Ghada El Serafy

Specialist in Data Assimilation, Data Sciences and Applied Informatics
+31(0)88335 8279
Ghada.ElSerafy@deltares.nlDr. Ir. El Serafy (Specialist) is an expert on data sciences in ecosystem modelling and services. She is actively involved in the strategic research and developments within Deltares and is an assistant professor in data assimilation and optimization in the Technical University of Delft. She has a broad experience in uncertainty analysis, sensitivity analysis and assimilation related to marine environmental quality and ecosystem health as well as integrated monitoring and assessment methods. She supervises several doctoral degrees and master of Science students. She leads several national and international projects in data assimilation applications in different fields such Hydraulics, Hydrology, Groundwater, Sedimentology and Morphology, Coastal and River Engineering, Meteorology, Environmental Engineering and Ecology. She is also leading several EU FP7 projects within Deltares and participating in others dealing with ecosystem modelling and ecosystem services and the use of Earth Observation.
Working experience
2001 - present | Deltares, Delft, The Netherlands | Specialist in Data Assimilation . |
1999 - 2001 | The Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute, KNMI, at the Atmospheric Chemistry and Seismology Department De Bilt, The Netherlands. | Postdoctoral researcher |
1994 - 1999 | TNO, NITG, Delft, The Netherlands | Research Assistant, at the University of Technology in Delft, Faculty of Applied Mathematics and the Institute of Applied Geosciences |
1993 - 1994 | International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands | Teaching AssistantHydroinformatics Section |
1991 - 1993 | Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt. | Lecturer, Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering & Technology |
1990 - 1991 | Nile Research Institute, Water Research Centre as field and Computer engineer | Civil Engineer, Water Quality Department |
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The Natura 2000 Wadden sea
2014-to date
Project leader of the EU Ecostress Ecological coastal strategies and Tools for Resilent Europian Societies using Remote sensing data in assessing environmental hazards in the Natura 2000 Wadden sea
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Aquatic ecosystems
2011-to date
Project leader and workpackage leader within several EU consortia dealing with the use of remote sensing data (EO) for calibration, assimilation and data sciences for aquatic ecosystems.
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Various international and national projects dealing with applied informatics, data sciences and data assimilation, including Korea, EU and Canada.
2010- to date
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Involved in the strategic research and application of data assimilation techniques within Deltares.
2009-to date
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Building of the generic open source data assimilation toolbox OpenDA (Merged software of DATools, WLDelft Hydraulics and COSTA from the TUDelft).
2008-2009
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Development and application of EnKF in the integrated groundwater and surface water model (Modflow-Sobek) and its application for the Twente region in the synergy project, together with TNO, Geodelft and WLDelft Hydraulics.
2007-2008
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Sensitivity analysis and application of EnKF in the 3D water quality model for improving the algae bloom prediction in the Hong Kong region and in the North Sea
2007
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Development of EnKF in a 3D water quality transport model for the assimilation of suspended particulate matter satellite information and its application in the North Sea together with the Port of Rotterdam Authorities, to provide a sedimentology atlas for the area.
2007 - 2013
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Development of EnKF and Particle Filters in combination with different process models in an integrated Data Assimilation Toolbox (DATools).
2005 - 2007
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Using Neural network as reduced models for operational use in combination with EnKF for improving their forecasting ability under research applicability in Maxau-Ijssel (Rijn River) and the operational system of Osaka Bay in Japan.
2006
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Development of EnSSKF in a 3D hydrodynamic model for the assimilation of salinity, temperature, flow field and water levels and its operationalization for the forecasting system of Osaka Bay in Japan
2004 - 2006
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Development of EnKF as an input correction technique in rainfall-runoff model Hymod and HBV and the comparison of particle filters and EnKF in hydrological catchments and for hydrodynamic 1D model Sobek and the application on Maxau-IJssel Rhine Basin.
2002-2005
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Development of Extended and simplified Kalman filter in large scale atmospheric ozone transport global models for near-real time ozone layer forecasting application using satellite information.
1999-2001
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Development of Extended Kalman filter and adjoint method for flow estimation and groundwater pollutant estimation in particle models and its applications.
1994-1998
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Using remote sensing to enhance modelling of fine sediment dynamics in the Dutch coastal
2013
Kamel A. M. Y., G. El Serafy, A. B. Bhattacharya, T. van Kessel, and D. P. Solomatine doi:10.2166/hydro.2013.211, Journal of Hydroinformatics, in press. -
Towards a data assimilation system for morphodynamic modeling: Bathymetric data assimilation for wave properties estimation,
2013
Garcia I. D., G. El Serafy, A. W. Heemink, and H. Schuttelaars, Ocean Dynamics, Volume 63, Issue 5, pp 489-505. -
Application of model reduced 4D-Var to a 1D ecosystem model,
2012
Pelc J. S., E. Simon, L. Bertino, G. El Serafy and A. W. Heemink, Ocean Modelling, 57-58, pp 43-58 -
Application of data assimilation for improving forecast of water levels and residual currents in Singapore regional waters,
2012
Karri R. R., A. Badwe, X. Wang, G. El Serafy, J. Sumihar, V. Babovic, and H. Gerritsen, Ocean Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s10236-012-0584-y -
Improving the description of the suspended particulate matter concentrations in the southern North Sea through assimilating remotely sensed data.
2011
El Serafy G.Y., Eleveld M.A., Blaas, M., van Kessel, T., Gaytan Aguilar, S., van der Woerd, H.J., Ocean Science Journal 46(3): 179-204. doi: 10.1007/s12601-011-0015-x -
OpenDA Open Source Generic Data Assimilation Environment,
2010
El Serafy, G.Y., Verlaan M., Hummel S., Weerts A., Dhondia J. and Gerritsen H., European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010, Vienna, Austria. -
Senstivity analysis of the two dimensional application of the Generic Ecological Model (GEM) to algal bloom prediction in the North Sea,
2009
Salacinska K., El Serafy G.Y., Blauw A., Los F.J., Journal of Ecological -
The Ensemble Particle Filter (EnPF) in Rainfall-Runoff Models
2009
van Delft G., El Serafy, G. Y., and Heemink A.W., Journal of Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, in press, DOI: 10.1007/s00477-008-0301-z -
Improving the operational forecasting system of the stratified flow in Osaka Bay using Ensemble Kalman filter-based Steady State Kalman filter
2008
El Serafy, G. Y. and Mynett, A.E., Journal of Water Resources Research, 44, W06416, DOI:10.1029/2006WR005412 -
Identification of Groundwater flow patterns using particle models.
2008
El Serafy, G. Y., Heemink, A. W., and van Geer, F. C., Journal of Applied Mathematical Modelling, volume 32, 7, pp 1208-1218, DOI:10.1016/j.apm.2007.03010. -
Eutrophication And Algal Dynamics In Hong Kong Waters - Implications From Sensitivity Analysis
2007
Wong, K., El Serafy, G. Y., Postma, L. and Mynett A.E. in proceedings Fifth International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics held in Arizona, USA -
Application of data assimilation in portable operational forecasting systems-the DATools assimilation environment,
2007
El Serafy, G. Y., Gerritsen, H., Hummel, S., Weerts A.H., Mynett, A.E. and Tanaka, M. Journal of Ocean Dynamics, DOI:10.1007/s10236-007-0124-3. -
Combined neural network and ensemble kalman filter application for discharge and water level forecasting in the river Rhine
2006
Aguilar. S. G., El Serafy, G. Y., and Mynett, A.E.,7th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, HIC 2006, Nice, France, Vol II, p. 1447-1454. -
Particle Filtering and Ensemble Kalman Filtering for runoff nowcasting using conceptual rainfall runoff models
2006
Weerts, A. and G. Y. El Serafy, , Journal of Water Resources Research, Vol. 42, No. 9, W09403, doi:10.1029/2005WR004093. -
Near-real-time approach to assimilation of satellite-retrieved 3D ozone fields in a global model using simplified Kalman filter
2003
El Serafy, G.Y. and H. Kelder,. Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Sociaty , 129, p.3099-3120
Activities
2008 - present | Supervising | Supervising several of PhD national and international students |
2008 - present | Member | A member of Ph.D. committees |
2001 - present | Supervising | Supervising hundreds of MSc. international and national students and/or part of their promotion committees |
2001 - present | Teaching | Teaching various national and international courses on data-assimilation techniques, data science and their applications |
2000 - present | Reviewer of cited papers for among others | IAHR Hydoinformatics Journal, Journal of Hydrology, Journal of applied mathematical modelling, Journal of Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, Ocean Dynamics, Journal of Environmental Modelling and Software. |
1993 | Teaching | Teaching courses of Hydroinformatics, Numerical modelling, Hydroinformatics Section, International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands |
1991 - 1992 | Teaching | Teaching undergraduate courses of Hydraulics, irrigation and coastal engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt |