Juliane Mai

Juliane Mai is a Research Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo's Department of Earth and Environmental Science and a former Research Scientist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig. Her work focuses on computational hydrology, model calibration, sensitivity analysis using high-performance computing, and data dissemination tools like HydroHub and CaSPAr. She develops blended hydrological models that combine multiple process implementations and leads large-scale intercomparison projects (GRIP-E, GRIP-GL) across North America's 3,000+ basins. Her research bridges environmental modeling with machine learning and data science, emphasizing open-access platforms for stakeholders.

• Key projects: GRIP-E/GRIP-GL model intercomparisons
• Methodological innovations: xSSA, EEE, MVA sensitivity techniques
• Created data portals: HydroHub for visualization, CaSPAr for climate data

Her 2023 Journal of Hydrology paper outlines calibration strategies for environmental models, while 2022 Nature Communications work quantifies process sensitivities across North America. She received the 2023 ASCE-EWRI best case study award for GRIP-E research and serves on editorial boards like Journal of Hydrology.