Pallav Kumar Shrestha

Pallav Kumar Shrestha is a postdoctoral researcher at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) since 2017, focusing on Computational Hydrosystems in Leipzig, Germany. His work centers on resolving challenges in global hydrological modeling, particularly for small catchments and reservoir systems.

• Developed subgrid catchment conservation method for gridded hydrological models
• Created new reservoir module for mHM
• Contributor to Nature Communications flood early warning system paper

Research Themes:

• Flood forecasting at global/regional scales
• Reservoir modeling in regulated basins
• Climate change impacts on water resources
• Computational hydrosystems development
• Environmental informatics for global hydrology

Key Projects: ULYSSES (Copernicus), SaWaM (BMBF), 4DHydro (ESA), and state of global water resources (WMO). His 2025 ASCE-EWRI award paper on Great Lakes runoff intercomparison highlights his collaborative impact.

Modeling Expertise: Active member of the mHM development team, contributing to debugging, user support, and training across Europe and Asia. His technical skills bridge Fortran programming for skill assessment tools and ecFlow automation systems.