Ann van Griensven, bio-engineer, obtained her PhD at the Free University of Brussels on integrated water quantity and quality modelling of river basins. For her PhD research, she started her activities in developing and applying the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). In the meantime, she is a highly recognized expert of the SWAT modelling software in which many of her developments have been incorporated (reduced time step, river routing routines, tools for sensitivity analysis, auto-calibration and uncertainty analysis,...). She also applied her experience in educational activities such as SWAT workshops and SWAT short courses (SWAT summerschool 2004 at Giessen, DE, SWAT summerschool 2005 at Zurich, CH and SWAT summerschool 2006 at Delft, NL). She also was member of the scientific committee for SWAT 2001 conference at Giessen, DE, SWAT2003 Conference at Bari, IT, SWAT2005 conference at Zurich, CH) and is organiser for the SWAT2007 conference at Delft NL.
Another important field of interest is exploring the interface between science and policy during projects (EU Harmoni-CA project on the use of ICT tools for implementing the EU Water Framework Directive), co-organisation of workshops and conferences, and editing special issue on Integrating Methods for Water Resources Management of the Journal of Water Resources Management. She is also guestprofessor for the course “Decision support Techniques for Environmental Management” at Ghent University.
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