Education

• 1995 | PhD (Dr.-Ing.) University of Karlsruhe (TH) (Summa cum laude) | Dissertation: Modelling of Evapotranspiration and Groundwater Recharge in Flat Catchments.
• 1985 – 1990 | Diploma: Civil Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) | Specialization in Water Management / Hydraulic Engineering.
• 1983 – 1985 | Pre-Diploma: Civil Engineering at the University of Hannover (TU).
• 1982 | A Levels (German university entrance qualification).

Research Experience

• Since July 2013 | Head of the chair Hydrology and River Basin Management | Technical University of Munich.
• 2003 – 2013 | Head of the chair Water Management and Resources Engineering | Bundeswehr University Munich.
• 2011 | Sabbatical at the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources of the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, (01.08. – 31.12).
• 1996 – 2002 | Research assistant at the Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Koblenz, Germany.
• 1996 – 1998 | Leading the department of River Morphology.
• 1998 – 2002 | Leading the department of Water Management and Statistics.
• 1990 – 1996 | Research assistant at the Institute of Hydrology and Water Management | University of Karlsruhe (TH), Chair of Prof. Dr. -Ing. Erich Plate.
• 1990 | Research assistant at the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Land Management | University of Karlsruhe (TH), Chair of Prof. Dr. Techn. Larsen.
• 1990 | Free consultant (Ingenieurbüro Herzog+Partner).

Key Publications

• Punit K. Bhola, Jorge Leandro, and Markus Disse (2020) Building hazard maps with differentiated risk perception for flood impact assessment. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 20, 2647–2663, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2647-2020
• Dagnenet Fenta Mekonnen, Markus Disse (2018)  Analyzing the future climate change of Upper Blue Nile River basin using statistical downscaling techniques. Hydrological and Earth System Sciences, 22, 2391–2408, Copernicus Publications; https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/22/2391/2018/
• Zheng Duan, Junzhi Liu, Ye Tuo, Gabriele Chiogna, Markus Disse (2016): Evaluation of eight high spatial resolution gridded precipitation products in Adige Basin (Italy) at multiple temporal and spatial scales in: Science of the Total Environment 573, 1536-1553 link
• C. Rumbaur, N. Thevs and M. Disse et al. (2015) Sustainable management of river oases along the Tarim River (SuMaRiO) in Northwest China under conditions of climate change in: Earth System Dynamics 6, 83–107, 2015  https://esd.copernicus.org/articles/6/83/2015/
• Merz, B.; Hall, J.; Disse, M.; Schumann, A. (2010) Fluvial flood risk management in a changing world in: Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 10, 509-527, 2010. https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/10/509/2010/

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Book Publications

• Bernd Cyffka; Markus Disse; Florian Betz (2021) Sustainable Management of River Oases along the Tarim River/China (SuMaRiO). 2021. XI, 208 pages, 126 figures, 32 tables, 19x27cm, 870 g Language: English. Schweizerbart science publishers.
• Disse, M. (2020) Kapitel 3: Hydrologische Grundlagen. In: Hochwasser-Handbuch, Auswirkungen und Schutz, Herausgeber: Heinz Patt und Robert Jüpner, 2. Auflage, Juli 2013, Springer-Verlag GmbH Berlin/Heidelberg
• Disse, M. (2016) Kapitel 24: Integriertes Wasserressourcenmanagement. In: Hydrologie (utb basics, Band 4513), Herausgeber: Fohrer, Bormann, Miegel & Casper, 1. Auflage, April 2016, Utb.-Verlag
• Disse, M., Meissner, D. (2011) Kapitel 3.1: Hochwasservorhersage und -warnung – Überblick in: Management von Hochwasserrisiken mit Beiträgen aus den RIMAX-Forschungsprojekten, Herausgeber: Bruno Merz, Ruth Bittner, Uwe Grünewald, Klaus Piroth, ISBN 978-3-510-65268-6, E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nägele u. Obermiller), Stuttgart, Germany
• Merz, B.; Disse, M.; Günther, K.; Schumann, A. (Editors) (2010) Risk management of extreme flood events in: NHESS - Special Issue: https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/10/509/2010/