ABOUT US
The Mountain Hydrology Group was created to improve our understanding of the hydrological phenomena occurring in the Andes Mountains, and their sensitivity to climate change. This, with the main purpose of improving the quantification of water resource availability and its variability, and extreme events (droughts and floods), which is necessary to design sustainable water management strategies and inform adaptation policies. Our methods include intensive hydrometeorological observations, hydrological modeling, remote sensing techniques, among others.
Director
Sebastián Krogh
Associate Professor, Department of Water Resources, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Universidad de Concepción.
Dr. Krogh is a Civil Engineer and MSc from the University of Chile, with a PhD from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Since 2010 he has carried out advanced water resources analysis and hydrological modeling applications, including the impact of climate change, in places such as Patagonia, the Chilean Andes, the Canadian Arctic and the Sierra Nevada, USA.
PhD students:
Anelim Bernal
Hydrometeorological Engineering, Universidad Central de Venezuela, and Master in Water Resources Engineering, Universidad Nacional del Litoral. I have a background in hydrology covering different regions and climates. Currently, as a PhD candidate in Water Resources and Energy for Agriculture, I am researching the physical processes that dominate the hydrological response of mountain watersheds in south-central Chile and how these will be affected by climate change. My work contributes to the management and understanding of water resources, supporting agricultural planning and sustainable development in vulnerable areas.
Miguel Moraga
My name is Miguel Moraga, I am a Civil Engineer and I have been interested in hydrology since I was an undergraduate. Currently, I am working on my PhD at the UdeC. My main area of interest is the hydrology of snow at the hillslope scale and the importance it has in the generation of runoff and flows during the snowmelt period.
Master's students:
Kamila Tobar
I am a Master student of the Agricultural Engineering program at the University of Concepción. My research interests are focused on ecohydrology and the use of remote sensing tools for the analysis of vegetation dynamics, and its impact on the hydrological response of montane basins.
Undergraduate Students:
Matías Figueroa
Agricultural Engineering
Thesis title: “Análisis de flujo base para cuencas de cabecera en la Región de Ñuble”
Rodrigo Álvarez
Agricultural Engineering
Thesis title: “Cuantificación de la variación espacio-temporal de la cobertura nival con imágenes satelitales”
Rodrigo Fonseca
Agricultural Engineering
Thesis title: “Diagnóstico del pronóstico de caudales de deshielo para la temporada de riego en Chile”
Francisco Valencia
Agricultural Engineering
Thesis title: “Proyecciones de cambio climático en la Región de Ñuble”
Clever Cáceres
Agricultural Engineering
Thesis title: “Diagnóstico y modelación de datos nivométricos DGA en Chile central”
Alexis Rogel
Agricultural Engineering
Thesis title: “Evaluación del modelo CemaNeige-GRJ6 para cuencas de la Región de Aysén”
Lenin Aguilera
Agricultural Engineering
Thesis title: “Análisis del impacto de los Ríos Atmosféricos en crecidas de la zona centro-sur de Chile”
Octavio Candia
Agricultural Engineering
Thesis title: “Análisis de los eventos de crecidas de junio y agosto del 2023 en Chile central”