Doctoral Programme › How it works
Excellent education through cutting edge research, interdisciplinary science and an international perspective are at the heart of the Vienna Doctoral…
Doctoral Programme › What we offer
The Doctoral Programme on Water Resource Systems is shaped by our core aims of conducting cutting edge research, taking an interdisciplinary…
Doctoral Programme › Our mission
Water is the essence of life – but a complex thing too. Our mission is to research the complexity of water resource systems and provide excellent education…
Research Highlights
Identifying vertical vegetation structure with remote sensing
Remote sensing is a fast and accurate way to collect real-time information about the earth’s surface. Many…
Research Highlights
Advances in detecting faecal pollution
Genetic markers seemed to improve the search for sources of drinking water contamination causing diarrhoea. Research showed that genetic…
Research Highlights
Step changes – a step towards understanding big floods
Understanding how floods occur is essential for their prediction. Considering catchment storage and critical…
Research Highlights
Modelling the impact of drought on the ancient Maya
What was the role of rainfall in the demise of the ancient Maya civilisation? Mathematical models that link water and…
Research › Our philosophy
Understanding water resource systems is essential to secure human and ecosystem wellbeing. It is our philosophy that this can be gained only by an…
Research › Water and health
High quality water is essential to sustain everyday life. This group explores microbes and microbial communities for monitoring and safeguarding drinking water…
Anna Pölz is a doctoral candidate at the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management and the Research Center Water & Health at TU Wien. Her research focuses…
