Dr Luk Peeters

Dr Luk Peeters: groundwater modeller

Dr Luk Peeters uses groundwater models to improve the understanding of regional groundwater flow systems and to assess the uncertainty associated with groundwater flow predictions.

• 30 August 2010 | Updated 14 October 2011

• Current activities
• Background
• Academic qualifications
• Achievements

Current activities

Dr Luk Peeters is a Research Scientist in the Groundwater Hydrology research group of CSIRO Land and Water.

He is currently working on quantifying the uncertainty in groundwater models and the representation of groundwater in the Australian Water Resources Assessment (AWRA) system.

Background

Dr Peeters joined CSIRO in March 2010 after obtaining his Doctorate in Hydrogeology at the KULeuven in Belgium. 

Trained as a geologist, he specialised in groundwater and geochemical modelling and along the way gained experience in exploratory data analysis, geostatistics, geographical information systems and uncertainty estimation.

His main research interests are understanding and predicting groundwater flow and transport at a regional scale.

This includes applying new methodologies developed in a theoretic or controlled environment to complex, real-world projects and getting the most information out of often scarce or incomplete data.

Academic qualifications

Dr Peeters has been awarded a:

• Bachelor in Geology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 2001
• Master in Geology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2003
• Doctor of Philosophy in Hydrogeology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2010.  

Achievements

Dr Peeters has six peer-reviewed international publications and five conference papers.

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