Prof. Dr. Ralf Ludwig
Prof. Dr. Ralf Ludwig is Professor in Applied Physical Geography and Environmental Modeling at LMU’s Department of Geography. His research is focused on process-based and spatially distributed hydrological modeling, data assimilation techniques and model integration for water resources, land use and climate change impact assessment from Mediterranean to subarctic environments, with a particular interest on the cause and dynamics of extreme (compound) events. Recent works further include an integrated perspective on energy system and environment interactions. At LMU, he is the Spokesperson for the Open Science Center, Spokesperson of the Steering Board for Sustainability and member of the EUGLOH Academic Board. At an international level, he is chair of the Collaborative Program “Changes in the Hydrological Cycle” of the European Climate Research Alliance (ECRA), member of the Expert Advisory Board of the European Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA) and Spokesperson of the Albertan-Bavarian Energy-Environment research network ABBY-Net. He is coordinating many national and international climate change oriented research activities with partners in Europe, the Mediterranean and North America for more than a decade, and co-supervises several PhD-projects within his international academic network. He is an Adjunct Professor with the Université Laval (Québec, Canada) and the University of Alberta (Alberta, Canada) and member of the Canadian Center of Excellence ArcticNet.