Elena Marianne Pummer

Elena Marianne Pummer is a Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), affiliated with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Faculty of Engineering. She holds a Dr.-Ing. from RWTH Aachen University (2016) and a Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. from TU Darmstadt (2011). Her research focuses on hydrodynamics, sediment transport, hydraulic structures, and geomorphological processes. She leads projects like RenewHydro (sediment handling), HydroCen (hydropower innovation), and InSpillyFish (spillway improvements with fish passage). Notably, she investigates GLOF hydraulics, underground pumped storage plants, and culvert blockage dynamics. Pummer has supervised PhD students including Jan Hrebrina and Nils Solheim, and previously advised Subhojit Kadia and Joakim Sellevold.

Her awards include the Friedrich-Wilhelm Award (2017), ICOLD Young Engineers Award (2017), and the DTK & WasserWirtschaft Prize (2019). She contributes to committees like IAHR’s Hydraulic Structures and EERA Hydropower initiatives. Her work spans experimental modeling, CFD simulations, and policy-driven hydropower modernization.