ENAC Seminar Series by Prof. W. Berghuijs
Event details
| Date | 26.05.2021 |
| Hour | 10:30 › 11:15 |
| Speaker | Prof. Wouter Berghuijs |
| Location | Online |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
10:30 – 11:15 – Prof. W. Berghuijs
Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Emerging patterns unravel catchments
Water shapes Earth’s landscapes, ecosystems, and human societies at timescales ranging from minutes to many thousands of years. The movement of water is governed by simple physics, but existing theories are hard to upscale to the complex landscapes and hydroclimatic conditions of Earth. As a result, most hydrological studies report place-specific findings, without providing much insight into how these findings may apply elsewhere or in the future. In this talk, I will show how simple hydrological patterns – at time scales ranging from single storm events to thousands of years – emerge across catchments globally and help to reveal the processes that shape these catchments’ behaviors. These patterns allow us to better understand place-based predictions from knowing global trends, and help to predict catchments’ behaviors elsewhere, and into the future.
Short bio:
Wouter Berghuijs is assistant professor of catchment hydrology at the Free University Amsterdam. He studies how landscapes control the movement of water from precipitation to rivers and the atmosphere, and how these controls may shift in space and time. His research focuses on catchment hydrology, thereby exploring water’s connections with climate, land cover, geomorphology, and biogeochemical cycling. Dr. Berghuijs obtained a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in civil engineering from Delft University of Technology (2014), and a Ph.D. from the University of Bristol (2017). He spent four years as a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich, before becoming faculty at the Department of Earth Sciences of the Free University Amsterdam in early 2021.
Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Emerging patterns unravel catchments
Water shapes Earth’s landscapes, ecosystems, and human societies at timescales ranging from minutes to many thousands of years. The movement of water is governed by simple physics, but existing theories are hard to upscale to the complex landscapes and hydroclimatic conditions of Earth. As a result, most hydrological studies report place-specific findings, without providing much insight into how these findings may apply elsewhere or in the future. In this talk, I will show how simple hydrological patterns – at time scales ranging from single storm events to thousands of years – emerge across catchments globally and help to reveal the processes that shape these catchments’ behaviors. These patterns allow us to better understand place-based predictions from knowing global trends, and help to predict catchments’ behaviors elsewhere, and into the future.
Short bio:
Wouter Berghuijs is assistant professor of catchment hydrology at the Free University Amsterdam. He studies how landscapes control the movement of water from precipitation to rivers and the atmosphere, and how these controls may shift in space and time. His research focuses on catchment hydrology, thereby exploring water’s connections with climate, land cover, geomorphology, and biogeochemical cycling. Dr. Berghuijs obtained a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in civil engineering from Delft University of Technology (2014), and a Ph.D. from the University of Bristol (2017). He spent four years as a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich, before becoming faculty at the Department of Earth Sciences of the Free University Amsterdam in early 2021.
Practical information
- General public
- Invitation required
- This event is internal
Organizer
- ENAC
Contact
- Cristina Perez