Member Since 1999
Thorsten Wagener
Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Hydrologic Systems, University of Potsdam, Germany
Professional Experience
University of Potsdam, Germany
Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Hydrologic Systems
2021 - Present
University of Bristol
Professor of Water and Environmental Engineering
2012 - 2020
Pennsylvania State University Main Campus
Assistant/Associate Professor
2004 - 2012
University of Arizona
Potsdoc
2002 - 2004
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Education
Imperial College London
Doctorate
2002
Delft University of Technology
Masters
1998
University of Siegen
Bachelors
1995
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Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2021
Citation
For landmark contributions to hydrologic systems analysis and catchment classification
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Paul A. Witherspoon Lecture
Received December 2017
Current Roles
Associate Editor
Water Resources Research
Publications
A Signature‐Based Hydrologic Efficiency Metric for Model Calibration and Evaluation in Gauged and Un...
Rainfall‐runoff models are commonly evaluated against statistical evaluation metrics. However, these metrics do not provide much insight into...
October 27, 2023
Incorporating Uncertainty Into Multiscale Parameter Regional...
September 28, 2021
Assessing Streamflow Sensitivity to Precipitation Variabilit...
January 20, 2021
Technical Report—Methods: A Diagnostic Approach to Analyze t...
August 03, 2020
AGU Abstracts
Catchment characterization in comparative studies: descriptors, knowledge gaps and future opportunities
DATA-GUIDED SYNTHESIS OF CRITICAL ZONE PROCESSES: GOING BEYOND SINGLE-SITE DISCOVERY TO DEVELOP GENERALIZABLE THEORIES POSTER
hydrology | 15 december 2023
Larisa Tarasova, Sebastian Gnann, Soohyun Yang, An...
A common way to characterize catchments of water bodies is to use catchment descriptors that summarize important physical aspects of a given catchment...
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GroMoPo: A Groundwater Model Portal to enable Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) groundwater modeling
OPEN AND TRANSPARENT MODELING WORKFLOWS FOR ROBUST AND INCLUSIVE SCIENCE POSTER
hydrology | 14 december 2023
Sam C. Zipper, Kevin M. Befus, Robert Reinecke, Da...
Groundwater models are widely used tools to understand how stressors such as pumping, climate, and land use practices impact groundwater systems. Regi...
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Developing a Parsimonious Distributed Land Surface-Subsurface Hydrological Model
GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS: INTEGRATING PHYSICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND CHEMICAL PATTERNS AND PROCESSES ACROSS SYSTEMS AND SCALES IV POSTER
hydrology | 15 december 2022
Hai Liu, Mostaquimur Rahman, Thorsten Wagener
A hydrological model is a simplified representation of the water cycle. A model helps people to understand, predict, and manage water resources. The s...
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Volunteer Experience
2019 - 2026
Associate Editor
Water Resources Research
2021 - 2022
Member
Hydrologic Uncertainty Technical Committee
2018 - 2018
Member
Hydrology Nominations Canvassing Committee
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