Title of the Talk: How emerging technological and computational approaches improve our understanding of hydrogeological processes

Philip Brunner is a full professor at the Centre for Hydrogeology and Geothermics (CHYN) at the University of Neuchâtel (UniNE) in Switzerland.  He received his PhD from ETH in Zurich and spent three years as a postdoctoral researcher at Flinders University in Australia. Since 2012, he has been head of the “Hydrogeological Processes” group. From 2018 to 2022 he was Institute Director of the CHYN. Starting in August 2024, he is the dean of the faculty of science at UniNe.

The overall aim of his research is to develop quantitative tools for the sustainable management of surface and subsurface water resources. His research is highly interdisciplinary, and his group develops and applies methods from a wide range of research fields, including physically based numerical modelling, remote sensing, scientific computing and isotopic chemistry. His work has applications in fields outside classical hydrogeology, such as agriculture, ecohydrology, engineering or sustainable use of water and soil resources.