Claire Delus

Claire Delus is a Lecturer in Geography at the University of Lorraine, specializing in continental hydrology at the intersection of engineering and geographical approaches. Her work emphasizes statistical and modeling methods, supported by naturalist observations of flow processes in watersheds influenced by physiographic contexts.

Education:

• Doctorate in Geography (2007), Paul-Verlaine University of Metz, under Jeannine Corbonnois and Emmanuel Gille

Research Activities:

• Water cycle dynamics
• Hydrosystems analysis
• Drought and low water level modeling
• Rainfall-runoff hydrological forecasting
• Multidisciplinary historical reconstructions

Key Projects:

• ANR CIPRHES (2021-2024): Integrated hydrometeorological forecasting for droughts
• PESTINTER (2021-2023): Pesticide impacts on La Cleurie (Vosges) aquatic ecosystems
• RECRET (2017-2021): Moselle flood and drought history via sediment cores

Technical Expertise:

• Hydrometry and sedimentology
• GIS applications in hydrology
• Field instrumentation
• Remote sensing and drone imaging