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Manuela Brunner is an Assistant Professor at the ETH Zurich's Department of Environmental Systems Science, contributing significantly to the field of Atmospheric and Climate Science. Her research revolves around extreme climatic and hydrological events, such as floods and droughts, with a keen interest in understanding the hydro-meteorological drivers of these extreme events. Brunner has developed innovative methods for predicting the occurrence of such events and assessing the changes in the water cycle associated with them. Moreover, she leads a group at ETH and the WSL Institute for Snow Avalanche Research in Davos, tasked with quantifying the hazard potential and water availability in mountain regions amidst global climate change. With a strong academic background, she obtained her PhD from the University of Zurich and Grenoble-Alpes, complemented by postdoctoral work at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research and the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.
ETH Zurich • Zürich, Switzerland
Teaching and researching in the Department of Environmental Systems Science, focusing on climate change impacts on hydrological processes.
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