Dr. Simone Giertz
Internationalization
Laboratories and testing facilities
Research associate
Research areas
- Hydrological modelling
- Influence of Global Change on the hydrological cycle
- Analysis of hydrological processes in the tropics
- Modelling of material flows and soil erosion
Dr. Simone Giertz
0.034 (110)
Meckenheimer Allee 166
53115 Bonn
© Friederike Pauk/GIUB
Curriculum vitae
Teaching and research
- Since 2009: Academic councilor in the central sector at the Department of Geography
- 2004 - 2008: Postdoc, IMPETUS-Project, Department of Geography, University of Bonn
- July 2004: PhD in Geography; "Analyse der hydrologischen Prozesse in den sub-humiden Tropen Westafrikas unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Landnutzung am Beispiel des Aguima-Einzugsgebietes in Benin"
- 2000 - 2004: Research associate and PhD student, Department of Geography at the University of Bonn, IMPETUS-Projekt
Education
- May 2000: Degree in Geography (Diploma thesis: "GIS-gestützte Modellierung des Stoffaustrags im Einzugsgebiet der Wahnbachtalsperre")
- 1993 - 2000: Studies in Geography, University of Bonn; September 1997 - February 1998: Studiies in Geography, Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg (France)
Publications
Development and analysis of the Soil Water Infiltration Global database
Rahmati, M., et al. (2018)
Earth System Science Data, 10(3), 1237– 1263.
A spatially explicit approach to assess the suitability for rice cultivation in inland valley in central Benin
Danvi, A., Jütten, T., Giertz, S., Zwart S. J. & Diekkrüger, B. (2016)
AGWAT 177: 95–106.
A comparison of hydrological models for assessing the impact of land use and climate change on discharge in a tropical catchment
Cornelissen, Th., Diekkrüger, B. & Giertz, S. (2013)
Journal of Hydrology, 498:221-236.