Chair
National Water Research Center
Professor Malin Falkenmark is the Senior Scientist at the Stockholm International Water Institute and Chair of the Scientific Program Committee for the Stockholm Water Symposium. She is one of a small group of analysts studying large-scale global and regional water problems whose work with broad perspectives has been instrumental in raising the profile of water issues internationally. Concentrating mainly on the problems of water scarcity in developing countries, Prof. Falkenmark has been a leader in comparative hydrology. She was the first scientist to demonstrate that hydrological predictions are often not transferable from one region to another, a fact that is important for the success of international aid projects. Before joining the Stockholm International Water Institute, Prof. Falkenmark worked as a hydrologist at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute in Stockholm and as a Professor of Applied and International Hydrology for the Committee for Hydrology at the National Science Research Council in Stockholm. Prof Falkenmark was honored in 1998 with the International Hydrology Prize and, in 1999, as the first Henry Darcy Medalist for the European Geophysical Society.
Prof. Falkenmark received her education at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her thesis specialized in hydrology and, in 1975, she was conferred a Ph.D. Honoris Causa at Linkoping University.