An EconoTimes perspective

Mathew Herrnegger

Senior Scientist, Institute of Hydrology and Water Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Science (BOKU)

Senior Scientist, Institute of Hydrology and Water Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Science (BOKU) Mathew Herrnegger obtained his degree in Water Management and Environmental Engineering in 2007 and his Ph.D. in Hydrology in 2013. He is a Senior scientist at the Institute of Hydrology and Water Management (HyWa), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. His lecturing and research interest covers a broad range of water-related topics, ranging from catchment hydrology to water resources management. He has worked and (co-)authored papers on the water balance, flood and inflow forecasting systems, model development and parameter estimation of distributed hydrological models, machine learning, remote-sensing hydrology, climate change impact assessments on water resources, assessment of changes and drivers of flood risks, but also water quality and uncertainties in erosion modelling. In East Africa, he has worked in the Mara, the Sio-Malaba-Malakisi River Basin in the border between Kenya and Uganda and Lake Bunyoni in the south west Uganda. Lately, his research interest lies in understanding the lake level rises in the Rift Valley lakes of Kenya and since 2021 he is also involved in the project "Sustainable water quality management supporting Uganda’s development ambitions".