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Continue reading →: Launching mini-MOOC course: Understanding climate data – from analysis of the past to future projections
Do you want to learn to use climate data and information in your work with confidence, even though you don’t have a background in climate data science? Then this course is for you! Coming soon in February 2026! We will update you. Climate Data Isn’t Just for Scientists Anymore For…
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Continue reading →: The 2022 Drought: A Wake-Up Call for EuropeIn the summer of 2022, Europe experienced one of its most severe droughts in recent history. Long dry spells began during winter and spring, snow‐pack and water reserves decreased, heat and evaporation soared, and impacts rippled through agriculture, water supply, ecosystems, energy and beyond. The paper by Biella et al.…
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Continue reading →: Europe’s Future: When Droughts and Heatwaves Come together and after another
Extreme event isn’t just about single extreme events anymore, it’s about events stacking up, one after another, or even overlapping at the same time. Our new study analyzed how two types of hazards, droughts and heatwaves, may intensify across Europe in the coming decades. What are the Key findings? Both…
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Continue reading →: Opening collaborations on agriculture and natural hazards with Chinese InstitutionsOn the second week of October 2025, my colleagues from WUR and I visited China to strengthen our collaborations with the China Agricultural University (CAU) and Chinese Agricultural Academy of Science (CAAS). Our visit to Beijing involved three events. First, we have continued our long-term collaboration with CAU through the…
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Continue reading →: Climate change makes the occurrence of floods followed by droughts shorterJean Gohin just finished his thesis with me and Inge de Graaf with the title: A Global Analysis of Future Compound Flood-Drought Events under Climate Change. Among many interesting findings from his thesis, he found that the transition between flood to drought and drought to flood events vary, depending on…
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Continue reading →: Interview with Rif’an
Last month in mid of August 2025, Rif’an arrived in Wageningen for his PhD. I managed to interview him about his choice to pursue his PhD at WUR, the Netherlands. Let’s hear what he say: What made you deciding to study in the Netherlands, and especially WUR? The basic motivation…
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Continue reading →: Bart thesis at glanceBart thesis with the title: Integrating remote sensing and machine learning for hydrological discharge predictions in data-limited areas has been made into a short video in Youtube. In this video, Bart explained his thesis in 3 minutes. Good video and animation Bart. You can watch the video here. Below, I…
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Continue reading →: A PhD on climate information services
🎓 Exciting PhD Opportunity in our team!Are you passionate about climate adaptation, resilient agriculture, and improving livelihoods in vulnerable communities? We invite applications for a fully funded PhD position on “Climate Information Services for Salinity Management & Sustainable Adaptation in the Bangladesh Delta.” 🔍 Research focus:– Co-create climate services for…
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Continue reading →: How Hybrid Forecasts Can Empower Smallholder Farmers in the Global South
In many parts of the Global South, smallholder farmers rely not on weather forecasts based on numerical modeling called scientific forecast, but on something far more rooted in their gene—Indigenous knowledge. From observing the behavior of animals to tracking changes in meteorological and astronomy patterns, these local forecasts have been…
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Continue reading →: DRM and NBS course 2025Disaster Risk Management and Nature Based Solution course (WSG52306) had the last lecture today on Thursday 19 June 2025. This course is a bachelor minor course with participants coming from different study programs, study levels, and from abroad as exchange students. In general, the course is divided into 2 main…
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I’m Samuel
I am an expert in natural hazard forecasting and climate information services, with a specialization in compound extremes, their impacts, and climate adaptation. I have been involved in numerous projects across Indonesia and Europe. Additionally, I am passionate about teaching and supervising students.
Currently I am working at Earth Systems and Global Change (ESC) group, Wageningen University and Research (WUR) as an Assistant Professor (UD1) in Compound Hydrological Extremes and Climate Services.
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I am a scientist with a passion for shaping future leaders and making the world a better place by reducing the impacts of natural hazards. In my free time, I enjoy playing badminton and tennis, as well as road biking.
I studied Civil Engineering at Parahyangan Catholic University in Bandung, Indonesia, with a major in Hydrology and Hydraulics. I completed my master’s degree in Hydrology and Water Resources at UNESCO-IHE Delft, the Netherlands and obtained my PhD from the Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry group at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
