Professor Thorsten Wagener

Professor Thorsten Wagener
BSc(Siegen), MSc(Delft), PhD(Imperial)

Professor of Water and Environmental Engineering

Area of research

Analysis of Hydrologic Systems

Office 1.51
Queen's Building,
University Walk, Clifton BS8 1TR
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Tel. +44 (0) 117 331 5737
thorsten.wagener@
bristol.ac.uk

Research summary

Hydrology analyses the movement and storage of water in complex environmental systems in which humans are important actors. A systems approach is needed to adequately understand this dynamic physical and socio-economic system with the goal to provide water security for people and nature. My group develops and applies systems methods to advance hydrologic theory, and to build and evaluate predictive models for sustainable water management. Particular current interests are predictions in ungauged basins, uncertainty and sensitivity analysis, catchment classification, and the integrated assessment of change impacts.

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Biography

2018 Visiting professor and Humboldt fellow at the University of Potsdam, Germany Since 2012 Professor of water and environmental engineering at the University of Bristol, UK 2010 Visiting professor and Humboldt fellow at the University of Freiburg, Germany 2009 Associate professor at the Pennsylvania State University 2004 Assistant professor at the Pennsylvania State University 2002 DAAD fellow at the University of Arizona, USA 2002 PhD degree in engineering hydrology from Imperial College London, UK 1998 MSc degree in civil engineering with a joint focus on hydrology/informatic from the TU Delft 1995 BSc in civil engineering from the University of Siegen ...