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The "Helmholtz Interdisciplinary GRADuate School for Environmental Research (HIGRADE)" provides a coherent framework for qualifying new generations of internationally competitive doctoral researchers in the field of environmental science. Our aim is to prepare doctoral researchers at the UFZ for careers in a range of environmental fields, i.e. for taking over leading positions in research, management and policy, technology development, or consulting and education.
Graduate School HIGRADE: Profile of the day
Pallav Kumar Shrestha (Nepal)
Department Computational Hydro Systems
Research topic:To establish an End-to-End seasonal forecasting chain (for water availability) at several semi-arid regions of the world (Brazil, Iran, Sudan, West Africa, Peru) The end users of this envisioned product are farmers, reservoir regulating teams, water supply authorities, etc. In short, my work mainly includes programming, model development & testing and application.