Faculty members and invited experts
Paolo Burlando
Professor and Chair of Hydrology and Water Resources Management, ETH Zurich
Prof. Burlando’s research activities are in the fields of water resources planning and management, rainfall field analysis, hydrologic extreme forecasting and prediction, global change and water resources, water resources in mountainous regions, as well as hydrology and ecology interactions in mountain floodplains. Prof. Burlando teaches courses on Hydrology and Water Resources Management. More information here.
Peter Molnar
Titular Professor of Hydrology and Fluvial Systems, ETH Zurich
Professor Molnar’s research interests include developing simple and complex models for river basins, analysing their response to stochastic climatic forcing, as well as measuring and quantifying change across scales. Special focus is devoted to rainfall analysis/modelling and fluvial systems: sediment cascades, braided rivers, step-pool streams, river networks and ecohydrological processes in riparian zones. Prof. Molnar teaches courses on Fluvial Systems and Watershed Modelling. More information here.
Andrea Castelletti
Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof. Castelletti is an expert on participatory and integrated water resources planning. His research focuses on new methodologies and tools to expand the scope of current management practices across sectors and to the river basin level. Through modeling and optimization theories, he characterizes human and natural processes and designs adaptive decisions in light of current and projected societal, economic, and environmental needs. More information external pagehere.
Jaime Amezaga
School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences & Institute for Sustainability (dual affiliation), Newcastle University, UK
Dr. Amezaga is an expert on topics related to the European Water Framework Directive and mining in Latin America. He is an engineer with a broad interest in understanding and interacting with the social side of complex technical, environmental and natural resources challenges. His research projects focus on policy and institutional analysis in sustainable water, land use and energy management and typically include stakeholder involvement. More information external pagehere.
Trevor Clements
Water Resources Director, Tetra Tech Inc., USA
Mr. Clements is a consultant with broad experience in promoting sustainable water use in the USA. He is a company leader in advocating a paradigm shift towards comprehensive watershed management and integrated (“One Water”) water planning, working with public and private clients to develop and implement sustainable and resilient practices including green infrastructure and low impact development. More information external pagehere.
Michael McClain
Ecohydrology, IHE Delft, Netherlands
Dr. McClain’s activities focus on catchment hydrology and water quality, flow-ecology relationships, environmental flows, and land-water interactions. He promotes the practice of ecohydrology to support integrated water resources management and sustainable development, advising governmental authorities and leading major research and development projects in Africa and South America. He has also worked with USAID in Asia. More information external pagehere.
Stuart Orr
Head, Water Stewardship, WWF International, Switzerland
Stuart Orr is currently the Water Practice lead at WWF and has a background in business and academic research. He has worked on a broad spectrum of water issues helping to support WWF in devising and testing new approaches to conservation through engaging business and finance, the water-food-energy nexus, economic incentives and water-related risk. Recent projects have been in Kenya, Suriname, Bhutan/Nepal, Zambia, Mekong, and Turkey. More information external pagehere.
Tobias Siegfried
Founder & Partner, hydrosolutions, Switzerland
Dr. Siegfried is an expert on transboundary water issues in Central Asia. His specific expertise is in the mathematical modeling of coupled systems models. At hydrosolutions, Dr. Siegfried’s work focuses on global water challenges related to climate, agriculture, energy, and institutions. He is also one of the leaders behind hydrosolutions’ iMoMo Project (Innovative Technologies for Monitoring, Modeling and Managing Water). More information external pagehere.