Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
CV - Jens Christian Refsgaard, GEUS
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Name |
Jens Christian Refsgaard |
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Date of Birth |
June 28, 1951 |
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Nationality |
Danish |
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Education |
Technical University of Denmark, 1976, M.Sc. in Hydrology University of Copenhagen, 2007, Dr. Scient (Doctor of Natural Science) |
Employment Record
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Year |
Organisation |
Position and Responsibilities |
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2000-date |
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) |
Research Professor, Department of Hydrology, 2000-18 Professor Emeritus, 2019-date |
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1980-2000 |
Danish Hydraulic Institute, Hørsholm (part time 1980-84) |
Head of Research and Development, 1997-99 Chief Hydrologist, Water Resources Division, 1984-96 Hydrologist, Water Resources Department, 1980-84. |
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1976-1984 |
Technical University of Denmark (part time 1980-84) |
Associate Professor, 1982-84 Assistant Professor, 1978-82 Research Assistant, 1976-77. |
Key Personal Assignments
Member of Scientific and Technological Board, EU Joint Programme Intiative – Water (2011-2018)
Member of International Advisory Commission Deltamodel, The Netherlands (2013-2014)
Scientific Evaluation of the Helmholz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany (2018)
Evaluator of research quality at Department of Earth Science, Uppsala University (2007, 2011)
Evaluator of research proposals and projects under EUs Framework Programmes (1999-2012)
Danish Academy of Technical Science (ATV) (2005-date). Fellow.
Associate Editor, Hydrological Processes. Referee for more than 15 international scientific journals.
Supervisor for many MSc students and 20 PhD students. External examiner for 28 PhD students at universities in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Finland, The Netherlands, Australia and India.
Board member, Fors (water utility company in Roskilde, Lejre, Holbæk), Denmark
Selected Experience Record – Management of Research Projects
Co-ordinator of ‘Reducing nutrient loadings from agricultural soils to the Baltic Sea via groundwater and streams (Soils2Sea)’ funded by BONUS, the joint Baltic Sea research programme (2014-2018)
Principal investigator in ‘Hydrological forecasting and data assimilation (HydroCast)’ funded by the Danish Strategic Research Council (2012-2016)
Co-ordinator of ‘Nitrate reduction in geologically heterogeneous catchments (NICA)’, funded by the Danish Strategic Research Council (2010-2013)
Principal investigator on hydrological aspects in a Danish climate research centre, Centre for Regional Change in the Earth System (CRES) funded by the Danish Strategic Research Council (2009-2014).
Co-ordinator of ‘Hydrological Modelling for Assessing Climate Change Impacts at different Scales (HYACINTS)’, funded by the Danish Strategic Research Council (2008-2013)
Deputy centre leader of ‘HOBE – a Hydrological Observatory and Experimentarium’, a VKR Centre of Excellence with fundamental research on hydrological processes and water balance at catchment scale applying innovative measurement techniques (2007-2017)
Co-ordinator of EU-FP5 research project ‘Harmonised Techniques and Representative River Basin Data for Assessment and Use of Uncertainty Information in Integrated Water Management (HarmoniRiB)’ (2002-2006)
Comprehensive experience from work on consultancy, capacity building and research projects from more than 15 countries in Asia and Africa.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Danmarks hydrologi bliver vildere i 2100 – kan det forenes med et bæredygtigt vandmiljø?
Refsgaard, J. C., Stisen, S. & Schneider, R. J. M., 28 Nov 2025, Teknologiens Mediehus A/S.Research output: Working paper or Internet publication › Internet publication › Communication
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Post audit of groundwater model predictions under changing conditions
Kidmose, J., Troldborg, L. & Refsgaard, J. C., Mar 2023, In: Water (Switzerland). 15, 6, 22 p., 1144.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Social factors influencing actor agency of nitrate management in local agricultural landscapes of Poland
Ptak, E. N., Refsgaard, J. C., Graversgaard, M. & Dalgaard, T., Dec 2023, In: Landscape Ecology. 38, 12, p. 4157–4175 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Towards more credible models in catchment hydrology to enhance hydrological process understanding: Preface
Refsgaard, J. C., Mai, J., Hrachowitz, M., Jain, S. K. & Stisen, S., Sept 2023, In: Hydrological Processes. 37, 9, 5 p., e14995.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Upscaling approach to help determine variability in riparian lowland flow dynamics
Noorduijn, S. L., Refsgaard, J. C., Stisen, S. & Højberg, A. L., May 2023, In: Journal of Hydrology. 620, Part B, 14 p., 129536.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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Future Climate in Northern Europe - challenges for groundwater management [Invited Keynote]
Refsgaard, J. C. (Speaker)
21 Mar 2019 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
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Drænafstrømning i det danske landskab - videnshuller og potentiale for målrettet kvælstofindsats
Refsgaard, J. C. (Speaker), Højberg, J. A. L. (Speaker), Hansen, A. L. (Speaker), Karlsson, I. B. (Speaker), Stisen, S. (Speaker), Schneider, R. J. M. (Speaker) & Bjerre, E. (Speaker)
10 Dec 2018 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation - popular science
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Thresholds for nitrogen in groundwater and streams - a new concept for improved land use regulation and protection of the Baltic Sea and its coastal waters
Hinsby, K. (Speaker), Refsgaard, J. C. (Speaker), Hansen, A. L. (Speaker), Højberg, J. A. L. (Speaker), Jakobsen, R. (Speaker), Zurek, A. (Speaker) & Wachniew, P. (Speaker)
8 Oct 2018 → 9 Oct 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
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Hydrological modelling in a changing environment
Refsgaard, J. C. (Speaker)
29 Oct 2016 → 9 Nov 2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
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Nyt klima - forsumper Danmark? Hvad betyder det for drikkevand og landskab?
Refsgaard, J. C. (Speaker)
17 Mar 2016 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation - popular science