Peter Goethals

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Peter Goethals is professor in applied water ecology and sustainable water management at the Ghent University in Belgium. He started his research in 1996 at the Ghent University, mainly focusing on consultancy for the government. In 2005 he obtained his PhD on the integration of informatics in ecological river management, and he became professor in 2007. He combines fundamental and applied research, with a focus on innovation of monitoring, assessment and modelling methods to support decision-making in water management. In addition to his lab and field research in Belgium and Europe, he has a long-standing cooperation with universities and governments in Latin-America, Africa and Asia, in particular related to the sustainability analysis of surface waters and river basins. He is director of the CeSAM-platform at UGent to support cooperation with institutions in Latin-America. He serves in editorial boards of Ecological Informatics (Elsevier), Environmental Science and Policy (Elsevier) and Sustainability (MDPI).

Email: peter.goethals@ugent.be
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