Juergen Stamm is Full Professor at TU Dresden and Director of UNU Hub on Climate Resilience and Sustainable Technologies (CREST) at UNU-FLORES.
Juergen is a civil engineer specializing in hydraulic engineering and holds a doctoral degree in civil engineering from the University of Karlsruhe (KIT). During his doctoral studies, he focused on the numerical simulation of 3D groundwater circulation wells for the remediation of CHC-contaminated aquifers. After completing his dissertation, he remained at KIT for one year as head of the Groundwater Division before joining the Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute in Karlsruhe. There, he broadened his research to include river hydraulics and groundwater and was appointed head of the Department of Inland Hydraulics in 1999. In 2008, he accepted a professorship at TU Dresden as Chair of Hydraulic Engineering. From 2019 to 2025, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, and since 2025, he has been leading the transCampus TUD-IITM Chennai.
His research interests lie particularly in the field of hydraulic engineering and the environment and focuses on "Engineering for Sustainability" and includes topics such as fish passability, the hydraulic optimization of hydraulic structures, the development of urban digital twins for flood risk management, and large-scale sediment management in rivers. His methodological approach combines hydrodynamic-morphological simulation models, laboratory experiments, and field measurements. He is deeply committed to the internationalization of education, as demonstrated by the establishment of the first Indo-German joint master's program, "Water Security and Global Change." Juergen is a member of several professional organizations, including DWA, HTG, PIANC, and DTK.
Appointments
- Adjunct Professor, UNU-FLORES, Germany
- Full Professor, TUD | Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
- Head of Department Inland Hydraulics at Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute in Karlsruhe, Germany (1997 – 2008)
- Researcher and Postdoc at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany (till 1997)
Research Interests
- Nexus of hydraulics and environment
- Urban Digital Twins for Flood Resilience Assessment
- Ethohydraulic assessment of fish tracks using CFD and lab experiments
- Water Security and Climate Adaptation
- Groundwater Remediation