Dr. Laura Soares

Contact/ Address

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Department of Lake Research

Brückstr. 3a
39114 Magdeburg

Tel.: +49 341 6025 2033
laura.soares@ufz.de

Dr. Laura Soares

Research Interests

  • Eutrophication and hypoxia regime in lakes and reservoirs
  • Hydrodynamic and biogeochemical modeling of lentic ecosystems
  • Coupling lake models and sedimentary archives for long-term simulations at centennial timescale
  • Effects of climate change on ecological dynamics and impacts on water uses and ecosystem services
  • Lake and Reservoir operation and adaptation to climate change

Professional Career

since October 2024: Researcher at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Lake Research
2022–2024: Postdoc at the Limnology Center at French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment, France

Academic Education

2018–2021: Ph.D., Hydraulic Engineering and Sanitation at University of São Paulo, Brazil
2016–2018: M.Sc., Sanitation, Environment, and Water Resources at Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
2011–2015: B.S., Environmental Engineering at Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Associate Editor

2022–present: Environmental Modelling & Software
2022–present: Inland Waters

Publications

2024 (1)

Soares, L.M.V., Desgué-Itier, O., Barouillet, C., Casenave, C., Domaizon, I., Frossard, V., Hairston Jr., N.G., Lami, A., Lemaire, B.J., Saulnier, G.M., Soulignac, F., Vinçon-Leite, B., Jenny, J.P. Unraveling Lake Geneva’s hypoxia crisis in the Anthropocene. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10435

2023 (3)

Soares, L.M.V., Santos, H.A., Pereira, L.C.O. Hydroelectric plant effects and climate change/land use impacts on flow regime in the tropical headwater watershed. Hydrological Processes, 37:e14807, https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14807

Desgué-itier, O., Soares, L.M.V., Orlane, A., Damien, B., Chanudet, V., Pierre-Alain, D., Domaizon, I., Guillard, J., Mazure, T., Sharaf, N., Soulignac, F., Tran-Khac, V., Vinçon-Leite, B., Jenny, J.-P. Past and future climate change effects on the thermal regime and oxygen solubility of four perialpine lakes. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 27:837-859, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2022-260

Rigotti, J.A., Carvalho, J.M., Soares, L.M.V., Barbosa, C., Pereira, A., Duarte, B.P.S., Mannich, M., Koide, S., Bleninger, T., Martins, J.R.S. Effects of Hydrological Drought Periods on Thermal Stability of Brazilian Reservoirs. Water, 15:2877, https://doi.org/10.3390/w15162877

2022 (2)

Soares, L.M.V., Calijuri, M.C. Restoration from eutrophication in interconnected reservoirs: Using a model approach to assess the propagation of water quality improvements downstream along a cascade system. Environmental Modelling & Software, 149:105308, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105308

Ghosh, A., Robison, A.I., Chiapella, A.M., Bertolet, B.I., Selden, C., Perry, D., Reich, H.G., Oleksy, I., Isanta-Navarro, J., Aho, K.S., Ganley, L., Soares, L.M.V., Heffernan, L., Sasaki, M., Ray, N.E., Peleg, OH., Thibodeau, P., Reis, P.C.J., Ramulifho, P.A., Maher, R.I., Labrie, R., Speir, S.I. Ecological Dissertations in the Aquatic Sciences: An Effective Platform for Developing Professional Collaborations Among Early Career Aquatic Scientists. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin, 31:27-29, https://doi.org/10.1002/lob.10485

2021 (3)

Soares, L.M.V., Calijuri, M.C. 2021. Deterministic modelling of freshwater lakes and reservoirs: current trends and recent progress. Environmental Modelling & Software, 144:105143, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105143

Soares, L.M.V., Calijuri, M.C., Silva, T.F.G., Novo, E.M.L.M. Climate change enhances deepwater warming of subtropical reservoirs: evidence from hydrodynamic modelling. Climatic Change, 166:21, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-021-03124-x

Soares, L.M.V., Calijuri, M.C. Sensitivity and identifiability analyses of parameters for water quality modeling of subtropical reservoirs. Ecological Modelling, 458:109720, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109720

2020 (1)

Soares, L.M.V., Calijuri, M.C., Silva, T.F.G., Novo, E.M.L.M., Cairo, C.T., Barbosa, C.C.F. A parameterization strategy for hydrodynamic modelling of a cascade of poorly monitored reservoirs in Brazil. Environmental Modelling & Software, 134:104803, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104803

2019 (1)

Soares, L.M.V., Silva, T.F.G., Vinçon-Leite, B., Eleutério, J.C., Lima, L.C., Nascimento, N.O. Modelling drought impacts on the hydrodynamics of a tropical water supply reservoir. Inland Waters, 9:1-16, https://doi.org/10.1080/20442041.2019.1596015