Mikhail Smilovic

Dr. Mikhail Smilovic is a Lecturer at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering at ETH Zürich, Switzerland. His research focuses on hydrology, water resources management, and climate change impacts, with a particular emphasis on agent-based modeling approaches. He has contributed to studies on global water models, groundwater sector frameworks, and socio-hydrological adaptation models for flood and drought risk management. His work integrates interdisciplinary methods, including stakeholder engagement in co-creating solutions for water security challenges in regions like the Danube Basin and urbanizing Indian cities.

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• Key Research Areas: Climate change impacts on water systems, socio-hydrological modeling, urban water equity, and groundwater sustainability.

His recent publications address topics such as coupled extreme water stress effects on crop yields, the dependence of lowland water use on mountain runoff, and the development of frameworks for safe operating spaces in water resources. He collaborates on projects involving large-scale hydrological models like CWatM and agent-based systems (e.g., GEB model for 10 million farming households).

Notable contributions include analyzing the role of calibration in flood/drought projections in the Yangtze River Basin and evaluating policies for drought challenges in rapidly growing cities. His work emphasizes the integration of local knowledge with global datasets to enhance hydrological modeling accuracy.