Rainer Helmig#
| Membership Number: | 6076 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.iws.uni-stuttgart.de/en/institute/team/Helmig/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-2601-5377 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2022,2 - 12 Guest Professor, Hasselt University (Belgium)
- Since 2021 Research Professor, University of Stuttgart
- 2019 - 2022 Adjunct Professor, University of Bergen (Norway)
- 2019,05 - 07 Guest Professor, Utrecht University/Darcy Center (Netherlands)
- 2012,04 - 07 NWO-von Humboldt-Foundation Guest Professor, Utrecht University (Netherlands)
- 2006,03 - 05 Guest Professor, University of Bergen (Norway)
- 2005,07 - 08 Guest Researcher, Shandong University (China)
- Since 2000 Full Professor, Director, Institute for Modelling Hydraulic and Environmental Systems, University of Stuttgart
- 1998 - 2000 Full Professor, Institute of Computer Applications in Civil Engineering, TU Braunschweig
- 1997 - 1998 Acting Professor, TU Brauchschweig
- 1993 - 1997 Research Assistant, Institute of Hydraulic Engineering, University of Stuttgart
- 1991,03 - 10 Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley
- 1988 - 1992 Research Assistant, Institute of Fluid Mechanics, University of Hannover
Fields of Scholarship
- Physical and mathematical modeling of multi-phase processes
- Groundwater hydrology
- Modeling of mass- and heat-flux processes across the land/atmosphere interface
- Analysis of coupled processes between the unsaturated zone and the atmosphere
- Multi-phase flow in porous media
- Coupling hydrosystem compartments and complex flow and transport processes
- Numerical modeling
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Honorary Doctoral Degree, Heriot-Watt University
- 2021 Research Professor, University of Stuttgart
- 2020 AGU Fellow 2020, American Geophysical Union
- 2019 - 2022 Magne Espedal Honorary Professor at the University of Bergen, Norway
- 2019 Honorary Lifetime Membership Award, International Socieety for Porous Media (InterPore)
- Since 2017 Elected member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering
- 2015 Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecturer, National Groundwater Association (NGWA)
- 2013 InterPore-Rosette, International Society for Porous Media (InterPore)
- 2013 Shell Lecture 2013, Rice University Houston, USA
- 2012 NOW-von Humboldt Stiftung award
- Since 2010 Elected member of the Heidelberg Academy of Science and Humanities
- 1995 Dresden Prize for Groundwater Research
