Academic Positions
2014 - 2019 2012 – 2024 | Program leader, master Sustainable Development Program leader , master Water Science and Management |
| 2006 - 2008 | Director of education and boardmember, Department of Innovation and Environmental Sciences, Utrecht University |
| 2006 - 2007 | Head (ad-interim), section Environmental Sciences, Utrecht University |
| 2000 - 2004 | Coordinator, interfaculty research program “Networks in the Delta”, Utrecht University |
| 1997 - 1998 | Director of education, Environmental Sciences, Utrecht University |
| 1996 - present | Associate professor, Utrecht University |
| 1994 - 1996 | Adjunct head, bussiness unit Hydrology & Watermanagement; Consultant on Water Resources Management; IWACO BV, The Netherlands |
| 1992 - 1993 | Representative for Western Africa; Hydrogeologist; IWACO Consultants for Water and Environment, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
| 1984 - 1991 | Assistant professor at Utrecht University |
| 1982 - 1984 | Student-assistant at Hydrogeology department, Free University Amsterdam |
Selection of functions
- Member of the Dutch Commission on Environmental Impact Assesssment
- Director of education, Innovation- and Environmental Sciences, Utrecht
University - Head section Environmental Sciences, Utrecht University
- Board member, Department of Innovation and Environmental Sciences,
Utrecht University - Representative for Western Africa, IWACO Consultants on Water and
Environment, Burkina Faso - Deputy-head productgroup Water & Ecology, IWACO Consultants on Water and
Environment, Den Bosch, The Netherlands - Coordinator of interdisciplinary research programme Networks in the
Delta, Utrecht University - Project leader of about 25 consultancy projects, both with IWACO and
Utrecht University - Member of several professional boards, and several international
scientific/organisational conference committees
Supervision of PhD theses
On-going:
- Frank van Broekhoven - Integrated water systems analysis of the Hindon subbasin of the Ganges river, India
- Mayuri Phukan - Ecohydrology in relation to tiger conservation in Bardia National Park, Nepal
Finalised:
- Dr. Feroz Islam - 2 Dec 2024
Flooding to stay afloat - Tidal River Management in Southwestern Bangladesh as sedimentation enhancing strategy to combat sea level rise
- Dr. Ann-Helene Faber - 26 June 2024
Chemical risk assessment of hydraulic fracking in relation to water resources - Dr. Floris Keizer - 3 May 2024
Revisiting the Flood Pulse Concept - hydrological processes steering spatial floodplain processes - Dr. Tanapipat (Joon) Walalite - 8 May 2023
Ecohydrological functioning of a tropical and temperate river floodplain - Dr. Floris Naus - 6 November 2020
Socio-hydrogeological Potential for Managed Aquifer Recharge in the Fresh-saline Aquifers of Southwestern Bangladesh - Dr. Henk van Hardeveld - 1 November 2019
Informed science–policy interactions: Advancing the support of collaborative management of social–ecological systems - Dr. Samer Elshehawi - 8 February 2019
Groundwater isotopes in ecohydrological analysis of peatland landscapes
- Dr. Bas van der Grift - 9 June 2017
Geochemical and hydrodynamic phosphorus retention mechanisms in lowland catchments - Dr. Arnaut van Loon - 12 March 2010
Unravelling hydrological mechanisms behind fen deterioration in order to design restoration strategies - Dr. Frank van Kouwen - 3 October 2007
The Quasta approach - exploring new pathways to improve the use of knowledge for sustainability challenges. - Dr. Cees Vink - 16 June 2006
Continuing lines - Application of heuristic optimisation techniques for spatial environmental problems with multiple objectives. - Dr. Guido Vonk - 28 March 2006
Improving planning support. The use of Planning Support Systems for spatial planning. - Dr. Nico Pieterse - 20 February 2004
Patching up the landscape. Optimising procedures for selecting suitable sites and emasures for ecological restoration.
Academic Education
| 1991 | Ph.D. in Geohydrology/Environmental Sciences, Utrecht University |
| 1984 | M.Sc. in Geohydrology, Free University Amsterdam |
| 1980 | B.Sc. in Physical Geography, Free University Amsterdam |
| 1977 | Propedeutic in Civil Engeneering, Delft University of Technology |