Since July 2004, Nick van de Giesen has held the Van Kuffeler Chair of Water Resources Management of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences. He teaches Integrated Water Resources Management (CIE4450) and Water Management (CTB2120). His main interests are measuring and modeling of complex water resource systems and the development of science-based decision support systems. Development of new observation techniques, both in situ and through satellites, as well as high performance computing, are the core themes of both his research portfolio and teaching curriculum. Since 1 January 2015, he has been the chairman of the Delft Global Initiative. Before coming to Delft University, he worked from 1998 to 2004 at the Center for Development Research at Bonn University, with his main activity being the scientific coordination of the GLOWA Volta Project. From 1994 to 1998, he did post-doctoral research on the hydrology and management of inland valleys at WARDA, Cote d’Ivoire. He received his PhD from Cornell University for his work on wetland development in Rwanda. At Wageningen University, he did his MSc in irrigation engineering.
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