dr. ir. Hans Lievens
Hans Lievens is specialized in remote sensing (active and passive microwave) of snow and soil moisture, and in data assimilation to improve land surface model estimates.
Bio
In 2011, Hans Lievens earned a Ph.D. in Applied Biological Sciences from Ghent University, focusing on the retrieval of soil moisture information from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and the effects of surface roughness. This was followed by a six-year postdoctoral fellowship with the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), concentrating on radar and radiometer remote sensing of soil moisture and data assimilation to improve land surface model simulations of soil moisture, evaporation and river discharge. During this period, Hans was also a visiting research scientist at the Centre d’Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère (CESBIO, France), Princeton University (USA), and Monash University (Australia). In 2016-2017, Hans joined the NASA Goddard Space Flight as a visiting scientist and participated to the NASA SnowEx campaign. Between 2018 and 2022, he worked on the SNOPOST and C-SNOW projects at KU Leuven (Belgium), supported by BELSPO’s STEREO III program. Since 2022, he has been a Post-doctoral Assistant at Ghent University, contributing to teaching activities on hydrological modeling and advanced remote sensing, and supervising projects like FWO SNOW-MODE, BELSPO SNOWTRANE, and Wavetrax.
Trajectory
- 2022-present: Post-doctoral Assistant | Ghent University
- 2018-2022: Post-doctoral research scientist | KU Leuven
- 2016-2017: Visiting scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- 2012–2018: Post-doctoral research fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) | Ghent University
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2011–2012: Post-doctoral research scientist | Ghent University
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2007–2011: Ph.D. in Applied Biological Sciences | Ghent University
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2002–2007: MSc. in Applied Biological Sciences, Soil and Water Management | Ghent University
Contact
E-mail: Hans.Lievens@UGent.be
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