Research
My primary research interest is drought: growing up in drought-stricken, wildfire-ridden California, it’s always been a topic on the news and particularly in my coursework. When I moved to Germany, a water-rich country, I thought I wouldn’t need to think about it anymore. Of course, this was absolutely not the case, particularly as our climate changes rapidly in response to human activity. With my research, I hope to help society adequately prepare for the consequences of drought.
Publications
A full list of my publications is available on my Google Scholar profile.
Conference Talks and Presentations
- Ho, S.Q.G. and Ehret, U.: Fielding floods for farms and (low) flows: a toolbox for assessing the reuse of small flood reservoirs as irrigation reservoirs, JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2026, Chiba, Japan, 24-29 May 2026, AHW33-03, 2026.
- Ho, S.Q.G., Ehret, U., and Lang, R.: Forecast-based operation of re-purposed small reservoirs for floods, farms, and (low) flows, EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2026, EGU26-7812, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-7812, 2026.
- Ho, S.Q.G. and Ehret, U.: Assessing the potential ability of repurposed small flood reservoirs to supply local agricultural irrigation demand in Southern Germany, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-4401, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-4401, 2025.
- Ho, S.Q.G. and Ehret, U.: Ist Dürreschutz ohne Beeinträchtigung des Hochwasserschutzes möglich? Abschätzung der potenziellen Nutzungserweiterung von Hochwasserrückhaltebecken in Baden-Württemberg, Tag der Hydrologie 2025, Augsburg, Germany, 20-21 Mar 2025, 2025.
- Ho, S.Q.G., Kipp, C., Goeppert, H., Hoefer, J., Seidel, F., and Ehret, U.: Is drought protection possible without compromising flood protection? Estimating the maximum dual-use benefit of flood reservoirs in Southwest Germany, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-5542, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-5542, 2024.
- Ho, S.Q.G., Buras, A., and Tuo, Y.: A Comparison of Agriculture-related Characteristics of Flash and Traditional Drought, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-1474, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-1474, 2023.
- For this PICO session, I was awarded the Outstanding Student and PhD Presentation Award for the Natural Hazards division.
- Ho, S.Q.G. and Tuo, Y.: Ein Vergleich der auf Evapotranspiration- und Bodenfeuchte-basierenden Definitionen von traditioneller und Flash-Dürre in der Region des kalifornischen Längstal, Tag der Hydrologie 2022, Munich, Germany, 22 Mar 2022, 2022.
- Oey, T., Huang, C., Worley, R., Ho, S.Q.G., Timmons, J., Cheung, K. L., Kumar, A., Bauchy, M., and Sant, G.: Linking fly ash composition to performance in cementitious systems, World of Coal Ash 2015, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 5-7 May 2015, 2015.