Nils-Otto Kitterød

Nils-Otto Kitterød is a Professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) since 2010, affiliated with the Soil and Water Science Section. His expertise lies in hydrology and interdisciplinary applications of mathematical/statistical methods in environmental systems.

**Previous Affiliations:**

• Post Doc, University of Oslo
• Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy (NIBIO)
• Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE)
• Saga Petroleum (Geo-engineer)

**Research Focus:**

• Interaction between soil and water processes via water balance analysis
• Methods: Inverse modeling, geostatistics, stochastic simulation
• Current topics: Lake circulation modeling, wind field simulation, precipitation dynamics, sediment/bedrock morphology estimation

**Professional Activities:**

• Chaired 3rd International Conference on Modeling Hydrology & Land Surface Processes (2015)
• Collaborations: NTNU (Norway), University of Hawassa (Ethiopia)
• Research Visits: INRAE/IRSTEA (Lyon, 2016-2017), Lawrence Berkeley Lab (1999)

**Teaching & Mentoring:** Supervised numerous students across BSc, MSc, and PhD programs in hydrology, applied mathematics, and data science.