Florine Killemaes

Florine Killemaes specializes in remote sensing of snow and glaciers and data assimilation.

Bio

In 2025, I finished my master’s degree in Bioscience Engineering: Land, Water and Climate. During my thesis, I studied the sensitivity of X-band and C-band radar backscatter and L-band radar interferometry to snow accumulation across the European Alps. Afterwards, I started my PhD within the Hydro-Climate Extremes Lab. In my research project GLOW, I focus on remote sensing of snow and glaciers and the assimilation of these satellite observations into coupled snow–glacier–hydrological models to improve hydroelectric reservoir inflow forecasting.

Trajectory

2025-Present: PhD candidate | Ghent University, Hydro-Climate Extremes Lab
2023–2025: MSc in Bioscience Engineering: Land, Water and Climate | Ghent University
2020-2023: BSc in Bioscience Engineering: Land, Water and Climate | Ghent University

Contact

E-mail: florine.killemaes@ugent.be