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I am a research hydrologist with a special interest in hydroclimatology, mountain hydrology, watershed hydrology and hydrologic engineering. In this site you can find the resources related to my activities as well as a "hydrologic blog" with some posts in english with divers analysis. Be welcome!

Hydrology: Study of water / Branch of earth science and enviromental sciences that deals with water movement, distribution and quality / Study of cycling of water on Earth, it also refers to the cycling of liquids on other planets. (Source: Nature)

research
1. Main research topics:
- Impacts of climate variability and climate change on the hydrologic cycle.
- Hydrological processes at meso-scale and local scale in experimental basins.
- Interdisciplinary methods for water security study.

Semi-arid environment in the Peruvian southern coast. Photo: P.Rau

2. Study regions
- South American Pacific drainage
- Semi-arid Andes and Amazonia
- Tell and Saharan Atlas.

3. International research collaborations
Peru, France, Ecuador, Algeria, USA, UK, Chile, Colombia, The Netherlands, Bolivia, Spain, Mexico.  

main activities 
- Associate Professor, Departament of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Principal Investigator at Water Research and Technology Centre (CITA)
Graduate Program of Engineering
Universidad de Ingenieria y Tecnologia (UTEC). Lima, Peru.
 
- Visiting Professor
Graduate Program of Hydraulic Engineering 
Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (UNI). Lima, Peru.
Graduate Program of Hydraulic Engineering 
Universidad Mayor Real y Pontificia San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca (USFX). Sucre, Bolivia.
 
- External scientific collaborator, Complexity and Causal Structures. INRIA. GET. France

reviewer for scientific journals
- Nature Scientific Reports (Editorial Board Member), Earth & Environment
- Frontiers in Water and Climate (Review Editor)
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
- Meteorologica
- Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
- Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
- Arabian Journal of Geosciences
- International Journal of Climatology
- Climatic Change

education
- PhD in Hydrology. Université Toulouse III (UPS). Toulouse France (2017)
- MSc in Hydrology and Environment. Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (INPT). Toulouse France (2011)
- MSc in Water Resources. Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM). Lima Peru (2007)
- BSc in Civil Engineering. Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (UNI). Lima Peru (2004)

contact
E-mail: 
pedro.rau.ing@gmail.com
ORCID ID:
orcid.org/0000-0002-1004-6729
Social networks:

Header photo:
Lively and busy bank of the Ucayali river (Pucallpa, Ucayali, Peru. Photo: P.Rau)

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