Julia Derx

Julia Derx is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Hydrology at TU Wien, focusing on water quality assessment and contamination pathways in riverine systems. Her research combines field studies with computational modeling to address water safety challenges.

Research Focus

She develops advanced monitoring strategies for micropollutant removal in riverbank filtration systems and investigates non-traditional pollution sources like poikilothermic animals. Her QMRAcatch framework integrates hydrological, microbiological, and land-use data to inform water safety management decisions for large river basins like the Danube.

Methodological innovations include high-resolution spatiotemporal sampling techniques and 3D groundwater flow modeling to characterize surface water-aquifer interactions.