Peter Salamon

Peter Salamon received the M.Sc. degree in applied environmental geoscience from the Eberhard-Karls University, Tübingen, Germany, in 1999, and the Ph.D. degree in hydraulic and environmental engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, in 2006. He is currently a Scientific Project Manager with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Ispra, Italy, where he is coordinating the Copernicus Emergency Management Service and its components the of European and Global Flood Awareness System. During his research activities and professional career, he has gained experience in policy support in the area of disaster risk management at European and global level. He has authored and coauthored more than 50 peer-reviewed articles. His research interests include hydrology, numerical modeling, hazard and risk mapping, climate change impacts, uncertainty assessment, and operational flood forecasting.