Lars Ribbe

Director

Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT), TH Köln – Germany

Short Bio

Lars Ribbe is a professor for integrated land and water resources management and director at the Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT), TH Köln (University of Applied Sciences) as well as the Head of Project of the Centers for Natural Resources and Development (CNRD). Holding a PhD in the field of Hydro-informatics (Friedrich Schiller University Jena) his current work in research and teaching is river basin assessment, modelling and management and he is specifically interested in developing knowledge systems helping decision makers to cope with prevailing water resources related challenges. At ITT he is the coordinator of the MSc “Integrated Water Resources Management” – which is actively linked to similar master programs around the globe.