Vincent Pons
About
Background
I hold a Master in Civil engineering and urban planning with a focus on infrastructure (2019) from INSA Lyon in France. I then completed my PhD in cotutelle between NTNU and INSA Lyon in 2023 in urban hydrology and modelling of performance of green infrastructure under changing climate.
After my PhD, I worked as a postdoctoral fellow working with NTNU on the implementation of the revised European wastewater directives, as well as pursuing my work on climate change adaptation with LTU in Sweden.
I started late 2025 as a senior researcher between the Road, Rail and Transport (vjt) group at ibm, and the Water and Wastewater (va) group, with a main focus on data management and climate change adaptation for infrastructure.
My main research interests:
- urban hydrology
- numerical modelling
- uncertainty quantification
- green infrastructure
- data management
- climate change adaptation
Research
Klima 2050
The main goal of SFI Klima 2050 (2015 -2022) was to reduce the societal risks associated with climate changes and enhanced precipitation and flood water exposure within the built environment.
StopUP
StopUP (2022 - 2025) addresses the objectives of the revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD), by moving toward the development of new treatment technologies and integrated urban wastewater management plans.
Publications
Embracing epistemic uncertainty: a risk evaluation method for pollutants in stormwater
Epistemic uncertainties are concerning when it comes to pollutants of emerging concerns for which we have by nature limited knowledge and data. We suggest a method to account for it explicitly in modelling.
Practice makes the model: A critical review of stormwater green infrastructure modelling practice
Modelling practices for green infrastructure as reported in scientific papers lack transparency and accounting of uncertainties which hinders the modelling efforts in the field.
Flooded with potential: urban drainage science as seen by early-career researchers
This opinion paper reflects the position Early-career researchers regarding the systemic academic barriers hindering progresses in the field of Urban Drainage.
2026
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Evangelisti, Margherita;
Pons, Vincent Jean-Michel Thierry;
Pritsis, Spyridon;
Federico, Vittorio Di;
Tscheikner-Gratl, Franz;
Maglionico, Marco.
(2026)
Out of bounds: the use of model ensembles to explore model structural uncertainty under extreme events.
Journal of Hydrology
Academic article
2025
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Bahrami, Mahdi;
Strømberg, Merethe Arntsen;
Meza, Astrid Cifuentes;
Vargas Alvarez, Kevin Alberto;
Pritsis, Spyros;
Ardiyanti, Rizza;
Pons, Vincent;
Meyn, Thomas;
Rokstad, Marius Møller;
Tscheikner-Gratl, Franz.
(2025)
NTNUs research and reflections from water conferences in 2025.
Vann - Norwegian Journal of water
Professional article
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Strømberg, Merethe Arntsen;
Pons, Vincent Jean-Michel Thierry;
Tscheikner-Gratl, Franz;
Muthanna, Tone Merete.
(2025)
Exploring green infrastructure planning through catchment modelling with stakeholder-informed scenarios.
Blue-Green Systems
Academic article
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Werf, J. A. van der;
Pons, Vincent;
Kelsey, Smyth;
Shi, B.;
Lechevallier, P.;
Abdalla, Elhadi Mohsen Hassan;
Andrusenko, E.;
Broekhuizen, I.;
Cavadini, G. B.;
Moreno, A. F. Cortés.
(2025)
Flooded with potential: urban drainage science as seen by early-career researchers.
Water Science and Technology
Academic article
2024
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Pons, Vincent;
Strømberg, Merethe Arntsen;
Blecken, Godecke-Tobias;
Tscheikner-Gratl, Franz;
Viklander, Maria;
Muthanna, Tone Merete.
(2024)
Embracing epistemic uncertainty: a risk evaluation method for pollutants in stormwater.
Water Science and Technology
Academic article
-
Pritsis, Spyridon;
Pons, Vincent Jean-Michel Thierry;
Rokstad, Marius Møller;
Clemens-Meyer, Francois Henri Leon;
Kleidorfer, Manfred;
Tscheikner-Gratl, Franz.
(2024)
The role of hyetograph shape and designer subjectivity in the design of an urban drainage system.
Water Science and Technology
Academic article
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Kerimov, Khasbulat;
Pons, Vincent Jean-Michel Thierry;
Pritsis, Spyridon;
Taormina, Riccardo;
Tscheikner-Gratl, Franz.
(2024)
Sensor Placement and State Estimation in Water Distribution Systems Using Edge Gaussian Processes.
Engineering Proceedings
Academic article
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Adhikari, Utsav;
Broekhuizen, I.;
Pons, Vincent;
Sun, Z.;
Sjöman, J. Deak;
Randrup, Thomas Barfoed;
Viklander, M.;
Blecken, G.-T..
(2024)
Comparing the hydrological performance of blue green infrastructure design strategies in urban/semi-urban catchments for stormwater management.
Water Science and Technology
Academic article
2023
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Pons, Vincent;
Muthanna, Tone Merete;
Krajewski, Jean-Luc Bertrand;
Sivertsen, Edvard.
(2023)
Nytt rammeverk for dimensjonering av blågrønn infrastruktur for overvannshåndtering.
VANN
Professional article
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Pons, Vincent;
Sivertsen, Edvard;
Muthanna, Tone Merete;
Bertrand-Krajewski, J.L..
(2023)
Should we include drought induced vegetation mortality when modelling long-term retention performance of green roofs?.
Academic chapter
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Pons, Vincent Jean-Michel Thierry;
Abdalla, Elhadi Mohsen Hassan;
Tscheikner-Gratl, Franz;
Alfredsen, Knut Tore;
Sivertsen, Edvard;
Bertrand-Krajewski, Jean-Luc;
Muthanna, Tone Merete.
(2023)
Practice makes the model: A critical review of stormwater green infrastructure modelling practice.
Water Research
Academic article
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Skrede, Thea Ingeborg;
Tørudstad, Veronica;
Pons, Vincent;
Alfredsen, Knut Tore;
Muthanna, Tone Merete.
(2023)
From flood paths to floodways, an efficient method to map, identify and evaluate suitable floodways: A case study from Trondheim, Norway.
Journal of Environmental Management (JEM)
Academic article
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Pons, Vincent;
Muthanna, Tone Merete;
Bertrand-Krajewski, Jean-Luc;
Sivertsen, Edvard.
(2023)
The Future of Green Infrastructure: From climate data to informed hydrological performance.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
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Pons, Vincent;
Muthanna, Tone Merete;
Sivertsen, Edvard.
(2023)
Klimatilpassa blågrønne løsninger for overvannshåndtering.
Byggeindustrien
Professional article
2022
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Pons, Vincent;
Sandoval, Santiago;
Muthanna, Tone Merete;
Sivertsen, Edvard;
Bertrand-Krajewski, Jean-Luc.
(2022)
Factor prioritization for multi objectives Green infrastructure design.
12th Urban Drainage Modeling Conference, California, January 2022
Conference abstract
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Pons, Vincent;
Muthanna, Tone Merete;
Sivertsen, Edvard;
Bertrand-Krajewski, Jean-Luc.
(2022)
Revising green roof design methods with downscaling model of rainfall time series.
Water Science and Technology
Academic article
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Le Floch, Ninon Gisele Yvonne;
Pons, Vincent;
Abdalla, Elhadi Mohsen Hassan;
Alfredsen, Knut.
(2022)
Catchment scale effects of low impact development implementation scenarios at different urbanization densities.
Journal of Hydrology
Academic article
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Pons, Vincent;
Benestad, Rasmus;
Sivertsen, Edvard;
Muthanna, Tone Merete;
Bertrand-Krajewski, Jean-Luc.
(2022)
Forecasting green roof detention performance by temporal downscaling of precipitation time-series projections.
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS)
Academic article
2021
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Abdalla, Elhadi Mohsen Hassan;
Pons, Vincent;
Stovin, Virginia;
De-Ville, Simon;
Fassman-Beck, Elizabeth;
Alfredsen, Knut;
Muthanna, Tone Merete.
(2021)
Evaluating different machine learning methods to simulate runoff from extensive green roofs.
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS)
Academic article
2020
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Hamouz, Vladimir;
Pons, Vincent;
Sivertsen, Edvard;
Raspati, Gema Sakti;
Bertrand-Krajewski, Jean-Luc;
Muthanna, Tone Merete.
(2020)
Detention-based green roofs for stormwater management under extreme precipitation due to climate change.
Blue-Green Systems
Academic article
Journal publications
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Evangelisti, Margherita;
Pons, Vincent Jean-Michel Thierry;
Pritsis, Spyridon;
Federico, Vittorio Di;
Tscheikner-Gratl, Franz;
Maglionico, Marco.
(2026)
Out of bounds: the use of model ensembles to explore model structural uncertainty under extreme events.
Journal of Hydrology
Academic article
-
Bahrami, Mahdi;
Strømberg, Merethe Arntsen;
Meza, Astrid Cifuentes;
Vargas Alvarez, Kevin Alberto;
Pritsis, Spyros;
Ardiyanti, Rizza;
Pons, Vincent;
Meyn, Thomas;
Rokstad, Marius Møller;
Tscheikner-Gratl, Franz.
(2025)
NTNUs research and reflections from water conferences in 2025.
Vann - Norwegian Journal of water
Professional article
-
Strømberg, Merethe Arntsen;
Pons, Vincent Jean-Michel Thierry;
Tscheikner-Gratl, Franz;
Muthanna, Tone Merete.
(2025)
Exploring green infrastructure planning through catchment modelling with stakeholder-informed scenarios.
Blue-Green Systems
Academic article
-
Pons, Vincent;
Strømberg, Merethe Arntsen;
Blecken, Godecke-Tobias;
Tscheikner-Gratl, Franz;
Viklander, Maria;
Muthanna, Tone Merete.
(2024)
Embracing epistemic uncertainty: a risk evaluation method for pollutants in stormwater.
Water Science and Technology
Academic article
-
Pons, Vincent;
Sandoval, Santiago;
Muthanna, Tone Merete;
Sivertsen, Edvard;
Bertrand-Krajewski, Jean-Luc.
(2022)
Factor prioritization for multi objectives Green infrastructure design.
12th Urban Drainage Modeling Conference, California, January 2022
Conference abstract
-
Pons, Vincent;
Muthanna, Tone Merete;
Sivertsen, Edvard;
Bertrand-Krajewski, Jean-Luc.
(2022)
Revising green roof design methods with downscaling model of rainfall time series.
Water Science and Technology
Academic article
-
Werf, J. A. van der;
Pons, Vincent;
Kelsey, Smyth;
Shi, B.;
Lechevallier, P.;
Abdalla, Elhadi Mohsen Hassan;
Andrusenko, E.;
Broekhuizen, I.;
Cavadini, G. B.;
Moreno, A. F. Cortés.
(2025)
Flooded with potential: urban drainage science as seen by early-career researchers.
Water Science and Technology
Academic article
-
Pons, Vincent;
Muthanna, Tone Merete;
Krajewski, Jean-Luc Bertrand;
Sivertsen, Edvard.
(2023)
Nytt rammeverk for dimensjonering av blågrønn infrastruktur for overvannshåndtering.
VANN
Professional article
-
Pons, Vincent Jean-Michel Thierry;
Abdalla, Elhadi Mohsen Hassan;
Tscheikner-Gratl, Franz;
Alfredsen, Knut Tore;
Sivertsen, Edvard;
Bertrand-Krajewski, Jean-Luc;
Muthanna, Tone Merete.
(2023)
Practice makes the model: A critical review of stormwater green infrastructure modelling practice.
Water Research
Academic article
-
Abdalla, Elhadi Mohsen Hassan;
Pons, Vincent;
Stovin, Virginia;
De-Ville, Simon;
Fassman-Beck, Elizabeth;
Alfredsen, Knut;
Muthanna, Tone Merete.
(2021)
Evaluating different machine learning methods to simulate runoff from extensive green roofs.
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS)
Academic article
-
Hamouz, Vladimir;
Pons, Vincent;
Sivertsen, Edvard;
Raspati, Gema Sakti;
Bertrand-Krajewski, Jean-Luc;
Muthanna, Tone Merete.
(2020)
Detention-based green roofs for stormwater management under extreme precipitation due to climate change.
Blue-Green Systems
Academic article
-
Pritsis, Spyridon;
Pons, Vincent Jean-Michel Thierry;
Rokstad, Marius Møller;
Clemens-Meyer, Francois Henri Leon;
Kleidorfer, Manfred;
Tscheikner-Gratl, Franz.
(2024)
The role of hyetograph shape and designer subjectivity in the design of an urban drainage system.
Water Science and Technology
Academic article
-
Le Floch, Ninon Gisele Yvonne;
Pons, Vincent;
Abdalla, Elhadi Mohsen Hassan;
Alfredsen, Knut.
(2022)
Catchment scale effects of low impact development implementation scenarios at different urbanization densities.
Journal of Hydrology
Academic article
-
Skrede, Thea Ingeborg;
Tørudstad, Veronica;
Pons, Vincent;
Alfredsen, Knut Tore;
Muthanna, Tone Merete.
(2023)
From flood paths to floodways, an efficient method to map, identify and evaluate suitable floodways: A case study from Trondheim, Norway.
Journal of Environmental Management (JEM)
Academic article
-
Kerimov, Khasbulat;
Pons, Vincent Jean-Michel Thierry;
Pritsis, Spyridon;
Taormina, Riccardo;
Tscheikner-Gratl, Franz.
(2024)
Sensor Placement and State Estimation in Water Distribution Systems Using Edge Gaussian Processes.
Engineering Proceedings
Academic article
-
Pons, Vincent;
Muthanna, Tone Merete;
Sivertsen, Edvard.
(2023)
Klimatilpassa blågrønne løsninger for overvannshåndtering.
Byggeindustrien
Professional article
-
Pons, Vincent;
Benestad, Rasmus;
Sivertsen, Edvard;
Muthanna, Tone Merete;
Bertrand-Krajewski, Jean-Luc.
(2022)
Forecasting green roof detention performance by temporal downscaling of precipitation time-series projections.
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS)
Academic article
-
Adhikari, Utsav;
Broekhuizen, I.;
Pons, Vincent;
Sun, Z.;
Sjöman, J. Deak;
Randrup, Thomas Barfoed;
Viklander, M.;
Blecken, G.-T..
(2024)
Comparing the hydrological performance of blue green infrastructure design strategies in urban/semi-urban catchments for stormwater management.
Water Science and Technology
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Pons, Vincent;
Sivertsen, Edvard;
Muthanna, Tone Merete;
Bertrand-Krajewski, J.L..
(2023)
Should we include drought induced vegetation mortality when modelling long-term retention performance of green roofs?.
Academic chapter
Student thesis or dissertation
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Pons, Vincent;
Muthanna, Tone Merete;
Bertrand-Krajewski, Jean-Luc;
Sivertsen, Edvard.
(2023)
The Future of Green Infrastructure: From climate data to informed hydrological performance.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Teaching
Courses
TVM4174 - Hydroinformatics and Big data
In my course TVM4174 - Hydroinformatics and Big data I aim at providing the water engineers with a modern toolbox for addressing water engineering tasks. This course focuses on the pipeline from data to information. In that regard, we first dive into the concept of data management, giving the students basic knowledge and experience with real world data usage. We touch upon data quality, time-series analysis, outlier detection, data modelling, FAIR principles, data sharing and cybersecurity.
In the second part of the course, we focus on data science methodologies for data analysis as well as modelling. The goal is to provide the students with a basic and general sense of data science methods including ML and AI, their pros and cons so that they are able to investigate which tool is best suited for their problems, rather than chosing the wrong tool for the wrong reason.
TVM4130 - Urban Water systems: Grey, blue and green
In TVM4130 - Urban Water systems: Grey, blue and green I teach about stormwater management from the green infrastructure scale to the city scale and consideration of urban streams. We aim at making the future water engineers aware of the challenges with stormwater management, as well as the current trends and solutions. We discuss the specificities of Nature-based solution, of the Norwegian Three-Step Strategy to Stormwater management, of stormwater quality under the topic of the revised European urban wastewater directives
Supervision
Former PhD students:
Margherita Evangelisti (Co-supervision) - Exploring drivers and barriers to urban stormwater management towards enhanced water quality
Outreach
Workshop - Bring your own Data: Making the data and codes of researchers FAIR
During 11th SPN conference in Trondheim in 2026, we organized a workshop toward making the data and codes of urban drainage researchers FAIR.
Organizers: A. Chavarria, V. Pons, J. Rieckermann
2025
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Conference lecturePons, Vincent Jean-Michel Thierry; Bonneau, Jérémie; Chancibault, Katia; Evangelisti, Margherita; Funke, Fabian; Broekhuizen, Ico. (2025) Convection permitting climate models and Urban Drainage systems: Analysis and recommendations. UDM 2025
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Conference lecturePons, Vincent Jean-Michel Thierry; Zhang, Kefeng; Vezzaro, Luca; Österlund, Helene; Muthanna, Tone Merete; Furrer, Viviane; Mutzner, Lena. (2025) A Blind Dive into the Unknown: Water Quality without Metadata. UDM 2025
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Conference lectureEvangelisti, Margherita; Pons, Vincent Jean-Michel Thierry; Strømberg, Merethe Arntsen; Pritsis, Spyros; Federico, Vittorio Di; Maglionico, Marco. (2025) Out of bounds: system structural uncertainty under extreme events. UDM 2025
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Feature articleMeyn, Thomas; Muthanna, Tone Merete; Rokstad, Marius Møller; Hallé, Cynthia; Tscheikner-Gratl, Franz; Pons, Vincent. (2025) Ingen gråter over spilt vann?.
2024
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Conference lecturePritsis, Spyridon; Pons, Vincent Jean-Michel Thierry; Rokstad, Marius Møller; Clemens, Francois Henri Leon; Kleidorfer, Manfred; Tscheikner-Gratl, Franz. (2024) Designed, signed, sealed..? Investigating Urban Drainage System performance uncertainty introduced by the design process. ICUD 2024
2023
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Feature articleBahrami, Mahdi; Daulat, Shamsuddin; Muthanna, Tone Merete; Pons, Vincent; Pritsis, Spyros; Roghani, Bardia; Rokstad, Marius Møller; Strømberg, Merethe Arntsen; Tscheikner-Gratl, Franz. (2023) The French Dispatch: NTNU at Novatech 2023.
2022
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Conference lecturePons, Vincent; Muthanna, Tone Merete; Bertrand-Krajewski, Jean-Luc. (2022) Comment formuler les objectifs de performances hydrologiques de techniques alternatives de gestion des eaux pluviales ?. Journées Doctorales en Hydrologie Urbaine
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Conference lecturePons, Vincent; Muthanna, Tone Merete; Bertrand-Krajewski, Jean-Luc. (2022) Can we sum the performance of green infrastructures? The potential of system-based planning. WWCE - IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition
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Conference lecturePons, Vincent; Sivertsen, Edvard; Muthanna, Tone Merete; Krajewski, Jean-Luc Bertrand. (2022) How many extreme events to estimate the density of performance of green infrastructures?. NHC2022 - Nordic Hydrological Conference,
2021
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Conference lecturePons, Vincent; Bertrand-Krajewski, Jean-Luc. (2021) Des séries de pluies synthétiques pour évaluer les futures performances hydrologiques de toitures végétalisées sous scénario de changement climatique RCP8.5. JDHU 2020
2020
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Conference posterAbdalla, Elhadi Mohsen Hassan; Pons, Vincent; Muthanna, Tone Merete; Alfredsen, Knut. (2020) Modelling runoff from green roofs using Deep Neural Networks. The 2nd NOAA Workshop on Leveraging AI in Environmental Sciences