Estifanos Addisu Yimer

Estifanos Addisu Yimer is an External employee and Researcher at the Department of Water and Climate, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). His work focuses on drought analysis, hydrology, and climate change impacts, particularly in river basins and arid regions. He holds a Doctorate and has been active in interdisciplinary research since at least 2021.

• Affiliations: VUB, Department of Water and Climate; Water & Climate Research Group.
• Education: Doctorate in Engineering Sciences (exact degree unspecified).

His research emphasizes groundwater assessment, drought indices, and climate modeling. He leads the FWOSB125 project predicting drought impacts in the Scheldt Basin, Flanders. Collaborations include studies in Tanzania, Italy, Morocco, and Iraq, addressing groundwater-surface water interactions and nature-based solutions for drought mitigation.

Recent activities include presentations at the EGU General Assembly 2025 and the International SWAT Conference, focusing on drought indices, CMIP6 model applications, and SWAT+gwflow modeling.