YHS-Netherlands

Rahel Hauk

Wageningen University & Research

YHS-NL Chair

Rahel Hauk is a PhD candidate at the Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management group of Wageningen University. Her research focuses on macroplastic litter in rivers, more specifically macroplastic litter accumulation on riverbanks. When she does not compare plastic monitoring data to riverbank characteristics, she enjoys reading, traveling, bouldering, being outside and most recently, counting butterflies as a citizen scientist.

Fransje van Oorschot

Delft University of Technology

Fransje van Oorschot is a first year PhD candidate at the Water Management department of Delft University of Technology. In her research she focuses on improving the representation of the vegetation’s root zone in climate models and so improving modeled land evaporation fluxes on global scales. When she is not thinking about roots in the model world, you can find her outdoors in the real nature biking, running, or playing tennis.

Janneke Remmers

Wageningen University & Research

YHS-NL Secretary

Janneke is a PhD candidate at the Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management group of Wageningen University. Her research focuses on subjectivity in the hydrological modelling process: what influence do the choices modellers make have on the results? She does this through both interviews with modellers and quantification of the effect different choices have. In her free time, she enjoys reading, cooking, playing lacrosse and volleyball, hiking and crocheting/knitting.

Jerom Aerts

Delft University of Technology

Jerom is a third year PhD candidate at the Water Resources Management department of the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and committee member of AGU-H3S. His research areas are hydroinformatics and large scale computational hydrology. Focussing on the challenges and opportunities that increasing computing power brings to this domain. When not stuck behind his laptop, he enjoys cooking and going outside to admire the flat Dutch landscape.

Jorge Vega Briones

Utrecht University

Jorge is a second-year PhD candidate at Utrecht University, Faculty of Physical Geography. His work focuses on quantifying drought impacts and their effects on terrestrial ecosystems in South America. For this purpose, he is using hydrological models, satellite retrievals, and collecting dendrochronology samples to link hydrological droughts with vegetation impacts. During his free time, he enjoys sports, music, and cooking.

Anouk Boon

Utrecht University

I am Anouk Boon. As of summer 2023 I’ll be a PhD candidate at the department of Physical Geography of the Utrecht University. My research focuses on hydromorphology and its implications for ecology in the Meuse river. Together with ecologists of the Radboud University we’ll research if and how management of the river has to change. In my free time I play cello and go outside for hikes, cycling or swimming.

Prajwal Khanal

University of Twente

Prajwal Khanal is currently pursuing his PhD at the ITC, University of Twente. His research revolves around predicting biophysical variables at a finer resolution, with a primary focus on drought monitoring, particularly within the context of the Netherlands. Beyond his academic pursuits, Prajwal enjoys engaging in diverse activities such as hiking, playing and watching football, reading books, and indulging in photography.

Julia Rudlang

Delft University of Technology

I am a PhD candidate at the Water Management department of Delft University of Technology. My research focuses on the changes and the sensitivity of change (or lack thereof) of European rivers and the underlying drivers and mechanisms of this. In my free time I like to go to the beach, read and drink coffee.