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Patrick Willems
CV in full:
CV in brief:
- Born in Herentals (Belgium), 21.05.1970
- Married, 3 children
- Civil Engineer (K.U.Leuven, 1993; great distinction)
- PhD in Engineering (K.U.Leuven, 2000; greatest distinction)
Coordinates:
Hydraulics Laboratory, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark
Arenberg 40, B-3001 Heverlee (Leuven), Belgium
Tel. +32 16 321658 - Fax. +32 16 321989
E-mail: Patrick.Willems@bwk.kuleuven.be
Present Appointments:
- Associate Professor (Hoofddocent) Urban and River Hydrology and Hydraulics K.U.Leuven
- Coordinator Theme Water of Leuven Sustainable Earth (LSUE) research center
- Lecturer (10% deeltijds docent) Systems Approach to Water Management Free University of Brussels (VUB)
Research Interests
- Statistical analysis and stochastic modelling of hydrological extremes, extreme value analysis, hydrological time series analysis, impact of climate change on hydrological extremes
- River and urban drainage modelling: Spatial rainfall modelling, river catchment hydrological modelling, hydraulic river flood modelling, physico-chemical river water quality modelling, impact of sewer systems on receiving surface waters, bi-directional river-sewer interaction, real-time forecasting and control, uncertainty analysis
Publications: see publication list P.Willems
Research and teaching activities:
in brief:
- More than 60 peer-reviewed publications in international journals or books
- More than 100 presentations at international conferences and workshops
- More than 150 full publications in proceedings of international conferences
- (Co-) promoter of 12 PhD researchers, among which 6 with focus on an overseas development cooperation research
- (Co-) promoter of 106 Master thesis students since 2000 (13 this academic year)
- Supervisor of 9 Erasmus Master thesis students since 1999
- Leading researcher or coordinator of 26 research projects since 1995 (6 on-going, among which 2 with focus on overseas development cooperation)
- Main author of 6 national guidelines for water administrations in Flanders/Belgium on river flood modelling, rainfall input estimation, design hydrographs and climate change impact estimation on hydrological extremes
- Reviewer for more than 10 international water related journals (J. Hydrol., Water Resour. Res., Water Res., J. Environ. Eng., J. Hydrol. Eng., J. Hydraulic Eng., Adv. Water Resour., Hydrol. Sci. J., Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., Environ. Model. Softw., Phys. Chem. Earth, Atmos. Res., Nordic Hydrol., Water Resour. Manage.)
- Membership of international working groups or international research cooperations:
- International Water Association (IWA) & International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) - International Working Group on Urban Rainfall (IGUR): Member since 2000, Chairman since 2008
- Laboratoire du Climat de de l'Environnement, Gif-sur-Yvette, France : visiting research visit February - July 2009
- Theseus "Innovative technologies for safer European coasts in a changing climate", EU FP7 project : project partner since 2009
- FIELD_AC "Fluxes, interactions and environment at the land-ocean boundary: downscaling, assimilation and coupling", EU FP7-SPACE project : project partner since 2009
- LECH-e "The Lived Experience of Climate Change : interdisciplinary e-module development and virtual mobility" : ERASMUS Curriculum Development Project, Lifelong Learning Programme : project partner since 2009
- COST Action ES0901 on 'European procedures for flood frequency estimation' (FloodFreq; domain: Earth System Sciences and Environmental Management - ESSEM), 2009 - 2013 : member of Action management board
- STEP-WISE "Science, Technology and Policy Interfacing using WISE-RTD", EU FP7 project, 2011-2012 : project partner
- RAINGAIN "Advanced observation systems for enhanced street scale urban surface flood prediction, warning and risk management", 2011-2015 : project partner
- NOSCCA " North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment ", 2011-2013: lead author book project Chapter 'Projected changes in Hydrology and Vegetation'
- Co-publications with Université Paris VI, Aalborg University, T.U.Delft, Deltares, RIZA, DHI, NWRC Egypt, University Dar-es-Salaam, University Nairobi, University Cuenca, University of Oldenburg, University of Gießen, University of Canberra, University of Potsdam, Forschungszentrum Jülich, University of Washington, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Stockholm University, CSIRO Land and Water Australia
- International visiting lectureships:
- Universidad da Cuenca, Ecuador: course "Advanced surface water hydrology", Master in Water and Soil Management Programme - Programa para el Manejo del Agua y del Suelo (PROMAS), 2003, 2005, 2009
- University of West Indies (UWI), Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Port of Spain Trinidad: course "Hydrological modeling" (IHP/UNESCO/Flanders in Trust Fund), 2007
- Moi University, Faculty of Engineering, Kenya: course "Hydroinformatics", Master in Water Engineering, 2008, 2009 (VLIR-UOS)
- Anton de Kom Universiteit, Suriname: course "Water Resources Management", Master in Management of Natural Resources, 2010, 2011 (VLIR-UOS)
Member of the Royal Belgian Academy for Overseas Sciences (Koninklijke Academie voor Overzeese Wetenschappen / Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer) since 2010
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