She received her PhD degfee in civil engineering from the Tallinn University of Technology. She has more than 20 peer-reviewedarticles. Her main interests include climate change impact on surface water resources and water quality, river run off modelling, water balance, water resources estimation and management, scenarios for water management and renewable resources. She coordinates several projects connected to climate change impact on water ecosystems and other environment issues.She is an editorial board member of the Euro - Asian Journal of Sustainable Energy Development Policy.She is a member of UNESCO Estonian Advisory Commission and Estonian State Water Commission.