Guy J.-P. Schumann received the M.A. degree in geography and environmental science and the M.Sc. degree in remote sensing image processing and applications from the University of Dundee, Dundee, U.K., in 2003 and 2005, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in collaboration with the Public Research Centre-Gabriel Lippmann, Belvaux, Luxembourg, in 2008. From August 2008 to March 2011, Dr Schumann was a full time lecturer and Research Fellow in Hydrology at the School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, U.K.

He currently holds a Caltech postdoctoral research position with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he works on projects for the NASA/CNES SWOT mission. He is also a Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, U.K. Dr Schumann has published numerous papers and several book chapters in the field of remote sensing data integration with flood modeling and has received numerous awards for his achievements. His research interests include flood hydrology and hydraulics and remote sensing in hydrology, in particular, radar remote sensing for flood hydrology and management. Dr. Schumann was the recipient of a Great Western Research Fellowship in Hydrology from the School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol.

• PhD, Geography, Dundee University (UK) / CRP-GL (L) (2008)
• MSc with Distinction in Remote Sensing (2004)
• MA, Joint Honours, Geography/Environmental Science, Dundee University (1999-2003)

• Postdoctoral, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (2012 - Present)
• Honorary Research Fellow position at the School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, UK (2012-Present)
• Full-time lecturer/Research Fellow in Hydrology, University of Bristol (UK) (2011-2012)
• GWR Postdoctoral Researcher (2008-2011)
• Bristol University Project funded by the National Research Fund of Luxembourg (2007-2008)

• FNR (National Research Fund, Luxembourg) Award for Outstanding Scientific Publication (2010)
• RSPSoc Student Award for the Best MSc Thesis ( 2005)
• BHS Student Award 2003 from the British Hydrological Society and the Institution of Civil Engineers (2004)
• Alfred Steers Dissertation Prize from the Royal Geographical Society June 2004
• Dundee University Class Medal in Remote Sensing (2004)
• Caird Social Prize from Dundee University, Geography Department (2003)
• Dundee University Class Medal in Environmental Science (4th year) (2003)

A. Papers in International Peer-reviewed Journals

1. P. Prestininzi, G. Di Baldassarre, G. Schumann and P. D. Bates, 2011. The use of low-resolution satellite imagery to guide the selection of the appropriate hydraulic model structure. Advances in Water Resources, 34, 38-46.
2. G. Di Baldassarre, G. Schumann, L. Brandimarte and P. D. Bates, 2011. Timely low resolution SAR imagery to support floodplain modelling: a case study review. Surveys in Geophysics, 32, 255-269.
3. G. Di Baldassarre and G. J-P. Schumann, 2011. Recent advances in mapping and modelling flood processes in low-lying and areas. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 36, 221-222.
4. A. C. Hall, G. J-P. Schumann, J. L. Bamber and P. D. Bates, 2011. Tracking water level changes of the Amazon Basin with active space-borne remote sensing and integration with large scale hydrodynamic modelling: a review. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 36, 223-231.
5. P. Matgen, R. Hostache, L. Pfister, L. Hoffmann, G. Schumann, P. Bally and H.H.G. Savenije, 2011. Towards an automated SAR-based flood monitoring system: lessons learned from two case studies. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 36, 241-252.
6. Neal, J. C., Schumann, G., Fewtrell, T., Budimir, M., Bates, P. D. and Mason, D. C., 2011. Evaluating a new LISFLOOD-FP formulation with data from the summer 2007 floods in Tewkesbury, UK. Journal of Flood Risk Management, DOI:10.1111/j.1753-318X.2011.01093.x.
7. G. J-P. Schumann, J. C. Neal, D. C. Mason and P. D. Bates, 2011. The accuracy of sequential aerial photography and SAR data for observing urban flood dynamics, a case study of the UK summer 2007 floods. Remote Sensing of Environment. 115, 10, 2536-2546.
8. Schumann, G. and G. Di Baldassarre, 2010. The direct use of radar imagery for event-specific flood risk mapping. Remote Sensing Letters, 1, 75-84.
9. Mason, D. C., Speck, R., Devereux, B., Schumann, G. J.-P., Neal, J. C., Bates, P. D., 2010. Flood detection in urban areas using TerraSAR-X. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 48, 882-894.
10. Di Baldassarre, G., G. Schumann, P. Bates, J. Freer, K. Beven, 2010. Floodplain mapping: a critical discussion of deterministic and probabilistic approaches. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 55, 364-376.
11. Schumann, G., G. Di Baldassarre, D. Alsdorf and P. D. Bates, 2010. Near real-time flood wave approximation on large rivers from space: application to the River Po, Northern Italy. Water Resources Research, 46, doi: 10.1029/2008WR007672.
12. Di Baldassarre, G., Schumann, G. and Bates, P. 2009. Near real time satellite imagery to support and verify timely flood modelling. Hydrological Processes: Scientific Briefing, 23 (5), 799-803.
13. Hostache, R., Matgen, P., Schumann, G., Puech, C., Hoffmann, L. and Pfister, L., 2009. Water Level Estimation and Reduction of Hydraulic Model Calibration Uncertainties Using Satellite SAR Images of Floods. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 47 (2), 431-441.
14. Di Baldassarre, G., G. Schumann and P. D. Bates, 2009. A technique for the calibration of hydraulic models using uncertain satellite observations of flood extent. Journal of Hydrology, 367, 276-282.
15. Montanari, M., R. Hostache, P. Matgen, G. Schumann, L. Pfister and L. Hoffmann, 2009. Calibration and sequential updating of a coupled hydrologic-hydraulic model using remote sensing-derived water stages. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 13, 367-380.
16. Schumann, G., G. Di Baldassarre and P. D. Bates, 2009. The utility of space-borne radar to render flood inundation maps based on multi-algorithm ensembles. , 47, 2801-2806.
17. Schumann, G., D. J. Lunt, P. J. Valdes, R. A. M. de Jeu, K. Scipal and P. D. Bates, 2009. Assessment of soil moisture fields from imperfect climate models with uncertain satellite observations. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 13, 1545-1553.
18. Schumann, G., P. D. Bates, M. S. Horritt, P. Matgen, and F. Pappenberger, 2009, Progress in integration of remote sensing-derived flood extent and stage data and hydraulic models, Reviews of Geophysics, 47, RG4001, doi:10.1029/2008RG000274.
19. Neal, J. C., G. Schumann, W. Buytaert, P. D. Bates, P. Matgen, F. Pappenberger, 2009. An assimilation approach to discharge estimation from space. Hydrological Processes, 23, 3641-3649.
20. Schumann, G., Matgen, P., Pappenberger, F., Black, A., Cutler, M., Hoffmann, L. and Pfister, L., 2008. Evaluating uncertain flood inundation predictions with uncertain remotely sensed water stages, International Journal of River Basin Management, 6 (3), 187-199.
21. Schumann, G., Pappenberger, F. and Matgen, P. 2008. Estimating uncertainty associated with water stages from a single SAR image. Advances in Water Resources, 31, 1038-1047.
>li>Schumann, G., Matgen, P. and Pappenberger, F 2008. Conditioning water stages from satellite imagery on uncertain data points. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 5 (4), 810-813.
22. Schumann, G. and Lauener, G. 2005. Application of a degree-day snow depth model to a Swiss glacierized catchment to improve neural network discharge forecasts. Nordic Hydrology, 36, 99-111.
23. Matgen, P., Schumann, G., Henry, J.-B., Hoffmann, L. and Pfister, L., 2007. Integration of SAR-derived inundation areas, high precision topographic data and a river flow model toward real-time flood management.Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 9 (3), 247-263.
24. Schumann, G., Matgen, P., Pappenberger, F., Hostache, R., Puech, C., Hoffmann, L. and Pfister, L., 2007. High-resolution 3D flood information from radar for effective flood hazard management. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Disaster Special Issue, 45 (6), 1715-1725.
25. Schumann, G., Matgen, P., Pappenberger, F., Hostache, R. and Pfister, L., 2007. Deriving distributed roughness values from satellite radar data for flood inundation modelling. Journal of Hydrology, 344, 96-111.
26. Schumann, G., Matgen, P., Cutler, M., Black, A. and Pfister, L., 2007. Comparison of remotely sensed water stages from LiDAR, topographic contours and SRTM. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 63, 283-296.

B. Books and Book Chapters, Journals and Magazines

1. Guy Schumann, David Mason, Giuliano Di Baldassarre, Paul D. Bates (to appear 2012), The use of radar imagery in riverine flood inundation studies. To appear in a new book series called Concepts, Methods, and Techniques in Fluvial Geomorphology: Tools for river management and restoration.
2. Mason, D. C., G. J-P. Schumann and P. D. Bates (2011), Data utilization in flood inundation modelling. In: G. Pender and H. Faulkner (2011), Flood risk science and management, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK, pp. 211-233.
3. Guy Schumann, Giuliano Di Baldassarre, and Paul D. Bates, 2010, Fuzzy flood mapping, playing it safe? Sensed, Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society, UK, 36, April 2010.
4. Schumann, G., 2009. Spatially distributed water stages from remotely sensed imagery: Prospects for improved flood inundation modelling, VDM Publishing, Germany, p. 116.