training ‘Hydrological extreme value analysis’, Talboom and Aquadvice consultants, Leuven, 14 Oct. 2003; Haskoning consultants, Leuven, 22 Oct. 2003

TMVW course ‘Calamiteiten’, seminar ‘Rivers: flood risks, interactions with sewer systems and integrated water management’, Gent, 19 April 2005

Training ‘Statistiek voor wateringenieurs’, Vlaamse Overheid - Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium,

for water experts of the Flemish water administrations and water engineering/consulting agencies, Borgerhout, 14 & 15 June 2007

Seminar series ‘Het milieu in de toekomst: scenario's en modellen’, U.Gent – Faculteit bio-ingenieuswetenschappen, seminar ‘Invloed van klimaatverandering op hydrologische extremen in Vlaanderen’, 4 March 2008

PAO-opleiding ‘Klimaatverandering: Wateroverlast en riolering’, Stichting Postacademisch Onderwijs in de Gezondheidstechniek en Milieutechnologie, T.U.Delft, 18 & 19 March 2008: lectures ‘Waargenomen veranderingen in het neerslagklimaat’ and ‘Vertaling neerslagklimaat naar ontwerpbelastingen’

Opleiding ‘hydrologische modellering en tijdreeksrekenen’, Waterschap Aa & Maas, s’Hertogenbosch, 17 July 2009

Guest lecture ‘Climate change impacts’, Training for Taiwanese officials on Climate change issues, College of Europe, Brugge, 17 July 2015

Opleiding ‘Conceptuele modellen voor hydraulisch ontwerp & evaluatie van buffering langs

waterlopen en rioleringen’, Infonamiddag ‘ontwerpen volgens nieuwe Code Van Goede Praktijk’, INFRAX, Brussel, 8 december 2015

Training workshop - session ‘Drought hazard characterization’, 6th Water Resources Management & Engineering Conference and Workshop “Enhancing understanding of drought risk for preparedness and response: local, national and regional dimensions”, Eldoret, Kenya, 4-9 April 2016

Training course ‘Climate change impact analysis’, Global Initiative on Academic Network, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, India, 23 May – 3 June 2016; course text 136 p.