Dr. Isabella Schalko

ETH Zurich

Senior Research Assistant

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About

Isabella Schalko is a Senior Research Assistant at ETH Zurich and a Research Affiliate at MIT studying the interaction of flow, sediment, and wood in rivers. She integrates physical modeling and field observations to analyze transport processes in rivers and their implications regarding river restoration efforts and flood risk assessments. Her previous and present research topics include hydrodynamic and morphologic processes associated with nature based solutions, design of river infrastructures in the presence of wood and effects on sediment transport, wood transport in rivers, flood risk reduction measures at bridges, and wood blocking probability.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Large wood, river restoration, sediment transport, vegetated flow, turbulence, environmental fluid mechanics, hydraulic engineering

Major Achievements:

Technical Committees

Committee Name
Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation
Committee on Ecohydraulics
Committee on Hydraulic Structures
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation	Member	2023-02-08	Now

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Backwater Rise Due to Large Wood Accumulation at Protruding Piers of Dam Spillways	2022
Field Test on Large Wood Accumulation at a Bridge Pier	2022
Managing Wood and Bedload Transport in Rivers with Inclined Rack Structures	2022
Quantification of Large Wood (LW) Impact Forces at Field-Scale Using Smartwood	2022
Laboratory study on wood accumulation probability at bridge piers	2020
Hazards Due to Large Wood Accumulations: Local Scour and Backwater Rise	2018
Large Wood Accumulation Probability at a Single Bridge Pier	2017

My Videos

Title	Year
3rd IAHR Coffee Chat: Picture a Scientist!	2021
2nd IAHR Coffee Chat for Young Professional Women: Work - Life Balance	2021
Isabella Schalko - Interaction between flow, sediment, and wood in rivers	2020

IAHR Awards

IAHR Awards	Date
John F. Kennedy Student Paper Competition	2017