Dr. Björn Weeser

Scientific Career

• since 03/2020 Project Coordinator of the DAAD Exceed SDG^nexus Network
• 05/2015 - 03/2020 Scientific Assistant at ZEU, University of Giessen, Gießen
• 05/2015 - 03/2020 Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben, Institute of Landscape Ecology and Resources Management (ILR), University of Giessen, Gießen

• Doctor of Natural Science (Dr. rer. nat.): University of Giessen, "Modeling hydrological fluxes of tropical mountainous watersheds in Kenya using crowdsourced water level data"
• Master of Science: Environmental and Resource Management, JLU, Giessen „Kalibrierung und Validierung des prozessorientierten Modells KINEROS zur Abschätzung der Erosion in einem luxemburgischen Einzugsgebiet“ Prof. Dr. L. Breuer in cooperation with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)
• Bachelor of Science: Environmental Protection Engineering , University of Applied Sciences Bingen am Rhein, „Mineralisation und Denitrifikation in ungestörten Bodenproben in Abhängigkeit von der Temperatur, dem Wassergehalt und der Bodenstruktur: Durchführung einer Laborinkubation und Simulation“, Prof. Dr. T. Appel

Focus of work

• Hydrogeochemical modelling
• Geospatial Data Analysis
• Integrating crowdsourced based measurements in hydrological management
• ARM-based low-cost sensors
• Hydrology in tropical catchments

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Weeser B., J. Gräf, N. Njue, P. Cerutti, M. C. Rufino, L. Breuer, S. R. Jacobs. 2020. Crowdsourced Water Level Monitoring in Kenya's Sondu-Miriu Basin: Who is "the crowd"? Front. Earth Sci. 8:602422 https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.602422
• Jacobs S. R., B. Weeser, M. C. Rufino, L. Breuer. 2020. Diurnal Patterns in Solute Concentrations Measured with In Situ UV-Vis Sensors: Natural Fluctuations or Artefacts? Sensors 2020, 20(3), 859, https://doi.org/10.3390/s20030859 
• Weeser, B., S. R. Jacobs, P. Kraft, M. C. Rufino, L. Breuer. 2019. Rainfall‐Runoff Modeling Using Crowdsourced Water Level Data. Water Resources Research 55, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR025248
• Njue, N., J. S. Kroese, J. Gräf, S. R. Jacobs, B. Weeser, L. Breuer, and M. C. Rufino. 2019. Citizen science in hydrological monitoring and ecosystem services management: State of the art and future prospects. Science of The Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.337
• Weeser, B., J. Stenfert Kroese, S. R. Jacobs, N. Njue, Z. Kemboi, A. Ran, M. C. Rufino, and L. Breuer. 2018. Citizen science pioneers in Kenya – A crowdsourced approach for hydrological monitoring. Science of The Total Environment 631-632:1590–1599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.130
• Jacobs, S. R., E. Timbe, B. Weeser, M. C. Rufino, K. Butterbach-Bahl, and L. Breuer. 2018. Assessment of hydrological pathways in East African montane catchments under different land use. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 22(9):4981–5000. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4981-2018
• Jacobs, S. R., B. Weeser, A. C. Guzha, M. C. Rufino, K. Butterbach-Bahl, D. Windhorst, and L. Breuer. 2018. Using High-Resolution Data to Assess Land Use Impact on Nitrate Dynamics in East African Tropical Montane Catchments. Water Resources Research. http://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR021592
• Rufino, M. C., B. Weeser, Stenfert Kroese, N. Njue, J. Gräf, S. R. Jacobs, Z. Kemboi, A.M. Ran, P.O. Cerutti, C. Martius, and L. Breuer. 2018. Citizen scientists monitor water quantity and quality in Kenya. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor/007013