Research focus
- Hydrological Modelling
- Impact of climate change and land use/land cover changes on the hydrological cycle
Since 2018 Research associate at Eco-Hydrology and Water Resources Management Group at the University of Bonn
Since 2013 Research associate at Hydrology Research Group at the University of Bonn
2007 – 2013 Rheinische Friedrichs-Wilhelms- Universität Bonn, Bonn
Diplom-Geograph
Modellierung und Analyse der Auswirkung von Landnutzungs- und Klimaszenarien auf Bodenerosion und Stofftransport am Beispiel des Zou-Einzugsgebiets, Benin
International research projects
Since 2013 Research associate at BMBF project “Wetlands in East Africa: reconciling future food production with environmental protection“
Since 2018 Research associate at DFG collaborative research center “Future rural Africa”
Publications
Thonfeld, F., Steinbach, S., Muro, J., Hentze, K., Games, I., Näschen, K., P., Kauzeni (2020):The impact of anthropogenic land use change on the protected areas of the Kilombero catchment, Tanzania. ISPRS J. Photogramm. Remote Sens. 168, 41–55. doi:10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2020.07.019
Gabiri, G., Diekkrüger, B., Näschen, K., Leemhuis, C., van der Linden, R., Majaliwa, J.-G.M., Obando, J.A., (2020): Impact of Climate and Land Use/Land Cover Change on the Water Resources of a Tropical Inland Valley Catchment in Uganda, East Africa. Climate 8, 1–27. doi:10.3390/cli8070083
Näschen, K., Diekkrüger, B., Evers, M., Höllermann, B., Steinbach, F.Thonfeld (2019): The Impact of Land Use/Land Cover Change (LULCC) on Water Resources in a Tropical Catchment in tanzania under Different Climate Change Scenarios. Sustainability 2019, Vol.11, Page 7083. doi:10.3390/SU11247083
Näschen, K., Diekkrüger, B., Leemhuis, C., Seregina, L.S. und R. van der Linden (2019): Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in the Kilombero Catchment in Tanzania. Water 11, 859. doi:10.3390/W11040859
Op de Hipt, F., Diekkrüger, B., Steup, G., Yira, Y., Hoffmann, T., Rode, M., Näschen, K. (2019): Modeling the effect of land use and climate change on water resources and soil erosion in a tropical West African catchment (Dano, Burkina Faso) using SHETRAN. Science of The Total Environment. Vol. 653, Page 431-445, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.351
Gabiri G., Leemhuis, C., Diekkrüger, B., Näschen, K., Steinbach, S., Thonfeld, F. (2019): Modelling the impact of land use management on water resources in a tropical inland valley catchment of central Uganda, East Africa. Science of the Total Environment. Vol. 653, Page 1052-1066, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.430
Näschen, K., Diekkrüger, B., Leemhuis, C., Steinbach, S., Seregina, L., Thonfeld, F. & R. van der Linden (2018): Hydrological Modeling in Data-Scarce Catchments - The Kilombero Floodplain in Tanzania. Water 2018, Vol. 10, Page 599 10, 599. doi:10.3390/W10050599
Gabiri, G., Burghof, S., Diekkrüger, B., Steinbach, S. & K. Näschen (2018): Modeling Spatial Soil Water Dynamics in a Tropical Floodplain, East Africa. Water 10, 1–27. doi:10.3390/w10020191
Gabiri, G., Diekkrüger, B., Leemhuis, C., Burghof, S., Näschen, K., Asiimwe, I. & Y. Bamutaze (2018): Determining hydrological regimes in an agriculturally used tropical inland valley wetland in Central Uganda using soil moisture, groundwater, and digital elevation data. Hydrol. Process. 32, 349–362. doi:10.1002/hyp.11417
Daniel, S., Gabiri, G., Kirimi, F., Glasner, B., Näschen, K., Leemhuis, C., Steinbach, S. & K. Mtei (2017): Spatial Distribution of Soil Hydrological Properties in the Kilombero Floodplain, Tanzania. Hydrology 4, 57. doi:10.3390/hydrology4040057
Leemhuis, C., Thonfeld, F., Näschen, K., Steinbach, S., Muro, J., Strauch, A., López, A., Daconto, G., Games, I. & B. Diekkrüger (2017): Sustainability in the food-water-ecosystem nexus - The role of land use and land cover change for water resources and ecosystems in the Kilombero Wetland, Tanzania. Sustain. 9. doi:10.3390/su9091513
Leemhuis, C., Amler, E., Diekkrüger, B., Gabiri, G. & K. Näschen (2016): East African wetland-catchment data base for sustainable wetland management. Proc. Int. Assoc. Hydrol. Sci. 374, 123–128. doi:10.5194/piahs-374-123-2016
Conference contributions
Näschen, K., Diekkrüger, B., Evers, M., Höllermann, B., Seregina, L. S., Steinbach, S., Thonfeld, F., van der Linden, R. (2020). The impact of climate change and land use/land cover change on water resources in a data-scarce catchment in Tanzania. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 22(9287). doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-9287
Näschen, K., Diekkrüger, B., Leemhuis, C., Steinbach, S., Seregina, L.S., Thonfeld, F. & R. van der Linden (2018): Hydrological modeling of a data scarce catchment in East Africa. Poster presentation at: Summer School: "Sustainability in the FOOD-WATER-ECOSYSTEM Nexus in Sub Saharan Africa in support of the SDG’s: Sustainable wetland use", 12.-18.03.2018, Kampala, Uganda.
Näschen, K., Diekkrüger, B., Leemhuis, C., Steinbach, S., Seregina, L., Thonfeld, F. & R. van der Linden (2017): Land use and climate changes in the Kilombero catchment and their potential impact on water resources. Oral presentation at: Water Management Workshop - The Kilombero case: From Catchment to Consumer, 09.-10.10.2017, Morogoro, Tanzania.
Näschen, K., Diekkrüger, B., Ermert, V., Leemhuis, C., Steinbach, S., Thonfeld, F. & R. van der Linden (2017): Applying the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to estimate impacts of land use and climate change on water resources in a data scarce catchment in Tanzania. Oral Presentation at: SWAT International 2017 Conference, 26.-30.06.2017, Warsaw, Poland.
Näschen, K., Beuel, S., Diekkrüger, B., Gabiri, G., Leemhuis, C., Müller, A. & M. Ziegler (2015): Hydrological modeling on multiple scales in a data scarce catchment in East Africa. Poster presentation at: Water Resources Assessment & Seasonal Prediction, 13.-16.10.2015, Koblenz, Germany.
Näschen, K, Diekkrüger, B. & C. Leemhuis (2015): Regional scale wetland-catchment interactions in East Africa. Oral presentation at: 12. PhD candidate Workshop “AG-HydMod“, 28.-29.05.2015, Munich, Germany.