Dr Johanna Scheidegger is a senior environmental modeller at the British Geological Survey with expertise in groundwater and hydrological processes. Her work focuses in developing and applying groundwater and process models at large scale, and she has developed a national scale hydrological-groundwater model of the Philippines, the Indo-Gangetic Basin and the UK mainland. Scheidegger has developed the VIC-AMBHAS modelling framework which links groundwater flow to large scale hydrological systems including irrigation practices and canal and river routing. Scheidegger has also a research interest in heat flow processes from long term processes including permafrost development to shorter term assessments for geothermal resources.
Johanna Scheidegger’s biography
- 2014 to present: Senior environmental modeller
- 2010 to 2014: University of East Anglia, PhD, groundwater modelling in permafrost environments
- 2008 to 2009: The University of Sheffield, MSc, Polar and Alpine Change
- 2007 to 2007: The University of Sheffield, Erasmus exchange, Geography
- 2003 to 2008: University of Zurich, BSc, Geography
Research interests
- Water resource assessment using large scale coupled surface-water groundwater modelling – Philippine National Hydrological Model
- National scale groundwater modelling – British Groundwater Model
- Permafrost and cold region hydrogeological modelling – Glacial, periglacial and permafrost modelling
Projects
- Philippine National hydrological models for improved water resource and climate impact management, task lead: International geoscience research and development
- Philippine Hydro Hub: collaborative hydrological research for a sustainable water future, project lead. International Science Partnership Fund ISPF
- FLOODTWIN, Co-I: building a digital twin for water-related hazard forecasting and decision-making for Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire, a region heavily impacted by hydrometeorological hazards such as flooding
- TerraFIRMA, Future Impacts, Risk and Mitigation Actions in a changing Earth system. Task lead on developing hydrological models including irrigation effects on the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
ORCID: 0001-7845-916X