Lisa Verschuren is een toegewijde en ervaren hydrologieconsultant met een sterke achtergrond in waterbeheer, remote sensing en GIS. Ze heeft een MSc. in Watermanagement van de Technische Universiteit Delft, waar ze onderzoeksprojecten deed in Nepal naar het gebruik van citizen science voor de validatie van landgebruik en regenval in de Kathmandu vallei. Ze heeft een BSc. in Systems Engineering, Policy and Management van dezelfde instelling.

In haar huidige functie richt Lisa zich op innovatieve projecten zoals SOSIA+, een klimaatslimme irrigatiedienst in Ghana en het RoSPro-project, gericht op het verbeteren van de waterzekerheid in Nepal door middel van bescherming langs de weg. In deze projecten is Lisa verantwoordelijk voor het vertalen van grote en complexe datasets en modellen naar bruikbaar advies. Hiervoor werkte ze als consultant stedelijk waterbeheer bij Royal Haskoning DHV.

Naast haar projectwerk is Lisa bedreven in verschillende simulatiemodellen, waaronder HEC-HMS en SPHY, en programmeert ze talen als Python, R en Javascript. Ze is bedreven in GIS en remote sensing tools zoals ArcGIS, QGIS en Google Earth Engine.

Lisa’s werk wordt gekenmerkt door haar betrokkenheid bij het verbeteren van duurzaam waterbeheer en het ondersteunen van klimaatbestendige landbouw, met name in kwetsbare regio’s. Haar interdisciplinaire aanpak en internationale ervaring maken haar een waardevolle aanwinst bij het aanpakken van wereldwijde wateruitdagingen.

Gerelateerde projecten

  • SOSIA+: Climate Smart Irrigation Services in Ghana

    Earlier this year FutureWater finished a very first draft of the irrigation advisory application SOSIA, with promising results in Rwanda and Zambia. The SOSIA Irrigation Advisory Tool was based on satellite data only. For this project, the SOSIA+ tool will be developed. SOSIA+ will also include real-time local ground data...

  • MAGDA: Meteorological Assimilation from Galileo and Drones for Agriculture

    The MAGDA project aims at providing an integrated – but modular – system to provide severe weather forecasts and irrigation advisories enhanced by means of various satellite-borne, drone-borne and ground-based weather-observing technologies. The main applications will be in providing both warnings about severe weather that could affect crops and irrigation...

  • Hydrological Assessment for the Lunyangwa Dam

    The Lunyangwa Dam is prone to overtopping during the wet season. Raising the spillway crest and/or installing gates on the existing crest will allow an increase in the retention level. In order to determine the height of the redesigned spillway, a flood analysis was conducted for several return periods in...

  • SOSIA: Small-Scale Open Source Satellite-based Irrigation Advice

    FutureWater currently furthers the development of the SOSIA tool: an irrigation advice for small-scale food producers. Due to the lack of local weather station data, virtual weather stations derived from open-source satellite data are established, and combined with crop stage, and projected and historical precipitation data. The SOSIA tool allows...

  • HiFarm: Data Driven Agricultural Intensification Pilot Program for Maize, Coffee and Tea Farmers in Kenya

    The eco.business Fund, in partnership with FutureWater and Export Trading Group (ETG), one of the largest integrated agricultural supply chain managers and processors in sub-Saharan Africa, has launched a pilot project in Kenya for data-driven agricultural intensification. This project aims to improve farmer productivity and profitability whilst enhancing the environmental...

Gerelateerde publicaties

  • 2024 - Technical reportVerschuren, L., A. Fernández, M. de Klerk, S. Contreras, E. Aparicio Medrano. 2023. MAGDA: Water Balance Simulations. Deliverable 6.1. Technical report Meteorological Assimilation from Galileo and drones for agriculture (MAGDA) project.X

    Demonstrator operational irrigation advisory service

    Verschuren, L., A. Fernández, M. de Klerk, S. Contreras, E. Aparicio Medrano

  • 2023 - Technical reportVerschuren, L., A. Fernández, M. de Klerk, S. Contreras, E. Aparicio Medrano. 2023. MAGDA: Water Balance Simulations. Deliverable 6.1. Technical report Meteorological Assimilation from Galileo and drones for agriculture (MAGDA) project.X

    MAGDA: Water Balance Simulations

    Verschuren, L., A. Fernández, M. de Klerk, S. Contreras, E. Aparicio Medrano

  • 2023 - FutureWater Report 240D'Haeyer, B., L. Verschuren, B. de Vries. SOSIA: Small-Scale Open Source Satellite-based Irrigation Advice. FutureWater Report 240.X

    SOSIA: Small-Scale Open Source Satellite-based Irrigation Advice. Report Phase 2.

    D'Haeyer, B., L. Verschuren, B. de Vries

  • 2022 - FutureWater Report 239Verschuren, L.M., T. Schults, M. de Klerk. 2022. APSAN-Vale Water Productivity Analysis (in Portuguese): Irrigation Season 2022. FutureWater Report 239X

    APSAN-Vale Water Productivity Analysis: Irrigation Season 2022 (in Portuguese)

    Verschuren, L.M., T. Schults, M. de Klerk

  • 2022 - FutureWater Report 239Verschuren, L.M., T. Schults, M. de Klerk. 2022. APSAN-Vale Water Productivity Analysis: Irrigation Season 2022. FutureWater Report 239X

    APSAN-Vale Water Productivity Analysis: Irrigation Season 2022

    Verschuren, L.M., T. Schults, M. de Klerk

  • 2022 - FutureWater Report 238Verschuren, L.M., T. Schults, M. de Klerk, J.D. van Opstal, 2022. APSAN-Vale Water Productivity Analysis: Rainfed Season 2021-2022. FutureWater Report 238.X

    APSAN-Vale Water Productivity Analysis: Rainfed Season 2021-2022 (in Portuguese)

    Verschuren, L.M., T. Schults, M. de Klerk, J.D. van Opstal

  • 2022 - FutureWater Report 238Verschuren, L.M., T. Schults, M. de Klerk, J.D. van Opstal, 2022. APSAN-Vale Water Productivity Analysis: Rainfed Season 2021-2022. FutureWater Report 238.X

    APSAN-Vale Water Productivity Analysis: Rainfed Season 2021-2022

    Verschuren, L.M., T. Schults, M. de Klerk, J.D. van Opstal

  • 2022 - Technical ReportVerschuren, L., J. Hunink. 2022. Hydrological Study of the Lunyangwa Dam Catchment in Mzuzu, Malawi. Technical Report. X

    Hydrological Study of the Lunyangwa Dam Catchment in Mzuzu, Malawi

    Verschuren, L., J. Hunink

  • 2022 - FutureWater Report 237D'Haeyer, B., J. van Opstal, L. Verschuren, G. Simons, M. de Klerk, B. de Vries. SOSIA: Small-Scale Open Source Satellite-based Irrigation Advice. FutureWater Report 237.X

    SOSIA: Small-Scale Open Source Satellite-based Irrigation Advice. Report Phase 1.

    D'Haeyer, B., J. van Opstal, L. Verschuren, G.W.H. Simons, M. de Klerk, B. de Vries