Siegfried, Tobias, Dr.

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• Tobias Siegfried at Columbia University

Research Interests

• Agent based modelling for resource management problems
• Stochastic Systems Optimization
• Evolutionary Algorithms
• Environmental Economics
• Sustainable Groundwater Management in Arid Environments

Research Project

• Development of an toolbox for the assessment of the performance of large dams
• Optimal utilization of a non-renewable transboundary groundwater resource - Methodology, case study and policy implications

Qualifications

• 2000 – 2004: PhD, Doktor der Naturwissenschaften, ETH;
• 1998 – 1999: MSc Theory and History of International relations, LSE;
• 1992 – 1997: Dipl. Natw. ETH.

Skills

• LANGUAGES: Fluent German and English, both written and spoken;
  Adequate French, both written and spoken.
• PROGRAMMING: Extensive knowledge in numerical modeling as well as in programming with symbolic and numerical toolkits (Matlab, Mathematica, Maple); Knowledge of object-oriented programming (JAVA, Matlab).

Scholarships and Awards

• 2005 : Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Swiss National Foundation;
• 1998 : Scholarship of the “Emil Boral-Stiftung für Postgraduierte aus Oesterreich und der Schweiz”;
• 1998 : ETH-Award and Medal for an outstanding diploma thesis;
• 1989 : Swiss Winner of a European Space Agency (ESA) competition on occasion of ESA’s 25th Birthday.

Work Experience

• 2005 : Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Field of Work: Development of an toolbox for the assessment of the performance of large dams;
• 2004-2005 : Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Hydromechanics and Water Resources Management, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Field of Work: Sustainability Issues in Groundwater Management;
• 2000-2004 : PhD Research Assistant, Institute of Hydromechanics and Water Resources Management, ETH Zürich;
• 2002 : Groundwater Modelling Expert, Addis Ababa Water Supply Project, Stage III A Groundwater Phase II, Addis Ababa Water and Sewerage Authority, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia;
• 1997-1998 : Research Assistant, Development of sustainable groundwater management practices in Botswana, Institute of Hydromechanics and Water Resources Management, ETH Zürich;
• 1996 : Freelance, Quantification and consequences of nitrate pollution in Switzerland, Ernst Basler+Partner, Zürich;
• 1995-1996 : Internship, Environmental assessment report in the Lake Ohrid area on behalf of the World Bank, Ernst Basler+Partner, Zürich.

Publications

Journal Papers

Siegfried T., Kinzelbach W., A Multi-Objective Discrete, Stochastic Approach to Shared Aquifer Management – Methodology and Application, Water Resources Research, in revision, 2005.

Zammouri M., Siegfried T., El Fahem T., Kriaa S., Kinzelbach W., Salination of Groundwater in the Nefzawa Oases (Tunisia): Results of a Regional–Scale Hydrogeologic Approach, Journal of Hydrology, in revision, 2005.

Kinzelbach, W., Bauer, P., Siegfried, T. And Brunner, P., Sustainable Groundwater Management – Problems and Scientific Tools, Episodes, Vol. 26, No. 4, December 2003.

Kunstmann H., Kinzelbach W., Siegfried T., Conditional first-order second-moment method and its application to the quantification of uncertainty in groundwater modelling, Water Resources Research, Vol. 38, No. 4, 2002.

Siegfried, T., Die Wüste wächst, Gegenworte, Zeitschrift für den Disput über Wissen, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Hrsg.), 10. Heft, Herbst 2002.

Schläpfer D., Siegfried T., The Lake Ohrid Conservation Project, World Water and Environmental Engineering, April 1996.

Siegfried T., Benz R., Wachter G., Astronomie im Weltraum, Orion, 48. Jahrgang, Nr. 237, April 1990.

Congress Papers / Proceedings

EL-FAHEM, T.; SIEGFRIED, T.; KINZELBACH, W.; PEIFFER, S. & BEN BACCAR. B.: Isotopic and hydrochemical investigation in the origins of groundwater salination in the Nefzawa Oases (Southern Tunisia). In: Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Soil and Groundwater Contamination – Risk Assessment and Remedial Measures, Hyderabad, India 8th – 11th of December, 2004.

Kinzelbach, W., P. Bauer, T. Siegfried, P. Brunner, Sustainable water management in arid environments, In: Research Basins and Hydrological Planning. Proceedings of an international conference. Hefei, China, Xi, Gu and Seiler (eds), Taylor&Francis Group, London, p. 27-34, 2003.

Siegfried T., Kinzelbach W., Management of Internationally Shared Groundwater Resources in Semiarid and Arid Regions – The Northern African Aquifer System, Hydrology of Mediterranean and Semiarid Regions, IAHS Publication, no. 278, 2002.

Reports

Kinzelbach W., Bauer P. & Siegfried T., Nachhaltige Wasserwirtschaft in ariden und semiariden Regionen, Warnsignal Klima: Genug Wasser für alle?, Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen, J. L. Lozán et al. (Hrsg.), Hamburg, 2004.

Kinzelbach W., Bauer P., Siegfried T. und Brunner P., Nachhaltige Grundwasserwirtschaft – Probleme und wissenschaftliche Werkzeuge, Österreichische Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaft, Heft 3/4, März/April 2003, Springer Verlag.

Siegfried T., Knappe Ressource im Nördlichen Afrika, Bulletin ETH Zürich, Nr. 289, May 2003.

Rumbou, A., Alberich, C., Kessler, P., Siegfried, T., The Nile – Addressing Future Water Scarcity, Research Paper, ETH Zürich, 2000;

Siegfried, T. and W.Kinzelbach, Modelling of Groundwater Withdrawal and its Consequences to the Aquifer, A Case Study in Semi-Arid Botswana, Report Inst. of Hydromechanics and Water Res. Management, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, 1997.

Siegfried T., Mock R., Fuzzifizierung von Schadensindikatoren, Inst. for Energy Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, 1997.

Siegfried T., Schubert R., Umweltorientierte Entwicklungspolitik, Centre for Economic Research, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, August 1995.