Welcome to the Chair of Hydrology and Water Resources Management
The Chair of Hydrology and Water Resources Management has been established in January 1997, by appointment of Prof. Paolo Burlando. He was joined by Prof. Peter Molnar as adjunct professor in 2013.
The Chair focuses on teaching and research activities in the field of surface water hydrology and water resources management. Key activities are the analysis and modelling of hydrological processes, their importance in catchments, and their interactions with human and environmental systems, with the aim of providing the basis for modern water resources assessment and sustainable planning and management. Read more
HYDROL Highlights
Time to say goodbye to the MAS in Sustainable Water Resources
After 15 successful years, it is time to say goodbye to the MAS in Sustainable Water Resources (SWR) at ETH Zurich. The programme run by Dr Darcy Molnar and Prof Paolo Burlando dedicated itself to finding sustainable solutions to global water problems, and has produced 86 graduates from 26 countries during this time, many of whom are now decision-makers shaping the future of water resources worldwide. We at the HYDROL group are so proud of all your success stories and wish you all the best!
Soil heterotrophic respiration is a large unknown in the carbon budget of Earth and at the same time an important flux affecting CO2 in the atmosphere and the role of soil as a carbon sink or source. A recent new modelling perspective on soil heterotrophic respiration from our group by Dr Alon Nissan, an ETH Postdoctoral Fellow, quantifies the global changes in respiration that may be expected in a future climate. The research results were highlighted by external page SWISSINFO and ETH News.
PhD student Stefano Martinetti is presenting his research which explores the effect of stem water storage (tree capacitance) on tree transpiration rates this week at AGU in Washington D.C.
The next in a series of impacting papers by Dr Mosisa Wakjira from the HYDROL group is addressing possible changes in the suitability of Ethiopian croplands for growing staple cereals under rainfed agriculture for a range of climate change scenarios in the future. This research has implications for food security and sustainable agriculture in Ethiopia.
Mosisa defended his Doctoral Thesis Understanding the impacts of climate change on rainfed crop production in Ethiopia in the HYDROL group on 29.02.2024. Congratulations!
Planning and building Europe’s largest capacity geotechnical centrifuge took seven years. Now, after one and a half years of operation, its official inauguration is finally being celebrated at the Hönggerberg campus. And it’s no coincidence that this is happening in mid-January.
Flight ticket prices could rise by 50 percent if aviation is made climate-neutral. This is an estimate from a new study by researchers at ETH Zurich. It is based in particular on the use of synthetic fuels.
An architecture PhD student at ETH Zurich has developed a simple solution for building concrete floors in a more climate-friendly way. Significant amounts of concrete and steel can be saved thanks to a lightweight, robust and reusable formwork design.
A biologist, a neuroscientist, a materials scientist and a physicist have each been awarded one of the prestigious grants of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
