Function
- Professor of Digital Environmental Planning
Prof. Dr. Jochen Hack
Prof. Dr. Jochen Hack
Prof. Dr. Jochen Hack
FIELDS OF ACTIVITY
Working areas
- Geographic information systems (GIS) and other digital technologies in environmental planning
- Spatial environmental analysis and modeling
- Analysis of site potential and spatial suitability analyses
- Digital, interactive tools to support participatory planning processes
- Inter- and transdisciplinary research and teaching
- International topics of environmental research (focus on Latin America)
- International exchange in research and teaching (focus on Latin America)
Fields of specialization
- Blue-green infrastructure and nature-based solutions
- Water-sensitive urban design, urban hydrology and ecology
- Sustainable landscape integration of renewable energies
- Remote sensing methods to assess and evaluating ecosystem services
- Landscape metrics and spatial indicators
- Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM)
Curriculum
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CV
- Since 02/2022: Professor of Digital Environmental Planning, Leibniz University Hannover
- 01/2018 – 09/2023: Leader of the inter- und transdisciplinary Junior Research Group „SEE-URBAN-WATER“, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany – since 02/2022 at Leibniz University Hannover
- 03/2018 – 01/2022: Assistant Professor of Ecological Engineering, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
- 04/2014 – 12/2017: Deputy Head of Section and Post-Doc, Section of Hydrological Engineering and Water Management, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
- 03/2014: Ph.D. (Doctor of Engineering, Dr.-Ing.) of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany, Topic of dissertation: „Payments for Hydrological Ecosystem Services in Integrated Water Resources Management“. Referees: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Ostrowski, Prof. Dr. Bernd Hansjürgens, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Boris Lehmann
- 06/2008 – 04/2014: Research associate, Section of Hydrological Engineering and Water Management, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
- From 01/2009 – 04/2011 Coordinator of the interdisciplinary major (iSP) "Technology and International Development", Center for interdisciplinary Study Programs, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
- 03/2008: Diploma in Civil Engineering with Specialization in Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management, Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment, Geotechnics
- 07/2000 – 12/2001: Volunteer in Nicaragua, Zentralamerika
- 06/1997 – 07/1998: Exchange year in Ohio, USA
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International research and teaching stays
- 2019 - 2020: 4 short term lectureships at Escuela Politecnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador, study program „Climate Change“.
- Lecture topics: Green Infrastructure, Urban Resilience, Urban Hydrology and Ecology.
- 2018 - 2020: 5 research stays at Universidad Tecnológica La Salle (ULSA) in León, Nicaragua, and Universidad de Costa Rica.
- Research topics: Nature-based Solutions, blue-green Infrastructure, urban flood resilience, transdisciplinary research in real-world labs.
- 06/2019: Research stay at the StREAM Lab of the Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA.
- Research topics: Urban hydrology and ecological engineering for river restoration.
- 09-10/2018: Guest research stay at the Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
- Research topic: „Payments for Ecosystem Services“
- 2015 - 2017: 4 Short term lectureships at Universidad Tecnológica La Salle (ULSA) in León, Nicaragua, study program “Renewable Energies”.
- Lecture topics: Environmental Technologies, Geoinformation Systems and Integrated Water Resources Management
- 10-11/2014: Guest lecture "Integrated Water Resources Management and Ecosystem Services" at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of University of Salerno, Italy
- 02-06/2011: Research stay at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as part of the BMBF-CLIENT project "Eco-Efficiency in the Brazilian Water Sector - Energy Efficiency in Water Supply of Rio de Janeiro"
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Positions and memberships
- Since 2022: Expert reviewer for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for Georg Forster research grants and Humboldt research grants
- Since 2021: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board Digital Water Institutes (DWI) e.V.
- Since 2020: President of the German Ecological Engineering Association
- Since 2020: Member of the Ethics and Technology Advisory Board of Digitalstadt Darmstadt GmbH
- Since 2020: Expert consultant for the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- Since 2017: Member of the Ecosystem Service Partnership (ESP)
- 2020 - 2022: Member of the Leadership Teams of the Working Group on Nature-based Solutions der International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)
- 2019 – 2021: German representative in the Working Group „Applying Ecosystem Services for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure Projects“ of the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC)
- 2015 – 2020: Spokesman of the working group "Integrated water resource management under water scarcity" of the German Hydrological Society (DHG)
- Since 2021: Reviewer for the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for Graduate School Scholarship Programs and short-term research stays for researchers
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International cooperation with student exchange and lecturer mobility
- Centro de Investigación y Estudio para el Desarrollo Sostenible, Universidad de Costa Rica
- Universidad Tecnológica La Salle, León, Nicaragua
- Centro Internacional del Pacifico para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres, Facultad de Ingeniería Marítima y Ciencias del Mar, Escuela Politécnica del Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA
