Associate ProfessorMarkus Pahlow

Current research projects

Mitigating environmental disruptiv​​​​​​​​​e events using peop​le-centric predictive digital technologies t​​o improve disaster and climate resilience (Horizon Europe Research project:​​ Minority Report)

Development of an IoT approach for detection of blockages in New Zealand road culverts (PhD student Aashish Kadka; in collaboration with Dr. Daniel van der Walt)

Assessing sustainable farmer-led irrigation for resource poor rural households along sand rivers: the case of the Lower Limpopo River (PhD student Cesário Cambaza; in collaboration with Prof. Pieter van der Zaag and Dr. Annelieke Duker)

Meeting future water demand under uncertain water supply in New Zealand (PhD student Sameen Bushra); in collaboration with Dr. Céline Cattoën-Gilbert and Dr. Svenja Fischer)

Improving flood resilience in New Zealand through early warning and sustainable flood mitigation (PhD student Jeniya Shakya; in collaboration with Dr. Céline Cattoën-Gilbert and Dr. Svenja Fischer)

Integrating co-benefits of flood risk planning with dynamic adaptive pathways (PhD student Charlotte Holland; in collaboration with Dr. Peter Bach)

Energy loss in steep open channel flow with large roughness obstacles (in collaboration with Dr. Craig McConnochie)

Past research projects (at UC)

Quantifying the predictive consequences of model parameter simplifications in the SWAT+ Model (PhD student Ehsan Qasemipour; in collaboration with Prof. Tom Cochrane and Dr. Clemens Altaner)

Identification of spatial and temporal sediment-related water quality variability through coupling of high frequency surrogate measurements with satellite imagery (Master thesis by Hao Zhou)

Environmental controls on the geomorphic effectiveness of floods (Master thesis by Hunter Price)

Regional flood frequency analysis in hydrologically diverse regions (Master thesis by Farhana Sweeta Fitriana)

Ecosystem services assessment of blue-green and grey infrastructure to support planning of sustainable and resilient cities (PhD thesis by Dr. Thuy Nguyen)

Assessment of the Rangitata River basin’s Food-Energy-Water Nexus under a changing climate using WEAP (Master thesis by Derrick Shingirai Mangoro)

Development and application of a SWAT hydropower routine for flow, sediment, and energy management (PhD thesis by Dr. Jayandra Shrestha)

How flood projects influence urban flood resilience. A case study from Christchurch, New Zealand (Master thesis by Tim Doornkamp)

Upscaling of point-scale groundwater recharge measurements using machine learning: A case study in New Zealand and Colombia (Master thesis by Manuel Alejandro Rios Rivera)