Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bruno Merz

Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) / Department 5 Geoengineering

Tasks in the WISDOM project

• WP 4110 Flood and drought analysis
• WP 4210 Remote sensing and ground data for hydraulic model calibration

Working areas

• Hydrological Modelling
• Flood risk analysis
• Disaster management;
• Monitoring and Simulation of hydrological processes

Scientific / Professional career

• 9/2007 - present Director Department 5 Geoengineering, GFZ Potsdam
• 10/2006 Profesor for Engineering Hydrology and Management of Georisks (joint professorship of University Potsdam and German Research Center for Geoscience Potsdam)
• 07/2002 - present Head of section 5.4 Engineering Hydrology, GFZ Potsdam
• 04/1997 - present Scientist, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany
• 10/96 - 03/00 Secretary of Scientific Advisory Board, German IDNDR-Committee for Disaster Reduction
• 04/1990 - 03/1997 Consultant/Scientist, Institute for Hydrology and Water Resources Planning, University Karlsruhe, Germany
• 10/1988 - 03/1990 Research scholarship, Chair of River Engineering, University Kyoto, Japan
• 10/2005 Habilitation in Hydrology and Water Resources Management, University Potsdam, thesis: Flood risk analysis: Methods, limits and possibilities
• 06/1996 Doctoral degree in Civil Engineering, University Karlsruhe, Germany; Thesis: Modelling the rainfall runoff process in small catchments under consideration of natural variability
• 10/1982 - 10/1988 Diploma in Civil Engineering (specialisation in water resources management), University Karlsruhe, Germany

Contact:

Mail:bmerz@gfz-potsdam.de

Phone: +49 331 288 1500