Member Since 1999
Thorsten Wagener
Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Hydrologic Systems, University of Potsdam, Germany
Member, Hydrologic Uncertainty Technical Committee; Associate Editor, Water Resources Research
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
Publications
The Influence of Topography on the Global Terrestrial Water Cycle
Topography affects the distribution and movement of water on Earth, yet new insights about topographic controls continue to surprise us and excitin...
January 03, 2025
Spatio‐Temporal Consistency and Variability in Parameter Dom...
December 03, 2024
Extending GLUE With Multilevel Methods to Accelerate Statist...
October 17, 2024
Wealth Over Woe: Global Biases in Hydro‐Hazard Research
October 07, 2024
A Signature‐Based Hydrologic Efficiency Metric for Model Cal...
October 27, 2023
AGU Abstracts
Assessing Uncertainty of Deep Neural Networks for Flood Predictions
MACHINE LEARNING AND GENERATIVE AI FOR HYDROLOGIC AND RIVER MODELING II POSTER
hydrology | 13 december 2024
Mostafa Saberian, Vidya Samadi, Thorsten Wagener, ...
Accurate quantification of uncertainty and error in flood prediction is crucial for informed decision-making process. This study investigates the appl...
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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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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2026
Member
Hydrologic Uncertainty Technical Committee
2019 - 2026
Associate Editor
Water Resources Research
2021 - 2022
Member
Hydrologic Uncertainty Technical Committee
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