Husain Najafi

Dr. Husain Najafi is a hydrological forecasting expert at the Department of Computational Hydrosystems within the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ). He specializes in operational early warning systems for floods and droughts, currently leading national-scale impact-based forecasting platforms in Germany while supporting international initiatives under the WMO's Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) framework.

Research Highlights

• Developed FFS4DE (Germany's experimental high-resolution flood forecast system)
• Created HS2S (Sub-seasonal Soil Moisture Forecast System for drought prediction)
• Contributed to UNDRR and IPCC aligned climate risk frameworks
• Active member of the IDMP expert network for drought management

Scientific Contributions

• 2024 Nature Communications paper on 10-meter floodplain inundation modeling
• Recipient of UFZ Young Scientist Award 2022 for operational drought forecasting
• Key contributor to ESA 4DHydro project for hyperresolution hydrological modeling