VUB PhD candidate wins prize King Baudouin Foundation

Inne Vanderkelen has won the Prize Ernest Du Bois for het ongoing PhD research about the role of reservoirs in our changing climate. The Prize Ernest Du Bois, awarded by the King Baudouin Foundation, supports young PhD students conducting research on water and its availability around the world.

Inne Vanderkelen is working at the VUB Department of Hydrology with Wim Thiery as main supervisor and Nicole van Lipzig and Ann van Griensven as co-supervisors. In her research, Vanderkelen studies the interaction between artificial reservoirs and the climate at a regional and global scale. She published studies on dam management and climate change at Lake Victoria

Now she is focusing on implementing dams and reservoirs in a global climate model. ...