About

Prof. Dr. Silke Wieprecht is full professor at the Institute for Modeling Hydraulic and Environmental Systems of University of Stuttgart in Germany. In 2021 she has been appointed as Vice-Rector for Diversity and Internationalization for the University of Stuttgart. Her emphasis in research is sediment transport. She is specialized in hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, flood protection with focus on risk analysis, aquatic ecology and especially in hydro- and morphodynamic processes in rivers (transport processes of particles and sediments) as well as research on biostabilisation of fine sediments. Her work includes field surveys, laboratory studies, analytical approaches for sediments, numerical modelling (in 1D, 2D and 3D) and hydraulic laboratory experiments. Prof. Dr. Wieprecht is part of a well-established international network of notable researchers focused on sediment transport. She spent research periods as visiting scientist at several universities, i.a. UiTM, Kuala Lumpur, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU Trondheim and Peking University PKU. She is head of several national and international expert committees. She has been member of IAHR since 2005 and served as Vice president from 2017 through 2021. Her special interest in IAHR is in fluvial hydraulics, sediment transport and ecohydraulics. She feels a special connection with Young Professionals and wants to advance topics such as gender equity and diversity within IAHR.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Sediment Transport, Morphology, Ecohydraulics

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