About

* This profile page is created/updated for the Africa Online Summer School (October 2-12, 2022) * Prof Alfred Johny Wüest is currently professor emeritus of the Institute of Environmental Engineering and the Limnology Center at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. He was working at Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Sciences) for 38 years as the head of the Aquatic Physics Laboratory and he was a member of the Eawag Directorate (2015 to 2021). For more than 30 years, he investigated with his research teams at Eawag and EPFL lakes, reservoirs and rivers in various regions, such as in Switzerland, Russia and the Sub-Saharan Africa countries of Cameroon, Congo, Rwanda and Zambia, with a strong focus on unique Lake Kivu. Besides process studies on stratified, convective and double-diffusive turbulence, he always focused on integrated interdisciplinary studies (physical-biogeochemical) to understand the macro-scale functioning of aquatic systems with the goal to answer practical management questions. He focused on research, expert consulting / services and teaching on topics of Physical Limnology and Water Resources Management. He has published various book articles, several dozens expert reports and ~180 peer-reviewed papers. Details on: http://scholar.google.ch/citations?user=hgkgsdMAAAAJ&hl=de

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

-Small-scale stratified turbulence, boundary layer mixing, double-diffusion -Bubble plume modelling, oxygenation, destratification, oxygen depletion in lakes / reservoirs -Lake ecology, nutrient/biogeochemical fluxes, management and restoration of lakes -Downstream effects of energy production (pumped-storage hydropower and heating/cooling) -Anthropogenic effects on aquatic ecosystems and mitigation -Remote sensing, water quality and hydrodynamic modelling -Operation of LéXPLORE – the offshore anchored research platform on Lake Geneva.

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