Professor Thomas Dunne is an expert of fluvial geomorphology and hydrology, working at the University of California, where he is currently conducting his own research in theoretical studies in hillslope evolution, and sediment transport and river-basin sediment budgets.

On Monday, the 15th of April, the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management (TU Wien) under the direction of Prof. Günter Blöschl, and the Federal Agency of Water Management (BAW) had the pleasure of hosting him for a meeting on the responsibilities of the Hyrological Open Air Laboratory (HOAL), and an introduction of the Vienna doctoral Programme on Water Resource Systems managed by the Vienna Technical University.