Research depth. Practical range.

PhD Researcher — Water Availability & Climate Adaptation

Vrije Universiteit Brussel · Water and Climate Research Group

• Applied mHM across Belgium to simulate soil moisture, baseflow, recharge and water availability under historical and future climates.
• Reconstructed root-zone droughts since 1970, revealing how they emerge, persist and recover.
• Quantified future recharge with ten global climate models and four emissions scenarios, exposing a stronger dependence on winter and spring recharge.
• Tested low-cost soil-moisture sensors for field monitoring and evaluation of water-retention measures.
• Developed SPONGE, a modular model for comparing how nature-based interventions influence storage, drainage, recharge and drought resilience.
• Used Python, GIS, machine learning and high-performance computing to isolate climatic and land-surface controls on water scarcity.

Project Manager — UNESCO Chair on Open Water Science and Education

Vrije Universiteit Brussel · International programme

• Directed partners, budgets, work plans and reporting for projects valued at more than €1 million.
• Led publication of low-cost soil-moisture datasets through UNESCO-IHP WINS.
• Created SWAT+ training materials for Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis.
• Co-developed dashboards that make spatial and time-series water data clear to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Won funding and coordinated universities, international organisations and water-sector partners.

Water Resources Engineer

Rural Focus Limited · Kenya

• Produced climate-resilient water strategies, masterplans and investment plans for communities, agriculture, livestock and wildlife.
• Surveyed and mapped water sources, pipelines and reservoir sites using GNSS, field equipment and spatial data.
• Analysed river flows, dam feasibility and rural distribution networks to identify risks and optimise supply.
• Assessed surface water, groundwater, floodwater and rainwater harvesting through technical, economic and socio-environmental studies.
• Designed and costed gravity systems, solar pumping, pipe networks, storage and rainwater-harvesting infrastructure.
• Led participatory mapping and translated climate evidence and local knowledge into adaptation priorities.
• Supervised construction against designs, budgets, schedules, environmental requirements and safety standards.

PhD in Engineering Sciences

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

MSc in Water Resources Engineering

KU Leuven & Vrije Universiteit Brussel

BSc in Civil Engineering

University of Nairobi · First Class Honours