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Ralph WATZEL

  

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   Professor, Geohydrology,

   President of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and

   Natural Resources (BGR), Hannover, DE

    Research Interests: Isotopes, Groundwater,  Water Resources Management, Hydraulics,
   Hydrologic and Water Resource Modeling and Simulation, Hydraulic Conductivity,
   Contaminant Transport Hydrology, Groundwater Engineering, Hydraulic Modelling

 

Ralph Watzel is a German hydro-geologist and the President of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Germany´s federal geological survey organisation and geoscientific research institute.
He was appointed President of the federal geological survey of Germany in 2016. He was elected to a two year term (2021-22) as President of EuroGeoSurveys. 
After more than 10 years of practical international experience as hydrogeologist, he worked as consultant for sustainable development at Ministry of Economy of Baden-Württemberg from 2001 to 2006. From 2006 to 2016 he was the head of the regional geological survey and mining authority of Baden-Württemberg.
He is a graduate of the Technical University Karlsruhe and postgraduate of Freiburg University, where he is engaged in academic teaching since2000. In 2007 he completed a management education at St. Gallen university, Switzerland.