Prof. Dr. Peter Molnar
Prof. Dr. Peter Molnar
Lecturer at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
Main Teaching at ETH
> River Basin Erosion, 3 ECTS, Fall Semester
> Watershed Modelling, 6 ECTS, Fall Semester
> Golden Owl Award by students for best teacher in D-BAUG (2011)
Academic and Science Profile
> Profile on external page Linkedin
> Citation profile on external page Google Scholar
> Exploratory Workshop Complexity in Geomorphology (June 2015)
> Int. Workshop UrbanRain Precipitation in Urban Areas (Dec 2018)
> Patron of external page CometX
Some selected papers worth reading...
> external page the future of rainfed agriculture in Ethiopia, HESS Discussions 2024
> gexternal page lobal warming accelerates soil heterotrophic respiration, Nat. Commun. 2023
> external page build your own open access turbidity sensor, Sci. Reports 2022
> external page riparian vegetation responds to groundwater, Ecohyd. 2021
> external page tracing sediment from sources to sinks with models, ESPL 2020
> external page evapotranspiration effects on river flows, Nature Clim. Change 2020
> external page changes in flood magnitude across Europe, Nature 2019
> external page rainfall thresholds for landsliding in Switzerland, WRR 2017
> external page reduced complexity modelling of step-pool systems, ESD 2016
> external page storm intensity increases with air temperature, HESS 2015
> external page the prediction of debris flows with sediment cascades, WRR 2014
> external page stochastic modelling of space-time rainfall, WRR 2014
> external page vegetation dynamics in a gravel-bed braided river, WRR 2009
> external page disaggregation of rainfall by discrete cascades, Atmos Res 2005
> external page recent streamflow trends in Switzerland, J Hydrol 2005
> external page energy dissipation and optimal channel networks, WRR 1998
Main research domains & projects
HYDROLOGICAL RESEARCH
- Maggia River Experimental Site: hydrology-geomorphology-riparia
SNF, NFP70, SCIEX, 2001-2018 - Modelling of step formation in steep streams
SNF project STEPsoc, 2012-201 - Flood and Low flow research
BAFU and Chair funding, 2018-2020 - Ecohydrology of the European Alps and climate change
ETH Grants, 2016-2019
BASIN SEDIMENT CASCADES
- Modelling source-2-sink sediment pathways
DAFNE, 2017-2021 - Smart turbidity sensing for river applications
ETH Grants, 2020-2023
- Swiss warning system for rainfall triggered shallow landslides
SNF, 2016-2019 - Sediment fate in the Rhone Basin during the Anthropocene
SNF Sinergia project, 2014-2018 - Analysis of sediment production and yield in mountain basins
SNF-ESF project SedyMONT, 2009-2013
HYDROCLIMATIC ANALYSIS AND MODELLING
- Rain intensity relations to temperature
Chair funding, 2015-2020 - Simulation of space-time precipitation in the Swiss Alps
SNF project SCALP, 2009-2013
EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Science action in schools for sustainable development
swissuniveristies, 2018-2020
PhD Students and Guests
> Tamirat Dessegn, E4D, Droughts in Ethioipia
> Sophia Demmel, SNF, Alpine Rhine sediment budgets
> Ludovico Agostini, SNF, Alpine Rhine sediment budgets
> Jovan Blagojevic, FCL Global, Coastal city ecohydrology
> Stefano Martinetti, ETH Grants, Forest water stress
> Alon Nissan, ETH Fellow, Postdoc, Soil respiration, 2020-2022
> Jessica Droujko, PhD (2024), SEDIMENT MONITORING
> Mosisa Wakjira, PhD (2024), Rainfed Agriculture Ethiopia
> Stefan Fugger, PhD (2024), WSL-ETH Project Mountain ecohydrology
> Marin Kneib, PhD (2022), WSL-ETH Project Ice Cliffs
> Jacob Hirschberg, PhD 2021, WSL-ETH Project SEDIMENT CASCADES
> Elena Leonarduzzi, PhD 2020, LANDSLIDES
> Marius Floriancic, PhD 2019
> Thodoris Mastrotheodoros, PhD 2019
> Anna Costa, PhD 2018
> Dr. Reza Modarres, visiting scientist, summer 2018
> Matteo Saletti, PhD 2016, now at University of British Columbia
> Katarina Dzubakova, visiting PhD student 2013
> Athanasios Paschalis, PhD 2013, now at Imperial College
> Georgie Bennett, PhD 2013, now at University of Exeter
> Dr. Ladislav Gaal, visiting Postdoc 2012-2013
BOLD ARE CURRENT PHD STUDENTS