"Quality matters for water scarcity"
Full Professor of Water Quality and Sustainable Water Systems
Michelle van Vliet is professor of Water Quality and Sustainable Water Systems at the Department of Physical Geography of Utrecht 木瓜福利影视. Her work focuses on global change impacts and adaptation in relation to the availability and quality of water resources and water use in sectors (irrigation, domestic, energy) and ecosystems. Michelle has developed a concept of water scarcity which includes water-quality requirements for different sectoral water uses . Her work strongly links to the Pathways to Sustainability research theme.
With her team, she focuses on the main question 鈥淗ow to provide sufficient and clean water resources for human use and ecosystems in our changing world?鈥�
Michelle is a member of the Utrecht Young Academy, a bridge between young and talented researchers.
Selected key publications
- van Vliet, M.T.H. (2023) , Nature Water 1, 902鈥�904, https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-023-00158-6 () (INVITED)
- Jones, E.R., M.F.P. Bierkens, M.T.H. van Vliet (2024) . Nature Climate Change, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02007-0
- van Vliet, M.T.H., J. Thorslund, M. Strokal, N. Hofstra, M. Fl枚rke, H. Ehalt Macedo, A. Nkwasa, T. Tang, S.S. Kaushal, R. Kumar, A. van Griensven, L. Bouwman, L.M. Mosley (2023) , Nature Reviews Earth Environ, 4, 687鈥�702, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-023-00472-3 ()(INVITED)
- van Vliet, M.T.H., Fl枚rke, M., Wada, Y. (2017) , Nature Geoscience, 10, 800-802, doi:10.1038/ngeo3047
- van Vliet, M.T.H., D. Wiberg, S. Leduc, K. Riahi (2016), , Nature Climate Change 6, 375-380, doi:10.1038/nclimate2903
Personal fellowships, awards and distinctions
- ERC Starting Grant B-WEX 'Balancing clean Water and Energy provision under changing climate and eXtremes' (2022-2027) (鈧� 1,500,000)
- NWO-VIDI Grant 鈥榃ater scarcity under droughts and heatwaves: understanding the complex interplay of water quality and sectoral water use鈥� (2021-2026) (鈧�800,000)
- Aspasia Grant (2022-2026)(鈧�40,000)
- NWO-VENI Grant 鈥楺uality matters: Including water quality in global water stress projections鈥� (2015-2019) (鈧�250,000)
- Niels Stensen Fellowship 鈥楪lobal water constraints on future electricity production and future pathways for sustainable water and energy security鈥� (2014-2015)
- Best PhD thesis Award in Environmental Sciences, National Research School for Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment (SENSE) (2013)
- 鈥楥um Laude鈥� (with distinction) PhD (top 2-3%), Wageningen 木瓜福利影视 (2008-2012)
- Best Young Delta Scientist Award, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2010)
- 鈥�Cum Laude鈥� (with distinction) BSc and MSc, Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 (2001-2006)
- Best Oral Presentation Award, Netherlands Centre for River Studies (NCR) Conference, Enschede (2006)