Research
- Global hydrology, anthropogenic changes, hydrological alterations
- Integrated river basin management
- Transdisciplinary research and interoperability
- Hydraulic and hydrological modelling
- Open data, open research
Tasks
- Establishment of an automated workflow to build a prototype global seasonal drought forecasting system.
- Development of a concept for long-term operationalization and implementation of the forecasting system.
- Focal point for the collaboration between project partners and WMO, the HydroSOS team and stakeholders from two regions (Lake Victoria basin and Central Asia.
Research/Work Experience
2023-now: Scientific Officer at ICWRGC in Koblenz, Germany, coordination of OUTLAST project.
2020-2023: Scientific Officer at Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) in Koblenz, Germany.
2015-2019: Doctoral student at the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources Management at Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel, Germany.
2010-2015: Scientific Researcher at Danang University of Science and Technology, Vietnam.
Teaching Experience
2019: Summer school “Water-related environmental changes” in Myanmar.
Since 2015: Guest lecturer on “Integrated River Basin Management” for MSc students at Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Germany.
2010-2015: Lecturer on modules “Hydrology” and “River training and coastal engineering” for BSc students at Danang University of Science and Technology, Vietnam.
Education
2008-2011 Master of Engineering in Hydrology – Hanoi Water Resources University, Vietnam
2002-2007 Bachelor of Engineering in Hydrology and Environment – Hanoi Water Resources University, Vietnam
Publications in scientific journals
Vu, T., Kiesel, J., Guse, B., Domisch, S., &Fohrer, N. (2024). Disentangling spatio?temporal impacts of multiple environmental factors on the global discharge regime. Earth’s Future, 12, e2023EF004267. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EF004267
Vu, T., Kiesel, J., Guse, B., & Fohrer, N. (2019b). Analysis of the occurrence, robustness and characteristics of abrupt changes in streamflow time series under future climate change. Climate Risk Management, 26, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2019.100198
Vu, T., Kiesel, J., Guse, B., & Fohrer, N. (2019a). Towards an improved understanding of hydrological change – Linking hydrologic metrics and multiple change point tests. Journal of Water and Climate Change, 10, 4. http://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2018.068
Conference contributions
Vu, T., Reinecke, R., Abbasi, N., Trautmann, T., Weber, J., Dietrich, S., Kneier, F., Lorenz, C., Weller, M., Koethe, H., Kunstmann, H., Döll, P., and Siebert, S. (2024). Conceptualization and implementation of a global drought monitoring and forecasting system within the HydroSOS framework. EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-8599, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-8599.
Abbasi, N., Siebert, S., Weller, M., Trautmann, T., Weber, J., Vu, T., Eyshi Rezaei, E., Kunstmann, H., Koethe, H., Lorenz, C., and Döll, P. (2024). From development of multi-sectoral drought hazard indicators to global drought hazard propagation. EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-3770, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-3770.
Vu, T., Kiesel, J., Guse, B., & Fohrer, N. (2020). Hydrologic alteration under anthropogenic and climate changes in Vu Gia – Thu Bon. Proceedings in International Conference on Water Resources and Coastal Engineering. Vietnam. ISBN: 978-604-67-1554-2.
Vu, T., Kiesel, J., Guse, B., & Fohrer, N. (2020). Identifying reasons for hydrological change in a large global runoff dataset. Tag der Hydrologie (TdH), Potsdam, Germany.
Kiesel, J., Vu, T., Kakouei, K., Sami, D., He, F., Guse, B., Fohrer, N., & Jähnig, S. (2020). Disentangling the impact of global change on freshwater biodiversity decline. EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-18962, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-18962.
Vu, T., Kiesel, J., Guse, B., & Fohrer, N. (2019). An investigation of change points in streamflow impacted by climate changes in three ecoregions in Germany. Tag der Hydrologie (TdH), Karlsruhe, Germany, 28-29 March 2019.
Vu, T., Kiesel, J., Guse, B., & Fohrer, N. (2017). Evaluation of anthropogenic influences on the river regime – case study of the Vu Gia – Thu Bon catchment in Vietnam. Tag der Hydrologie (TdH), Trier, Germany, 23-24 March 2017.
Vu, T., Kiesel, J., Guse, B., & Fohrer, N. (2017). Do dam constructions in a Vietnamese river basin result in change points in hydrologic regime and how reliable are different methods? EGU General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April 2017.