About

I am currently working as Associate Professor in the Hydraulic Engineering Group at NTNU, Norway, whereof I was Group Leader (including responsibilities for the Hydraulic Laboratory) for 1.5 years. I am member of the Leadership Team of the IAHR Europe Committee, advisor of IAHR Scandinavia YPN, EERA Joint Programme Hydropower vice chair for the Sub Programme Hydropower Structures and Working Group Leader for climate change effects on sustainable hydropower of the COST-Action Pen@hydropower. I received my PhD (with honors) from RWTH Aachen University about Hybrid Modeling of the Hydrodynamics for Underground Pumped Storage Plant Design and led the Hydropower Research Group afterwards. I received several awards for my research, including the Friedrich-Wilhelm Award, Borchers Badge and the ICOLD Young Engineers Award and got awarded as Young European talent in 2017. My Diploma degree is in Economics and Civil Engineering with a focus on Hydraulic Engineering from TU Darmstadt, Germany. My motivation and passion is to contribute to a better understanding of the details of complex processes (flow, air, particles, ice), considering the whole picture and to apply this knowledge to sustainable hydraulic structure designs and guidelines, around the globe. Living in a time when the need for excellent hydraulic engineering is so high due to changing framework conditions, aging structures, the need for sustainability and outstanding possibilities in computer power and measuring devices motivates me to use the opportunities and make a positive contribution to the future. My main achievements include a better understanding of free surface flow, waves, and turbulence for complex tunnel designs for pumped storage plants, floods, sediment, and fish bypassing, but also weirs and diversion structures. This includes catchment considerations, including debris and high sediment laden flows, sediment, and river management. In addition to my research, I teach and have taught several courses, including Hydraulic Design, Numerical Modeling and Headworks and Sedimentation, whereof some are part of an international hydropower development Master's programme.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Hydrodynamics Flow and Sediment Interaction/ Sediment transport Hydraulic Structures Ethohydraulics Experimental Modeling CFD Modeling

Major Achievements:

ICOLD Young Engineers Award 2017 Friedrich-Wilhelm Award 2017 Borchers Badge 2017 Young European Talent 2018 DTK & WasserWirtschaft (journal) - Studienpreis „Wasser- und Talsperrenbau“ 2019 (3rd)