Dr Doris Wendt
BSc, MSc, PhD
Expertise
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
School of Geographical Sciences
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Research interests
My research interests lie in novel adaptation and mitigation strategies to increase drought resilience. To this end, I am currently developing a decision-making tool for strategic water management (Wendt & Pianosi, in prep). Previous work in my PhD focused on modelling drought policy scenarios for a UK setting, identifying regional impact on drought mitigation by Managed Aquifer Recharge and assessing the assymetric impact of groundwater use on hydrological droughts in the UK.
Previous work experience focused on agricultural water use in rural highlands in Ethiopia for which I developed an inventory tool (Networc Foundation). In the Occupied Palestinian Territories, I worked on a water quality assessment (Wageningen University).
The goal of my research is develop a modelling tool that is informative for decision-making processes in drought management and identify suitable drought mitigation strategies. To this end, I am working with stakeholders at the Environment Agency, Wessex Water and Met Office.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Robust and transparent planning and operation of water resource infrastructure
Principal Investigator
Role
Researcher
Description
Ensuring a reliable and safe supply of water is essential for the socioeconomic and environmental sustainability of our society. In the UK, several water companies are responsible for supplying clean…Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
01/07/2017 to 23/12/2022
Publications
Recent publications
15/05/2023Developing an operational model to support groundwater management decision-making in the UK
Soil moisture and temperature dynamics in juvenile and mature forest as a result of tree growth, hydrometeorological forcings, and drought.
Panta Rhei benchmark dataset: socio-hydrological data of paired events of floods and droughts
Earth System Science Data
Lessons from the 2018–2019 European droughts: a collective need for unifying drought risk management
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
The challenge of unprecedented floods and droughts in risk management
Nature
