Safae Aala
Contact/ Address
Safae Aala
PhD student
Department Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis (ASAM)
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research - UFZ
Brückstr. 3a, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany
safae.aala@ufz.de

Academic Backgrounds
May 2022 - Present
PhD Candidate at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
Department Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis and Management (ASAM)
Topic: Solving landscape puzzles to mitigate suspended sediment pollution in river
2019 - 2021
Master of Integrated Water Resources management, Institute for Technology
and Resources management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT) at TH Köln -University of Applied Sciences, Köln, Germany
2011 - 2016
Bachelor of Hydraulic, Environmental and Urban Engineering, Hassania School of Public Works (EHTP), Casablanca, Morocco
Research Interests
- Spatial organization of landscape mosaics
- Suspended sediments Dynamics
- Influence of heterogeneous landscapes on water quality
- Basin-scale modeling to mitigate the risk of water pollution in rivers under anthropogenic pressures and climate change
Awards & Honors
Best Master Thesis Award for the M.sc program Integrated Water Resources Management 2021 at ITT, TH Köln