Research team

Aris Kwadijk

Aris studies high-altitude precipitation in High Mountain Asia using field observations, driven by his passion for mountaineering.

Brecht D’Haeyer

Brecht is a hydrologist and water resources engineer with expertise in surface and groundwater projects across the world.

Caroline Aubry-Wake

Caroline focuses on understanding how glacierized catchments are changing in a warming climate and how that affects water supply

Emmy Stigter

Focuses on our understanding the impacts of megadroughts on the water towers of Europe the buffering capacity of the mountains.

Faezeh M. Nick

Faezeh is a glaciologist focused on modelling ice dynamics and calving behaviour of marine and lake terminating glaciers in Greenland and the Himalaya.

Florian Vacek

Florian is a glaciologist studying calving glaciers in Greenland using remote sensing, numerical modelling, and different field observations.

Katrina Gelwick

Katrina studies how mountain regions across Europe buffer against downstream droughts using land surface process modeling.

Leon Duurkoop

Leon focuses on the effect that mountain greening has on the hydrology using field surveys, trait analysis and ecohydrological modelling.

Philip Kraaijenbrink

Philip focuses on impacts of glacier, snow and vegetation changes in the mountains using remote sensing and numerical modeling.

Pranisha Pokhrel

Pranisha is hydrology-focused civil engineer focusing on climate and land use change impacts on water in Nepal's Karnali catchment.

Raeven van den Acker

Raeven studies orographic precipitation in High Mountain Asia using a combination fieldwork, remote sensing, and modeling.

René Wijngaard

René focuses on understanding high-altitude precipitation patterns across High Mountain Asia at different scales using atmospheric modeling.

Varya Bazilova

Varya focuses on understanding the implications of natural hazards in High Mountain Asia using remote sensing and modeling.

Walter Immerzeel

Walter is the Mountain Hydrology lead, integrating the group's multidisciplinary research to unravel the mountain water balance.

Former team members