Research and development areas

Ronja Forchhammer holds a Master’s degree in Geology from Aarhus University, specializing in climate and hydrogeology with a thesis focused on climate reconstruction and stable isotopes.

Since 2020, Ronja has been employed at VIA University College, where she has primarily worked with climate adaptation, with a particular focus on shallow groundwater, IoT-based monitoring data, and predictive modelling. In May 2023, she began an Industrial PhD in collaboration between VIA and Aalborg University. This project also applies a data-driven approach, examining how measurement data can improve the understanding of groundwater dynamics, including how the number and spatial placement of sensors influence the uncertainty of estimated groundwater surfaces. A key objective is to develop hybrid models where data-driven methods are integrated with deterministic groundwater models to support more robust scenario development and decision-making.

Ronja also teaches in the Climate and Utility Engineering programme and supervises bachelor’s projects.