Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Fundamental, method-oriended and problem-driven research on risk assessment, risk minimization, quantification and handling of uncertainties in predictions and decision-making; contributing to a "risk-responsibility education" of the next generation of (environmental) engineers; providing ready-to-use tools for uncertainty quantification, optimization, data assimilation and risk assessment at the interface between applied research and technology
Education, research, aquisition of research funding, group leader of a research team on "stochastic simulation and safety research for hydrosystems". Head of Institute for Modelling Hydraulic and Environmental Systems. Co-speaker, Cluster of Excellence in Data-Integrated Simulation Science.