Jochen Wenninger

Dr. Jochen Wenninger (1975) received his M.Sc. degree in Hydrology from the University of Freiburg, Germany in 2002. Before joining the Core of Hydrology and Water Resources in the Department of Water Engineering at UNESCO-IHE, Delft, The Netherlands in 2008, he worked as a scientific staff member at the Institute of Hydrology in Freiburg engaged in research and lecturing. There he did a lot of experimental field research and laboratory work and managed the isotope laboratory of the institute. In June 2007, he obtained his PhD degree from the same University with the dissertation entitled “Studies of hydrological processes in the soil-vegetation-atmosphere system”. His research focused on the process knowledge of water fluxes at varying scales and study sites, whereby the aim was to combine the results of different experimental methods (hydrometry, tracer methods and geophysical techniques) to improve the process knowledge of this hydrological important system.

The main research interest of Jochen is catchment hydrology, including hydrological processes research at the hillslope and headwater scale. He has extensive experience in using tracer methods, especially natural isotopes. His geographical focus is on the mountainous regions in the Black Forest and the Austrian Alps as well as in the eastern part of Africa.

Jochen is teaching parts of the MSc Programme in Hydrology and Water Resources. Also, he is involved in supervising MSc participants and PhD fellows.

Key Publications:

KOCH, K., WENNINGER, J., UHLENBROOK, S. & BONELL, M., 2009. Joint interpretation of hydrological and geophysical data: electrical resistivity tomography results from a process hydrological research site in the Black Forest Mountains, Germany. Hydrological Processes, 23 (10), 1501-1513.

UHLENBROOK, S., DIDSZUN, J. & WENNINGER, J., 2008. Source areas and mixing of runoff components at the hillslope scale—a multi-technical approach. Hydrological Science Journal, 53(4): 741-753.

WENNINGER, J., UHLENBROOK, S., LORENTZ, S. & LEIBUNDGUT, C., 2008. Identification of runoff generation processes using combined hydrometric, tracer and geophysical methods in a headwater catchment in South Africa, Hydrological Science Journal, 53(1): 65-80.

BRANDES, E., WENNINGER, J., KOENIGER, P., SCHINDLER, D., RENNENBERG, H., LEIBUNDGUT, C., MAYER, H. & GESSLER, A., 2007. Assessing environmental and physiological controls over water relations in a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stand through analyses of stable isotope composition of water and organic matter. Plant, Cell and Environment, 30(1): 113-127.

WENNINGER, J., 2007. Prozesshydrologische Untersuchung im System Boden-Vegetation-Atmosphäre. Freiburger Schriften zur Hydrologie, 25. Institut für Hydrologie, Freiburg, 150 pp.

UHLENBROOK, S., WENNINGER, J. & LORENTZ, S., 2005. What happens after the catchment caught the storm? Hydrological processes at the small, semi-arid Weatherley catchment, South-Africa. Adv. Geosci., 2: 237-241.

WENNINGER, J., UHLENBROOK, S., TILCH, N. & LEIBUNDGUT, C., 2004. Experimental evidence of fast groundwater responses in a hillslope/floodplain area in the Black Forest Mountains, Germany. Hydrological Processes, 18(17): 3305-3322.

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