Malve Heinz

HS Hydrological Sciences

The 2025 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Malve Heinz for the poster/PICO entitled:

From Field to Catchment: Evaluating the Hydrological Effects of Soil Organic Carbon Increases (Heinz, M.; Holzkämper, A.; Ledain, S.; Horton, P.; Kumar, R.; Schaefli, B.)

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Malve Heinz is a PhD candidate in the Hydrology group at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Supervised by Bettina Schaefli and Annelie Holzkämper, her PhD research investigates how agricultural management adaptations can mitigate drought impacts, with a particular focus on their potential to reduce irrigation reliance and potential impcats of such adaptations on catchment-scale hydrology. In her research she utilizes both field-scale agro-hydrological models as well as catchment-scale hydrological models.

The study presented focused on first results from integrating management adaptations—represented through adjusted soil hydraulic properties—into a mesoscale hydrological model. Special attention is given to how these adaptations may affect hydrological extremes, particularly low flows, and thereby influence irrigation water availability.