CURRICULUM VITAE
| Name: | Nils Roar Sælthun |
| Nationality: | Norwegian |
| Date of birth: | 6 Apr 1946 |
| Civil status: | Married |
| Profession: | Hydrologist |
| Specialisation: | Hydrology, Hydroinformatics |
Key qualification:
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Education:
| 1968: | B.Sc., University of Oslo; Main subjects: Math., Physics, Geophysics |
| 1972: | M.Sc. in Geophysics, University of Oslo; Main subjects: Hydrology and Meteorology. |
Other training:
| 1976 | Hydrocomp simulation workshop, London |
| 1972 – 1984 | Various postgraduate courses |
Employment Record:
| 2013 – | University Center in Svalbard, Department of Technology: Part time (20%) professorship in hydrology. Responsible for undergraduate course AT-209, Arctic Hydrology and Climate Change |
| 2013 – | University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences: Professor Emeritus. Responsible for various graduate/postgraduate courses and M.Sc. supervision |
| 2005 – 2013 | University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences: Department Head. 120 employees, Turnover 120 mill NOK/year |
| 1995 – 2005 | Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo, Norway: Research Manager, Hydrology/Hydroinformatics; Head of Freshwater Ecology Research Department; Research Director, Freshwater Ecology and Technology Department National and international projects on hydrology, hydrological modelling, and environmental information systems |
| 1987 – 2005 | University of Oslo, Department of Geophysics/Geosciences: Part time (20%) professorship in hydrology. Responsible for graduate/postgraduate course GF346, Hydrological modelling. Lectures and tuition at all levels, research (Climate change, uncertainty in hydrology) |
| 1976 – 1995 | Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Administration, Hydrology Department, Oslo: Hydrologist, Section of Urban Hydrology; Hydrologist, EDP division; Senior hydrologist, EDP division; Chief Engineer, Head of EDP division; Special adviser, HydrologyDevelopment and testing of models for runoff simulation and forecasting, implementation of forecasting systems for hydropower plants, computer interfaces for recording and telemetring equipment, reservoir operation simulation, simulation of flow in hydraulic systems. Responsible for hydropower related projects, climatic change projects (Norwegian and Nordic) and international co-operation on flood estimation. Database development, data processing and information systems. |
| 1972 – 1975 | University of Oslo, Department of Geophysics: Senior research assistant.Lecturing (general hydrology), supervision of M.Sc. students, research on modelling of saturated/unsaturated soil water movement. |
| 1971 | Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Department of Hydrometeorology, Oslo: Meteorologist. Participated in development of EDP systems for control of precipitation data. |
Experience:
| 2020 | «Cost-Benefit analysis for Vosso River”. Project 0wner: Multiconsult. Client: Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. Role: Project Manager. |
| 2017-2021 | «New Water Ways”. Project 0wner: NIVA. Client: Norwegian Research Council. Role: Urban hydrological modeling. |
| 2018-2020 | «Advancing flood frequency analysis methods under nonstationary conditions”. Project 0wner: University of Oslo. Client: Norwegian Research Council. Role: Advisor. |
| 2017-2018 | «Climate Change Adaptation: Cost-benefit analysis of preparing Roads for use as storm flow drainage paths”. Project 0wner: Multiconsult. Client: Oslo Municipality. Role: Cost-Benefit Analysis. |
| 2017-2018 | «The monetary value of use of hydropower reservoirs for flood mitigation”. Project 0wner: Multiconsult. Client: Energy Norway. Role: Cost-Benefit Analysis. |
| 2017 | «Flood mitigation design for three rivers in Melshornsida, Volda». Client: Volda Municipality. Norway. Project manager for Multiconsult. |
| 2016-2017 | «Water Management in Cold Climates». Client: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway. Academic co-operation between 7 universities in 6 countries in the High North. UNIS representative. |
| 2016 | «Flood mitigation studies for Voss and Odda municipalities». Client: Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. Norway. Project manager for Multiconsult. |
| 2016 | «Polar Hydrology Field Course». Client: EEA and Norway Grants. Academic co-operation UNIS – University of South Bohemia. UNIS representative. |
| 2016 | Design of sustainable urban drainage system for small development. Client: Private consortium. |
| 2015-2016 | «International Workshop on Geohazards Management Beijing». Client: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway. Organiser from the Norwegian side. |
| 2015 | «Development of Benefit/Cost Analysis tools for mitigation measures against geohazards». Client: Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. Norway. |
| 2015 | «Hydrological review of five feasibility studies in Rwanda». Client: Norfund. Hydrologist. Activities performed: Quality assurance of feasibility studies for five minihydro projects. Rwanda. |
| 2012 – 2013 | «Study on Water Availability for Irrigation and Hydropower Production on Shire River at Kapichira Falls». Client: Ministry of Water Development and Irrigation. Hydrologist Activities performed: Hydrology update; Climatic variability. Malawi. |
| 2011 – 2013 | «Detailed Design of the Upgraded Kamuzu Barrage». Client: Ministry of Water Development and Irrigation. Hydrologist Activities performed: Planning upgrade of hydrometeorological network; Flood warning system; Contribute to establishment of of operation rules; Hydrology update; Design flood estimation. Malawi. |
| 2011 – 2013 | «Impact of climate and landuse change on hydrological response (surface and sub-subsurface) of Beas basin». Client: Research Councils of Norway and India. Advisor. Activities performed: Field visits, data survey, advise young reseachers. Himachal Pradesh, India. |
| 2001 – 2006 | «Environmentally friendly operation of hydropower plants in altered climatic and energy policy regimes». Client: Research Council of Norway. Positions held: Project Manager, Steering group member. Activities: Project management, hydrology. |
| 2002 – 2003 | «Estudios Ambientales del Proyecto de Aprovechamiento Múltiple Alto Yuna». Client: Instituto National de Recursos Hidraulicos. Team leader water resources Activities performed: Hydrological assessment and simulations of downstream effects and water availabilty, i.a. for irrigation systems. GIS and modelling. Dominican Republic |
| 2001 – 2003 | «Agro-ecological and Rainwater Drainage Study of Sub-basin III of the Southern Basin of Lake Managua». Client: Alcaldía de Managua. Hydrologist Activities performed: GIS, modelling of flood Levels. Nicaragua. |
| 2000 – 2004 | «SCANNET – Scandinavian/North European Network of terrestrial Field Bases». Client: EU Framework Programme 5. Position held: WP Manager, Member of Steering Committee. Activities performed: Compilation of climate change scenarios. Northern Europe. |
| 1999 – 2001 | «National Hydropower Plan Study». Client: Electricity of Vietnam. Water resources and data base expert Activities performed: Establishment of database for hydropower schemes and impact parameters; GIS. Vietnam. |
| 1998 – 2001 | «DART – Dynamic Response of the Forest-Tundra Ecotone». Project for EU DG XII. Responsible for hydrological modelling. |
| 1997 – 2000 | «New Generation Hydrological Models». Inter-institutional Norwegian programme for development of distributed models. Client: Norwegian Research Council. Project Manager. |
| 1997 – 1998 | Water management in the Dniepr cascade. Client: Ukrenergo. Hydrologist. Activities performed: Software Development for flood forecasting and hydropower optimization. |
| 1996 – 1997 | Resident Co-ordinator for the Norwegian Institutional Co-operation Programme with the Palestinian Water Authority. Middle East. |
| 1996 – 1998 | «Hydra». Norwegian inter-institutional program on assessment of human impacts on floods. Co-ordinator for project on Risk Analysis. |
| 1995 – 1996 | Advisor to the Palestinian Water Authority on Data Banks implementation. Middle East. |
| 1994 – 1997 | «New guidelines for regional flood estimation for Norwegian rivers». Client: Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. Hydrologist. Activities performed: Statistical analysis of floods. Norway. |
| 1994 – 1996 | «Isohydat map project». Norwegian inter-institutional project for development of new methodology for objective mapping of water balance elements. Responsible for development of gridded water balance model. |
| 1994 – 1996 | Lesotho/Zambia:Development and implementation of information system and database for the Zambezi river. South African Development Community project (ZACPRO). |
| 1993 | Tanzania: Evaluation of the Pangani Basin Water Office. |
| 1992 – 1997 | «Climate Change and Energy Production». Nordic project (Finnish, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic and Norwegian participation) on evaluation of climate change impacts on runoff and hydropower production. Project manager. Client: Nordic Council of Ministers. |
| 1990 – 1994 | «River System Simulator». Norwegian inter-institutional project on development of integrated software system for WRM projects. Responsible for data modelling (ER model). |
| 1990 – 1993 | «FRIEND – Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data». Co-ordinator for project 4: «Techniques for extreme rainfall and runoff estimation». French, English, Czech and Norwegian participation. |
| 1990 | «Climate Change and Water Resources». Project in the Norwegian Interministerial Climate Change Study. Project leader. |
| 1985 – 1986 | Moçambique: Processing of hydrological data for evaluation of expansion plans for Chicamba-Mavuzi hydropower system. Preparation, transfer and translation of energy production simulation models for short and long term operation planning to microcomputer systems at Electricidade de Moçambique. |
| 1984 – 1988 | «Operational forecasting model for hydropower plants». Norwegian inter-institutional project for development of commercial software system for hydrological forecasting. Responsible for hydrological simulation and error prediction module. |
| 1983 – 1985 | Dominican Republic: Responsible for hydrologic part of prefeasibility study on small and medium sized hydropower plants in Rio Yaque del Sur in co-operation with staff of Corporacíon Dominicana de Electricidad. Study ranged from quality control of primary data to reservoir simulation and sensitivity analysis. |
| 1981 – 1984 | «Multiobjective Planning in Water Resources». Research project at University of Oslo. |
| 1980 – 1982 | «New Methodology for Design Flood Estimation». Development of methodology and guidelines for design flood estimation in Norway. Member of project team. |
| 1979 – 1981 | «Vestlandsverkene Hydropower Production Decision Support System». Development and implementation of hydrological forecasting and operation simulation system for several hydropower plants in Western Norway. Responsible for hydrological and hydraulic modules. |
| 1978 – 1979 | «AVB Forecasting System». Implementation of operational forecasting system for Bøylefoss Hydropower Plant. |
| 1977 – 1978 | «The Modelling Committee». Development and verification of models for hydrological forecasting. Member of project team. |
| 1976 | «PRA -Project on Waste Water Management». Team member on subproject on urban hydrology; field work, data processing and analysis. |
Professional Societies:
| 1980 – | Norwegian Geophysical Society, member |
| 1980 – 1992 | International Association of Hydrological Sciences – National Representative |
| Norwegian Society of Chartered Engineers, member | |
| Nordic Association for Hydrology, member |
Member of boards and committees, etc.:
| 1986 – 1996 | International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) Technical Committee on Design Floods (1986-1992), Technical Committee on Dam Safety (1995-1996) |
| 1994 – 1997 | Norwegian IGBP Committee, member |
| 1997 – 2000 | Norwegian Global Change Committee, member |
| 1999 – 2003 | Norwegian Hydrological Council/Norwegian IHP Committee, Chair |
| 2005 – 2012 | National Advisory Committee on Geoscience, Chair |
Academic Committees, etc
| 1990 | Admasu Gebeyehu, Ph.D., Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Opponent and member of adjudication committee. |
| 1990 | Knut Sand, Ph.D. (Dr. ing), Norwegian Institute of Technology. Opponent and member of adjudication committee. |
| 1992 | John Tveit, Professor competence, Norwegian Institute of Technology. Member of adjudication committee. |
| 1996 | Philippe Crochet, Approval of French Ph.D. dissertation, University of Oslo. Member of adjudication committee. |
| 1997 | Irina Krasovskaia, Ph.D. (Dr. philos.), University of Oslo. Administrator. |
| 1998 | Trond Rinde, Ph.D. (Dr. ing.), Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Opponent and member of adjudication committee. |
| 1999 | Knut Tore Alfredsen, Ph.D. (Dr. ing.), Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Opponent and member of adjudication committee. |
| 2000 | Stein Beldring, Ph.D., University of Oslo. Member and administrator of adjudication committee. |
| 2000 | Associate Professor Position in Hydrology, Norwegian University of Technology. Member of Evaluation committee. |
| 2000 | Kolbjørn Engeland, Ph.D., University of Oslo. Member and administrator of adjudication committee. |
| 2000 | Promotion to Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Member of Evaluation committee. |
| 2002 | Hege Hisdal, Ph.D., University of Oslo. Member and administrator of adjudication committee. |
| 2005 – date | Promotion Committee, Norwegian Institute for Water Research. External Member. |
| 2006 | Bergen Research Foundation Grant to Young Scientists. Reviewer. |
| 2007 | Evaluation of the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM). Member of the evaluation committee. |
| 2008 | Professor position in Hydrology, University of Life Science. Member of Evaluation committee. |
| 2009 | Evaluation of Study Program at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Life Science. Member of Evaluation committee. |
| 2010-date | Centre for Environmental Design of Renewable Energy. Member of Scientific Committee. |
| 2011 | Promotion to Senior Researcher, Bioforsk – Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research. Member of Evaluation committee. |
| 2012 | Associate Professor position in Geology, University College of Sogn and Fjordane. Member of the Evaluation Committee. |
| 2012 | Adjunct position in Hydraulic and Engineering Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Member of the Evaluation Committee. |
| 2015 | Rafael Roderiguez Ochoa, Ph.D., University of Oslo. Member and administrator of adjudication committee. |
| 2016 | Emmanuel Jjunju, Ph.D., Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Member of adjudication committee. |
| 2016 | Benedikt Lerch, Ph.D., University of Oslo. Member and administrator of adjudication committee. |
Teaching:
| 1987 – 2003 | University of Oslo, Department of Geophysics: GF346/GF348 Hydrological modelling; Course responsibility, lecturing |
| 1990 – 1999 | University of Oslo, Department of Geophysics: GF-GG141 Hydrology; Lecturing |
| 1992 – 2000 | Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Continuing Education: Dam Safety II; Lecturing |
| 2000 – 2014 | University of Life Science, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology: THT300 Water Engineering; Lecturing |
| 2000 – 2003 | University of Oslo, Department of Geophysics: GF247 Use of models in operational hydrology; Lecturing |
| 2003 – 2005 | University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences: GEO4320 Hydrological modelling; Lecturing |
| 2004 – 2005 | University Centre in Svalbard, Department of Arctic Geology: AG204 The Physical Geography of Svalbard; Lecturing |
| 2010 – 2018 | University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences: GEO2010 Surface hydrology; Lecturing |
| 2012 – 2017 | University Centre in Svalbard, Department of Arctic Technology: AT209 Arctic Hydrology and Climate Change; Course responsibility, lecturing |
| 2013 | University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences: GEO4171 Floods and landslides; Course responsibility, lecturing |
| 2014 | University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences: GEO4320 Hydrological modeling; Course responsibility, lecturing |
| 2015 | University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences: GEO4340 Fluvial Hydrology; main lecturer |
| 2015-2017 | University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences: GEO3020 Soil- and groundwater; lecturing |
| 2017 | University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences: GEG2110 Geomorphological processes; lecturing |
| 2018 | University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences: GEO4340 Fluvial Hydrology; main lecturer |
| 2019-2020 | University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences: GEO2330 Hydrology; lecturing |
| 2019 | The Oslo School of Architecture and Design: AHO-61-401 Landscape and Urbanism GK3; lecturing |
| 2020 | The Oslo School of Architecture and Design: AHO-60-410 Landscape and urbanism; lecturing |
Supervision:
| 1993 – 1996 | Krassimir Stanev, Ph.D. Bulgarian Academy of Science: «Modelling of the snowmelt discharge for Bulgarian mountain catchments» |
| 1997 – 1998 | Heidi Anette Grønsten, M.Sc. University of Oslo/UNIS: «Hydrological Studies and Simulations of a High Arctic Catchment Longyearelva, Spitsbergen» |
| 1999 – 2000 | Jonas Johnsen, M.Sc. University of Oslo/UNIS: «Processes in the Arctic snow pack, and formation of bottom ice» |
| 2006 – 2007 | Line Johanne Barkved, M.Sc. University of Oslo: «Estimation of extreme floods: At-site flood estimates by application of a hydrological model and long synthetic series of precipitation and temperature» |
| 2013 | Monika Rødin Lund, M.Sc. University of Oslo: «En studie av skredaktiviteten i Arnegårdslia i Nes kommune, Hallingdal – Utløsende årsaker og menneskelig påvirkning» |
| 2013 | Hongliang Xu, Ph.D. University of Oslo: «Impacts on the density and location of rain gauges on performances of hydrological models» |
| 2014 | Simona Brazauskaite, M.Sc. University of Oslo: «Bruk av isohydatkart for estimering av avrenning i umålte felt. Et eksempel for Østlandet» |
| 2014 | Berhanu Dinku, M.Sc. University of Oslo: «Vulnerability and Resilience of Critical Infrastructures due to floods and slides – Case study of Norwegian railway infrastructures» |
| 2015-2016 | Solveig Andersdatter Helland, M.Sc. University of Oslo: «Improved prediction of water level rise in extreme flood events at ungauged sites» |
| 2016-2017 | Svein Tore Sinnes, M.Sc. University of Oslo: «Improved prediction of snowmelt floods» |
| 2016-2017 | Anna Aano, M.Sc. University of Oslo: «Using historical information, instrumental data and paleohydrological information to estimate design floods» |
| 2017-2018 | Ina Storteig, M.Sc. University of Oslo: «Continuous urban hydrological modelling of discharge peaks with SWMM» |
| 2018-2020 | Ellen Birgitte Folderø, M.Sc. University of Oslo: «Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) and the REO model. An Urban Hydrology Study. Vestli hydrometric station, Oslo» |
Reviewer for the following scientific journals:
Nordic Hydrology, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Contributions to Atmospheric Physics, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Hydrology Research, The Cryosphere, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, JGR-Biogeoscience, Journal of Environmental Engineering, Journal of Hydrology, Entropy, Sustainability.
Countries worked in:
Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Moçambique, Tanzania, Lesotho, Zambia, Malawi, Middle East, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Vietnam, India, Rwanda, China
Languages:
| English | Excellent |
| German | Good |
| Spanish | Good |
| French | Fair |
| Arabic | Some |
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