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CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Family name: Somlyódy

2. First name: László

3. Date of birth: 30.09.1943

4. Nationality: Hungarian

5. Civil status: Married (three children – Nóra, 25, András, 24 and Balázs, 19)

6. Education and scientific degrees:

1998 Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS)

1990 Corresponding Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

1985 Doctor of Sciences Degree (HAS): Water quality management of shallow lakes

1978 Candidate of Sciences (HAS): Mixing of pollutants in rivers

1973 dr. techn. (Budapest University of Technology): Design of axial flow fans

1967 Mechanical Engineer (M. Sc.), Budapest University of Technology

7. Language skills:

Language	Reading	Speaking	Writing
Hungarian	excellent	Excellent	excellent
English	excellent	Excellent	excellent
German	good	Good	good
Russian	acceptable	Weak	weak

8. Membership of professional bodies:

Hungarian Hydrologic Society; International Water Association (IWA); International Association on Hydraulic Research (IAHR); International Association of the Hydrologic Sciences (IAHS); Water Environment Federation (WEF); Registered at UNESCO, FAO, UNDP, WHO, UN DTCD, the World Bank, UNEP, EU, NATO.

9. Present position: Professor and Head, Department of Santitary and Environmental Engineering, Budapest University of Technology. Head of the Water Science and Technology Research Group of the HAS. Chairman of the Engineering Department of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

10. Key qualification:

Extensive experience in the field of water quality, wastewater engineering and environmental management in general and in flow, transport and water quality of lakes, reservoirs, rivers and other water bodies; mixing of pollutants; sediment resuspension, eutrophication, heavy metals, acidification; management and simulation modelling; uncertainty analysis; water quality monitoring; quality of Hungarian waters; multiobjective water resources assessment; environmental policies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE); transboundary pollution; international waters; large scale environmental problems; decision support systems; water quality problems of the Danube basin; nutrient cycling in river basins; impact of global warming on water resources; integrated management of degraded river basins; development and evaluation of alternative wastewater treatment strategies for municipalities in the CEE region; setting of standards and the use of economic instruments, river basin issues in Central and Eastern Europe.

11. Major projects (past fifteen years):

Project leader of a number of national and international research projects in Hungary - Danube, River Sajó, River Tisza, River Rába, Lake Balaton, Lake Tata, Kis-Balaton Reservoir, Kisköre Reservoir, Upgrading of the North-Budapest Wastewater Treatment Plant, Operation of the new activated sludge/biofilm South-Pest Wastewater Treatment Plant, Revision of the Design of Lower Kis-Balaton Reservoir, Water Quality Impacts of the Extension of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant, Water Quality Impacts of the Extension of the Tisza Thermal Power Plant, Evaluating the Effectiveness of Eutrophication Control Measures for Lake Balaton, Sustainable Water Management Strategies for Hungary - HAS, Assessment of Impacts of the Cyanide Spill in the Tisza River Basin etc.

Principal investigator and senior analyst of a number of UN and other studies: Water Resources Assessment for Lake Paranoá and River Bartolomeu, Brazil - UNDP; Environmental Action Programme for Central and Eastern Europe - the World Bank; Management of Degraded River Basins in Central and Eastern Europe - IIASA; Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources – IIASA; "ICER" Programme Dealing with International River Basin Management - TEMPUS; Nutrient Balances for the Danube Basin - EU PHARE; Water Quality Management of the Guanabara Bay (Brazil) - UNDP; EU Pre-accession Studies - the World Bank and EU; Physical and Limnological Behavior of Shallow Lakes – EU Vth Research Framework Program etc. Lead author of the second IPCC assessment and the GWP CEE Vision Report. Unified River Water Quality Model Development - IWA. Consultant to a number of major WHO, FAO, UNESCO, GEF, World Bank and UN DTCD studies (Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Armenia etc).

12. Professional Experience Record:

Date:	June 1992 to present
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Company	Budapest University of Technology, Dept. of Sanitary and Env. Engineering (earlier Dept. of Water and Wastewater Eng.)
Position	Professor (head since 1996)
Description	Courses on wastewater treatment, water quality management, environmental engineering, environmental impacts, environmental systems modeling, transport processes. Research and R&D projects on the above fields, coordinator of the ICER TEMPUS program, leader of a PHARE study dealing with nutrient balances of the Danube Basin, Balaton and Kis-Balaton studies. Studies on wastewater treatment and impacts of thermal pollution. Strategies for meeting the requirements of the EU in the water sector (Hungary). Water management strategy for Hungary. Upgrading of the South-Pest Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Date:	September 1991-1996
Location	Laxenburg, Austria
Company	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Position	Leader, Water Resources
Description	Principal investigator of projects Management of Degraded River Basins in Central and Eastern Europe including a number of case studies in the CEE region and Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources. Case studies involved river basins of the Warta, Narew, Nitra, Morava and the Sió. Lead author of the IPCC assessment on climate change. Principal investigator of the World Bank's study Cost-effective Municipal Wastewater Treatment Strategies for Central and Eastern Europe. Co-director of a NATO study dealing with degraded river basin management

Date:	January 1990 to June 1991
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Company	Water Resources Research Centre (VITUKI)
Position	Director General
Description	Overall management of the institute and a number of research projects related to the upper Hungarian stretch of the Danube and the development of advanced tools in water pollution control. Water Resources Assessment for Lake Paranoá and River Bartolomeu, Brazil (UNDP).

Date:	January 1985 to December 1990
Location	Water Resources Research Centre (VITUKI), Institute for Water Pollution Control
Company	Budapest, Hungary
Position	Director
Description	Principal investigator of projects on the Kis-Balaton Reservoir (monitoring and the development of a decision support system to aid operation), Water Resources Assessment for Lake Paranoá and River Bartolomeu, Multiobjective Water Resources Assessment (UN DTCD project), MIT/VITUKI study on Eutrophication of Shallow Lakes, Upgrading of wastewater treatment plants in Hungary. Impact of acidification on the quality of waters.

Date:	February 1980 to August 1982
Location	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, IIASA
Company	Laxenburg, Austria
Position	Research scholar and project leader
Description	Eutrophication of Shallow Lakes and the Lake Balaton Case Study

Date:	May 1972 to December 1984
Location	Water Resources Research Centre (VITUKI), Institute for Water Pollution Control
Company	Budapest, Hungary
Position	Research worker, senior research worker and scientific advisor
Description	Leader of a number of studies: Development of instruments to analyze turbulence and mixing, Water quality assessment of the River Danube (1975-1977), Mixing of pollutants in rivers, Heavy metal pollution of the River Sajó (1978-1980), Lake Balaton eutrophication (1980-1982), Development of an optimal management strategy for Lake Balaton (1983).

Date:	September 1967 to May 1972
Location	Szellôzô Mûvek
Company	Budapest, Hungary
Position	Research engineer
Description	Design of axial and radial flow fans

International activities (past ten years): participation in the preparation of the international water component of GEF as a member of the Scientitic and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP); Steering Committee and Evaluation Committee of the Danube Applied Research Programme; Head of the Global Environmental Change theme at IIASA; Advisory Board member of the Environmental Programme of the Central European Uninversity, Contributor to the IPCC Assessment; Chairmen of the Strategic Planning Task Group of IAWQ; Executive Committee member, Vice president - IAWQ, Vice president of IWA, IAHS Task Force for Scientific Programme (member); consultant to the World Bank on a number of issues; UNDP expert to participate in and facilitate the preparation of a GEF Project Brief for the second phase of the Danube Programme, as well as a regional environmental programme in the CEE and CIS countries, GWP CEE TAC member. Elected member of EERO and the International Water Academy. Member of the Expert Advisory Group of the Vth Research Framework Program of the European Commission.

13. Others:

Five books (author, co-author and co-editor), more than 100 journal articles, book chapters and others in English, German and Hungarian, more than 100 research reports. Lectures in about 30 countries. Member of editorial boards of various journals (Water International, Environmental Software, Acta Technica Civil Engineering, Vizügyi Közlemények). Member of the Hungarian Environmental Council. Vice president of the Hungarian Accreditation Council. Vice dean. Member of the Ph.D. and Habilitation Committee (Budapest Universityof Technology, Civil Engineering Faculty). Chairman of the Scientific Council on Lake Balaton.

Books

(1) Novotny, V. and Somlyódy, L. eds. (1995), Remediation and Management of Degraded River Basins with Emphasis on Central and Eastern Europe, Springer Verlag, p. 517

(2) Kaczmarek, Z., Strzepek, K., Somlyódy, L., and Priazhinskaya, V., eds. (1996), Water Resources Management in the Face of Climatic/Hydrologic Uncertainties, Kluwer Publishing House, p. 395

(3) Henze, M., Somlyódy, L., Tyson, J. and Schilling, W., eds. (1997) Sustainable Sanitation. Water Science and Technology (special issue) p. 259

(4) Somlyódy, L. and Banczerowski, J., eds. (2ooo) LakeBalaton Research Results in 1999 (in Hungarian). Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest

(5) Somlyódy, L. eds. (2000), Strategic Issues of the Hungaryan Water Management (in Hungarian) MTA Vízgazdálkodási Kutatócsoport, Budapest, p.370.

Book chapters

(5) Hock, B. and Somlyódy, L. (1990): Freshwater Resources and Water Quality, In: Hinrichsen, D. and Enyedi, Gy. (eds) State of the Hungarian Environment, Statistical Publishing House, Budapest, pp. 123-167

(6) Somlyódy, L. (1992): Water Quality Management in Hungary: Past Experiences and Future Needs. In: Alcamo, J. (ed.) Coping with Crisis in Eastern Europe's Environment, Parthenon Publishing Group Ltd. Carnforth, pp. 143-166

(7) Somlyódy, L. and Varis, O. (1993): Modeling the Quality of Rivers and Lakes. In: Zannetti, P. (ed.): Environmental Modeling: Computer Methods and Software for Environmental Modeling: Computer Methods and Software for Simulating Environmental Pollution and its Adverse Effects, Vol.1, CMP, Southampton, pp. 213-257

(8) Somlyódy, L. (1995): Eutrophication Management of Lake Balaton: a Systems Analytical Application. In: Miser, H. (ed.) Handbook of Systems Analysis, Wiley, pp. 65-107

(9) Shanahan, P., and Somlyódy, L. (1995): Modeling the Impacts of Diffuse Pollution on Receiving Water Quality. In: Novotny, V. (ed.) Nonpoint Pollution and Urban Stormwater Management, Technomic Publishing Co., pp. 347-401

(10) Novotny, V. and Somlyódy, L (1995) Introduction, In: Novotny, V. (ed.) Nonpoint Pollution and Urban Stormwater Management, Technomic Publishing Co., pp. 347-401

(11) Somlyódy, L., Masliev, I., and Kularathna, M. (1995). River Basin Water Quality Management Strategies in the Central European Region: an Example of the Nitra River (Slovakia). In: Novotny, V. and Somlyódy, L. eds. (1995), Remediation and Management of Degraded River Basins with Emphasis on Central and Eastern Europe, Springer Verlag), pp. 427-458

(12) Novotny, V. and Somlyódy, L. (1995) Water Quality Management: Western Experiences and Challanges for Central and Eastern European Countries. In: Novotny, V. and Somlyódy, L. eds. (1995), Remediation and Management of Degraded River Basins with Emphasis on Central and Eastern Europe, Springer Verlag), pp. 1-34

(13) Varis, O. and Somlyódy, L. (1996) Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Water Quality, In: Kaczmarek, Z., Strzepek, K., Somlyódy, L., and Priazhinskaya, V. (eds.) Water Resources Management in the Face of Climatic/Hydrologic Uncertainties, Kluwer Publishing House, pp. 46-69

(14) Meyer, G., Masliev, I. and Somlyódy, L. (1996) Impact of Climate Change on Sensitivity of Lake Stratification: a Global Perspective, In: Kaczmarek, Z., Strzepek, K., Somlyódy, L., and Priazhinskaya, V., (eds.) Water Resources Management in the Face of Climatic/Hydrologic Uncertainties, Kluwer Publishing House, pp. 225-273

(15) Orlob, G., Meyer, G., Somlyódy, L., Jurak, D. and Szesztay, K. (1996) Impacts of climate Change on Water Quality), Kaczmarek, Z., Strzepek, K., Somlyódy, L., and Priazhinskaya, V., (eds.) Water Resources Management in the Face of Climatic/Hydrologic Uncertainties, Kluwer Publishing House, pp. 70-105

(16) Istvánovics, V. and Somlyódy, L. (1999) Limnological Differences between a Shallow Pre-reservoir and a Shallow Lake – a Case Study of the Upper Kis-Balaton Reservoir and Lake Balaton. In: Tundisi, J. G. and Straskraba, M., eds. (1999) Theoretical Reservoir Ecology and its Applications. BrazilienAcademy of Sciences and Backhuys Publishers.

(17) Makowski, M. and Somlyódy, L (2ooo) River Basin Water Quality Management. In: Wierzbicki, A. P. and Wessels, J. (eds) Model-Based Decision Support Methodology with Environmental Applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht

(18) Clement, A., Istvánovics V. and Somlyódy, L. (2ooo) Long term Nutrient Loads of Lake Balaton. In: Somlyódy L. and Banczerowski, J (eds) Lake Balaton Research Results in 1999 (in Hungarian). Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest

(19) Istvánovics V., Koncsos L. and Somlyódy L. (2ooo) Evaluation of Results of Controlling the Eutrophication of Lake Balaton. In: Somlyódy L. and Banczerowski, J (eds) Lake Balaton Research Results in 1999 (in Hungarian). Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest

Journal articles (peer reviewed)

(20) Szilágyi, F., Somlyódy, L., and Koncsos, L. (1990): Operation of the Kis-Balaton reservoir: evaluation of nutrient removal rates. Hydrobiologia 191, pp. 173-182

(21) Luettich, R.A., Harleman, D.R.F., and Somlyódy, L. (1990): Dynamic Behavior of Suspended Sediment Concentration in a Shallow Lake Perturbed by Episodic Wind Events, Limnology and Oceanography 35 (5), pp. 1050-1067

(22) Somlyódy, L., Hock, B. és Gorzó, Gy. (1990): Felszini vizek minöségének értékelése: javaslat a korszerüsítésre. Vízügyi Közlemények 2

(23) Luettich Jr., R.A., Harleman, D.R.F., Somlyódy, L., and Koncsos, L. (1993): Wind-induced Sediment Resuspension and its Impact on Algal Growth for Lake Balaton. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria, Research Report RR-93-3, p. 28

(24) Somlyódy, L. and Koncsos, L. (1991): Influence of Sediment Resuspension on the Light Conditions of Algal Growth in Lake Balaton, Ecological Modelling 57, 173-192, Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 173-192

(25) Somlyódy, L. and Hock, B. (1991): State of the Water Environment in Hungary. European Water Pollution Control, Vol.1, No.1, pp. 56-64

(26) Somlyódy, L. (1991): Application of Systems Analysis in Water Pollution Control: Perspectives for Central and Eastern Europe, Wat. Sci. Tech., Vol. 24, No. 6, pp 73-87

(27) Somlyódy, L., and Koncsos, L. (1991): An Interactive Model System for Operating the Kis-Balaton Reservoir. Ann. Geophys. 1991, 9 (Supplement), C-482

(28) Somlyódy, L. (1993): Water Quality Management in Urban Areas: The Challange for Central and Eastern Europe. European Water Pollution Control, Vol. 3, No. 2., pp. 17-24

(29) Sorour, M.T., Olsson, G., and Somlyódy, L. (1994) Potential Use of Step Feed Control Using the Biomass in the Settler. Water Science and Technology, Vol. 28, No. 11-12, pp. 239-248.

(30) Masliev, I., and Somlyódy, L. (1995): Probabilistic Methods for Uncertainty Analysis and Parameter Estimation for Dissolved Oxygen Models, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 30, No. 7., pp. 82-90

(31) Somlyódy, L., Kularathna, M., and Masliev. I. (1995): Development of Least-Cost Water Quality Control Policies for the Nitra River Basin in Slovakia, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 30, No. 5., pp. 69-78

(32) Koncsos, L. and Somlyódy, L. (1995) An Analysis on Parameters of Suspended Sediment Models for a Shallow Lake, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 3ö, No. 1o, pp. 253-262

(33) Somlyódy, L. (1995): Quo Vadis Water Quality Management in Central and Eastern Europe, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 30, No. 5., pp. 1-14

(34) Somlyódy, L. (1995): Water Quality Management: Can We Improve Integration to Face Future Problems? Water Science and Technology, Vol. 31., No. 8, pp. 249-259

(35) Somlyódy, L. (1996) Challenges for Water Quality Management in Central and Eastern Europe, WMO Bulletin, 45(4), pp. 43-49

(36) Makowski, M., Somlyódy, L. and Watkins, D. (1996) Multiple Criteria Analysis for Water Quality Management in the Nitra Basin, Water Resources Bulletin, 32(5), pp. 173-187

(37) Kundzewicz, Z., and Somlyódy, L. (1997): Climatic Change Impact on Water Resources - a Systems View, Water Resources Management 11: 407-435

(38) Jolma, A., DeMarchi, C., Smith, M., Perera, B. J. C. and Somlyódy, L. (1997): StreamPlan: a Support System for Water Quality Management on a River Basin Scale, Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 275-284

(39) Somlyódy, L. (1997) Use of Optimization Models in River Basin Planning, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 2o9-218

(40) Varis, O. and Somlyódy, L. (1997) Global Urbanization and Urban Water: Can Sustainability Be Affordable? Water Science and Technology, Vol. 35 No.2, pp. 21-32

(41) Somlyódy, L. and Knolmar, M. (1997) Chemical Upgrading of the North-Budapest Wastewater Treatment Plant, Periodica Polytechnica Civil Eng. Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 119-134

(42) Buzás, K. and Somlyódy, L. (1997) Impacts of Road Traffic on Water Quality, Periodica Polytechnica Civil Eng. Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 95-1o6

(43) Rauch, W., Henze, M., Koncsos, L., Reichert, P., Shanahan, P., Somlyódy, L. and Vanrolleghem, P. (1998) River Water Quality Modelling: I. State of the Art, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 38, No. 11

(44) Shanahan, P., Henze, M., Koncsos, L., Rauch, W., Reichert, P., Somlyódy, L. and Vanrolleghem, P. (1998) River Water Quality Modelling: II. Problems of the Art, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 38, No. 11

(45) Somlyódy, L., Henze, M., Koncsos, L., Rauch, W., Reichert, P., Shanahan, P., and Vanrolleghem, P. (1998) River Water Quality Modelling: III. Future of the Art, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 38, No. 11

(46) Somlyódy, L. (1998) Use of models for eutrophication management: the Kis-Balaton Case, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 165-175

(47) Somlyódy, L. and Shanahan, P. (1998) Municipal Wastewater Treatment in Central and Eastern Europe. Present situation and cost-effective development strategies. The World Bank, Washington D.C., p. 75

(48) Istvánovics, V. and Somlyódy, L. (1998): The role of sediments in P retention of the Kis-Balaton reservoir. Int. Rev. ges. Hydrobiol. 83: 225-235.

(49) Somlyódy, L., Brunner, P. and Kroiss, H. (1999) Nutrient Balances for DanubeCountries: a Strategic Analysis, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 4o, No. 1o.

(50) Somlyódy, L., Buzás, K., Clement, A. and Melicz, Z. (1999) Strategies for Approximating EU Legislation in Hungary: the Sajó Catchment, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 4o, No. 1o.

(51) DeMarchi, C., Ivanov, P., Jolma, A., Masliev, I., Smith, M. and Somlyódy, L. (1999) Innovative Tools for Water Quality Management and Policy Analysis: DESERT and STREAMPLAN, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 4o, No. 1o.

(52) Istvánovics, V., and L. Somlyódy (1999): Changes in the cycling of phosphorus in the Upper Kis-Balaton Reservoir following external load reduction. Freshwater Biology. 41: 1-19.

(53) Istvánovics, V. and Somlyódy, L. (2ooo): Factors influencing lake recovery from eutrophication – the case of Basin 1 of Lake Balaton. Water Research (in press)

(54) Shanahan, P., Borchardt, D., Henze, M., Rauch, W., Reichert, P., Somlyódy, L. and Vanrolleghem, P. (submitted) River Water Quality Model No. 1: Modelling Approach, Water Science and Technology

(55) Reichert, P., Borchardt, D., Henze, M., Koncsos, L., Rauch, W., Shanahan, P., Somlyódy, L. and Vanrolleghem, P. (submitted) River Water Quality Model No. 1: Biochemical Process Equations, Water Science and Technology

(56) Vanrolleghem, P., Borchardt, D., Henze, M., Koncsos, L., Rauch, W., Reichert, P., Shanahan, P. and Somlyódy, L. (submitted) River Water Quality Model No. 1: Biochemical Submodel Selection, Water Science and Technology