Rike Becker

Hydrologist/Earth System Scientist - Research Associate at Imperial College London and at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Germany

About

I am a hydrologist at Imperial College London and I am working on topics around climate change and its impact on future water availability. To study and to better understand the rapidly changing hydrodynamics, I like to combine the use of hydrological models with in-situ and remote sensing data. I am currently part of a multi-disciplinary research project, which goal it is to find out how changes in glacier and snow melt will affect downstream water availability in the South American Andes, from Central Peru to Patagonia.

Experience

  • Research Associate at Imperial College London at Imperial College London
    Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Guest researcher (research group "Adaptation in Agricultural Systems") at PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
    Oct 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 10 mos

    Research: climate change impacts on agricultural water demands, water availability and sustainable use of water resources.

  • Postdoctoral researcher at University of Kassel (Department: Agroecosystems Analysis and Modelling) at Universität Kassel
    Jul 2021 - Jun 2024 · 3 yrs

    Lecturer of the class "Climate change impacts on agricultural water demand". Research: climate change impacts on agricultural water demand and yields

  • Team member of the hydro-meteorology and flood information system group at Emschergenossenschaft/Lippeverband
    Sep 2020 - Jun 2021 · 10 mos

    Main activities: Hydrometeorological forecasts, improvement of precipitation forecasts, flood impact analysis, radar remote sensing

  • PhD at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany at TU Darmstadt
    Apr 2017 - May 2021 · 4 yrs 2 mos

    Main research foci: hydrological modelling (process-based), crop modelling (process-based), climate change impact assessment.