2nd GEOSS Science and Technology Stakeholder Workshop GEOSS: Supporting Science for the Millennium Development Goals and Beyond Bonn, Germany, August 28—31, 2012

Jens Liebe

Dr. Jens Liebe is a Programme Officer for the UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development in Bonn, Germany, which is hosted by the United Nations University. At UNW-DPC he is responsible for water resources management issues, focusing on capacity development in international and interdisciplinary settings.

Before joining the UNW-DPC, Dr. Liebe was a Senior Scientist at the Center for Development at the University of Bonn from 2008 - 2011, where he served as scientific coordinator of the “GLOWA Volta Project” and coordinated the follow-up “Sustainable Development of Research Capacity in West Africa based on the GLOWA Volta Project”. From 2004 to 2007 he was a Principal Investigator in the Small Reservoirs Project, a CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. In 1999 and 2000 he worked as a GIS and Remote Sensing Expert for the German Technical Co-operation (GTZ) in Zambia.

Dr. Liebe holds a Ph.D. in Biological and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University with a focus on water resources, and a M.Sc. in Geography from the University of Bonn, for which he was awarded the Hans-Hartwig Ruthenberg award. His research work focuses on the hydrology of semi-arid areas, small reservoirs, the use of GIS and remote sensing in data scarce areas, predictions in ungauged basins, hydro-economic models, environment and human health, and capacity development.

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