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Em.O.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Hans-Peter Nachtnebel

Institute of Hydrology and Watermanagement
Muthgasse 18, 1190 Wien
hans_peter.nachtnebel(at)boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81620

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ORCID: 0000-0003-3983-7126

Curr. Vitae

2011 - Retirement
2011 - Lecturer at Univ. Vienna, Univ. of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
2004 - 2007 Deputy director of the Dept. of Water-Atmosphere-Environment
2001 - 2001 Sabbatical Leave: Integrated Disaster Risk Management Div.at DPRI, Kyoto University, Japan.
1993 - 2011 Professor of Hydrology, Water Management, and Hydraulics
1991-1992 - Sabbatical semester at Ecole des mines, Fountainebleau, Université Paris VI
1986 - Habilitation, University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna
1969 - graduation as Dipl.Ing. in Technical Physics at University of Technology Vienna

Awards

2016 Aniello Amendola Service award of IDRiM Society
2011 Goldene Ehrennadel des österreichischen Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaftsverbandes
2006 Ehrendoktorrat der Landwirtschaftlichen Universität Warschau ( Honorary Doctorate of Warsaw Agricultural University )
2003 Honorary Badge of Warsaw Agricultural University
2002 Invited Professor at Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI). Kyoto University, Japan
1990 2. Staatspreis für Ökosystemforschung für das Projekt: Ökosystemstudie Donaustau Altenwörth 2nd National Award for Ecosystems Research: Hydropower station Altenwörth
1988 Adolf Schärf-Preis für wissenschaftliche Leistungen (Award for scientific research)
1987 Invited Kremer Lecturer at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA.

Appointments/Memberships in Professional Societies

2018 - Young Energy Professionals (YEP) Programme of the World Energy Council Austria
advisory board member
2012 -2017 National Committee "Geo-Hydro" of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
member
2011 -2016 National Komitees „Geo-Hydro“ der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
member
2010 -2017 International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management
advisory board member
2009 - Austrian Section of the World Eneryg Council
member
2008 -2011 Steering Group of European Sediment Research (SedNet
advisor
2004 -2012 Austrian National Comittee of MaB Programme of UNESCO
member
2002 -2005 Center of Excellence in Wetland Hydrology (WAU)
advisor
1998 -2013 Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering Society (WMHE)
advisor
1996 -2001 IAHR Section on Water Resources Management
chairman
1995 -2001 UNESCO preparatory group for IHP-V (5th International Hydrological Program for 1995-2001)
member
1994 -2016 Austrian Hydrological Society
member of the managing board
1994 -2011 Austrian Water and Waste Management Association (ÖWAV)
member of the managing board
1992 -2012 Austrian National Comittee of IHP Programme of UNESCO
member
1990 -2004 American Water Resources Association AWRA
member
1990 -2008 International Association for Hydrological Sciences IAHS
member
1990 -2008 International Association for Hydraulic Research IAHR
member
1988 -2009 IAHS groundwater commission
correspondent
1986 -1994 EURO-working group on multiple criteria decision support
member
1985 -1998 Austrian National Comittee of International Association for Danube Research (IAD)
member
1985 -1987 Ecological advisory committee for the hydropower development along the Danube on behalf of the Austrian federal government
member
1981 -2008 American Geophysical Union
member
1970 -2012 Austrian Physical Society
member

Editorial board appointments for scientific journals

2013 - Hydrology:
Editorial Board Member
2006 - Soil and Water Research:
Editorial Board Member
2001 -2005 Hydrogeology Journal:
Editorial Board Member
1993 -2017 Österreichische Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaft:
Editorial Board Member
1990 -1998 Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics:
Editorial Board Member
1986 -1988 La Revue des Sciences de l'Eau :
Editorial Board Member

Reviewer for scientific journals

2018 - Journal of Water and Climate Change
2017 -2018 Hydrogeology Journal
2017 - Energies
2016 - Journal of Flood Risk Management
2016 - Structure and Infrastructure Engineering
2014 - Regional Environmental Change
2012 -2014 Theoretical and applied Climatology
2011 - Hydrology
2008 - Natural Hazards
2008 - Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
2007 - Structure and Infrastructure Engineering
2006 - Journal of Hydrology
2000 - European Journal of operational Research

Reviewer/Expert funding organizations

2008 -2008 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst - Germany

Organizer of scientific conferences, Chairs

2019 Sustainability Transitions and the Precautionary Principle
Member of the Organisation Committee
2019 WIN! Water Innovations Policy, Management
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2019 Les Opportunités de Renforcement des Capacités du Centre de Technologie de la Petite‐Hydro‐Électricité (CTPH)
Organiser
2018 The Precautionary Principle in Sustainability Transitions: Thinking forwards, Looking backwards
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2018 9th Conference of the International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM2018)
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2017 Monitoring and Early Warnings in Water Governance
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2016 Integrated Water Management
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2016 7th International Conference on Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM2016)
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2015 5th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Hydrology and Ecology
Organiser
2013 Sustainability Issues Summarised, Categorised and Connected: transferring research results to learning outcomes
Member of the Organisation Committee
2013 13th Int. Conference on Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering (WMHE)
Member of the Organisation Committee
2013 Wasser-Energie-Klimawandel
Member of the Organisation Committee
2013 on Scales in Earth System Governance: Local Studies and Global Sustainability
Member of the Organisation Committee
2013 section on “Water Governance” at the World Water Summit Budapest
Chair (Session)
2013 Adaptation Governance: Spatial, Temporal, and Cultural Constraints and Opportunities.
Member of the Organisation Committee
2012 EGU Session HS5.6 “Climate Change and Impact on Drinking Water Supply”
Chair (Session)
2012 Short Intensive Course on Natural Risk Assessment and Management.
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2012 Global change and local challenges of environmental governance
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2012 Adaptive Thinking for Navigating the Anthropocene
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2012 3rd International Interdisciplinary Conference on Predictions for Hydrology, Ecology and Water Resources Management (HydroPredict)
Member of the Organisation Committee
2012 Spring School Nuclear Governance in a Changing world. Visit to Chernobyl.
Member of the Organisation Committee
2012 Governance of Global Environmental Change: Towards a multidisciplinary discussion in tertiary environmental education in former USSR.
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2011 2nd CCWaterS Short Intensive Course
Member of the Organisation Committee
2011 Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf Hydrologie und Wasserwirtschaft in Österreich
Member of the Organisation Committee
2011 Adaptation and Adaptive Governance of Ecosystems
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2011 3rd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Hydrology and Ecology (HydroEco)
Organiser
2011 International Symposium UFRIM, Urban Flood Risk. Management,
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2011 Governance of Global Environmental Change
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2011 12th International Symposium on Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering (WMHE2011)
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2010 Short Intensive Course on Water Management
Member of the Organisation Committee
2010 Sort Intensive Course on: Water Resources Planning and Management
Member of the Organisation Committee
2010 IIASA Planning Workshop: Food and Water Systems: Critical Issues
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2010 1st CCWaterS Short Intensive Course: Climate Change Impacts on Water Supply
Member of the Organisation Committee
2010 2nd International Interdisciplinary Conference on Predictions for Hydrology, Ecology and Water Resources Management (HydroPredict2010)
Member of the Organisation Committee
2010 1st Conference of the International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM2010): Sharing IDRiM experiences under different socio-economic and cultural contexts
Organiser
2009 Ecosystems Interfacing with Groundwater and Surface Water: 2nd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Hydrology and Ecology
Organiser
2009 11th International Symposium on Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering (WMHE2009)
Member of the Organisation Committee
2009 WATER POLICY 2009: Water as a Vulnerable and Exhaustible Resource
Member of the Organisation Committee
2009 International Symposium on HydroECO’2009
Organiser
2009 Eleventh International Symposium on Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering (WMHE2009)
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2008 XXIVth Conference of the Danubian Countries
Member of the Organisation Committee
2008 Scientific Committee of 8th International Conference on Hydro-Science and -Engineering (ICHE-2008)
Member of the Organisation Committee
2008 Scientific Committee of the XXIVth CONFERENCE OF THE DANUBIAN COUNTRIES
Member of the Organisation Committee
2008 Scientific Committee of International Conference Water Efficiency in Urban Areas: Concepts, Technologies, Socio Economics
Member of the Organisation Committee
2008 International Scientific Committee and Co-organizer of International Conference Hydro-Predict
Member of the Organisation Committee
2007 10th. Int. Conference on Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering
Member of the Organisation Committee
2006 Seminar: Naturgefahr Wasser-Wahrnehmnung und Management
Member of the Organisation Committee
2006 Workshop Transboundary Water Management
Member of the Organisation Committee
2006 Short Intensive Course on Flood Risk Management
Member of the Organisation Committee
2003 Die Hochwasserkatastrophe 2002
Member of the Organisation Committee
2003 Special Seminar on Transboundary Water Issues. XXX IAHR Congress. Thessaloniki
Member of the Organisation Committee
2001 International Short Intensive Course on: Risk in Water Resources Management
Member of the Organisation Committee
1996 Short term course on “Integrated Water Resources Management in Rural Areas"
Member of the Organisation Committee
1996 Short Intensive Course on Hydrological Rainfall-Runoff Modelling
Member of the Organisation Committee
1995 International Short Intensive Course on Hydrological Forecasting
Member of the Organisation Committee
1995 Short Course on Flood Plain Management
Member of the Organisation Committee
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