Dr Charles Wamucii is a postdoctoral researcher at the Water and Climate Risk department of the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) of VU Amsterdam. His research work focusses on application of system dynamics modelling to increase an understanding on human-climate change interactions and evaluating the value and challenges of climate services (CS) products. His work is part of the I-CISK project, funded by EU HORIZON 2020.

Before starting his PhD studies, Charles was working as a consultant researcher, specializing in natural resources management, land use management, water use and allocation, human-water modelling, and climate change-related projects. In his course of research activities and services, he traversed the East African region namely; Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Congo, Tanzania, and South Sudan. This exposed him to the East African context, meeting different stakeholders, cultures, livelihoods, challenges, and opportunities in both humid and drier environments. It is this exposure that sparked his passion for human-environmental interaction modeling. He joined Wageningen University of Research to start his Ph.D., in 2020 with an interest to explore the complex coupled human-environmental systems modeling. His Ph.D work involved; hydrological modelling (single discipline), socio-hydrological modelling (interdisciplinary), and developing and testing of serious games for water management (transdisciplinary).

Charles obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Land Resources Planning and Management from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in 2012, and Master of Science degree in Environmental Engineering and Management from JKUAT in 2017.

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