Anna Elżbieta Sikorska
Anna Elżbieta Sikorska
Anna Elżbieta Sikorska
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<strong>Anna</strong> <strong>Elżbieta</strong> <strong>Sikorska</strong><br />
Degree: MSc. Eng.<br />
Current position: PhD student<br />
Dept. of Hydraulic Engineering,<br />
Div, of River Engineering,<br />
Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW,<br />
Nowoursynowska str. 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland<br />
Tel.: +48 22 5935303<br />
Fax.: +48 22 5935282<br />
anna_sikorska@sggw.pl<br />
Research Areas:<br />
Urban catchment hydrology, Rainfall-runoff modeling, Storm water quality, Sediment loads<br />
modeling, Uncertainty analysis, Bayesian data analysis, Sediment-associated micropollutions<br />
in urban drainage systems, Analysis of land use and climate changes, Flood mitigation<br />
processes.<br />
Courses Taught:<br />
Hydrology and Water Management”, “Modeling of Environmental Processes”, Dept. of<br />
Hydraulic Engineering, WULS - SGGW, Warsaw, Poland<br />
Education:<br />
MSc. Eng.: Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW (WULS - SGGW), Poland, Faculty<br />
of Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Master’s Degree (honors) in Environmental<br />
Protection (Jul 2008).<br />
Eng.: WULS - SGGW, Poland, Faculty of Engineering and Environmental Sciences,<br />
Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Protection (Mar 2007).<br />
Professional Experience:<br />
� Visiting PhD Research at the Dept. of Urban Water Management at Eawag, Dübendorf,<br />
Switzerland, supervision: Dr. Jörg Rieckermann (Dec 2010 – Nov 2011).<br />
� 2008 - present Researcher (PhD student) at the Dept. of Hydraulic Engineering,<br />
WULS - SGGW, Warsaw, Poland, supervision: Prof. Dr. Kazimierz Banasik, proposed<br />
CV of <strong>Sikorska</strong>, <strong>Anna</strong> E. Page 1/3 December, 2011
title of the dissertation: “Applicability of a lumped model to assess the response of an<br />
urban catchment to rainfall”.<br />
� Collaborator in the “Integrated river water quality management (iWaQa)” project.<br />
National Research Programme (NFP61), research project at Eawag. Project leader: Dr.<br />
Christian Stamm (Dec 2010 - Nov 2011).<br />
� Visiting PhD Researcher at the Dept. of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management at<br />
University of Kassel, Germany, supervision: Prof. Dr. Stephan Theobald (Sep 2009 – Nov<br />
2009).<br />
� Visiting PhD Researcher at the Dept. of River and Coastal Engineering at Hamburg<br />
University of Technology, Germany, supervision: Prof. Dr. Erik Pasche (Jun 2009).<br />
Publications:<br />
<strong>Sikorska</strong>, A.E., Scheidegger, A., Banasik, K., and Rieckermann, J.: Bayesian uncertainty<br />
assessment of flood predictions in ungauged urban basins for conceptual rainfall-<br />
runoff models, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 8, 11075-11113, doi:10.5194/hessd-<br />
8-11075-2011, 2011.<br />
<strong>Sikorska</strong> A., Banasik K., 2010. “Parameter identification of a conceptual rainfall-runoff<br />
model for a small urban catchment”. Ann. Warsaw Univ. of Life Sci. – SGGW, Land<br />
Reclam. 42 (2), 2010. Doi: 10.2478/v10060-008-0086-2.<br />
<strong>Sikorska</strong> A., Banasik K., 2008. „Estimation of the lag time of direct runoff in a small urban<br />
catchment of Sluzew Creek based on the measured data” [in Polish, abstract in<br />
English], In: Engineering and Environmental Sciences, No 4 (42), pp. 19-29, Warsaw<br />
University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Poland.<br />
<strong>Sikorska</strong> A., Banasik K., 2008. „Instantaneous Unit Hydrographs (IUH) of urban catchment<br />
estimated with various methods” [in Polish, abstract in English]. In: Acta Scientiarum<br />
Polonorum, Architecture, No 7 (4), pp. 25-39, Warsaw University of Life Sciences -<br />
SGGW, Poland.<br />
Publications (in review or preparation)<br />
<strong>Sikorska</strong> A. E., Scheidegger A., Banasik K., Rieckermann J., “Bayesian uncertainty<br />
assessment of flood predictions in ungauged urban basins for conceptual rainfall-<br />
runoff models”. Submitted to: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.<br />
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<strong>Sikorska</strong> A. E., Scheidegger A., Chiaia A., Hollender J., Rieckermann J., “Fingerprinting and<br />
Reviewer:<br />
tracing of sediment emissions from urban areas based on organic micropollutants”, for<br />
submission to Journal of Environmental Monitoring.<br />
Water Research<br />
International and National Working Groups:<br />
Member of European Geosciences Union, Member of European Cooperation in Science and<br />
Technology (COST) Action C22 scientific programme on Urban Flood Management, (Nov<br />
2008 – Nov 2009), Member of the Association of Polish Hydrologists (SHP), (since Nov<br />
2008).<br />
Awards and Honours:<br />
� Sciex-NMS-CH, fellowship granted by Scientific Exchange Programme between<br />
Switzerland and New EU Members, “SedTrace – Fingerprinting and tracing of sediment<br />
emissions from urban areas based on organic micropollutants” (2010).<br />
� DAAD, fellowship granted by Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (2009).<br />
� Fellowship granted by COST Action C22 scientific programme on Urban Flood<br />
Management; granted by European Union and Ministry of the Environment (2009).<br />
� 2nd prize, competition for the best diploma’s thesis in the field of hydrology, named by<br />
professor Kazimierz Debski, arranged by Association of Polish Hydrologists (SHP), for<br />
the master’s thesis, written at the Dept. of Water Engineering, WULS – SGGW, Poland.<br />
Languages:<br />
Polish: mother language, English: fluent in written and spoken language, German:<br />
intermediate language skills, Italian: beginner.<br />
CV of <strong>Sikorska</strong>, <strong>Anna</strong> E. Page 3/3 December, 2011
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