- Affiliated Faculty, Ocean Engineering
- Faculty Fellow, Hagler Institute for Advanced Study
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Fluid Mechanics, Purdue University – 1983
- M.S., Civil Engineering, Università di Padova – 1978
- B.S., Civil Engineering, Università di Padova – 1978
Research Interests
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- Eco-Hydrology
- Water resources management
- Geomorphology
- Ecological patterns
- River networks as ecological corridors
- Spatially explicit ecological modeling
- Basin-scale transport phenomena
Water borne diseases- Epidemic cholera and endemic schistosomaïoses transmission
- Rainfall-runoff transformations
Certifications & Memberships
- Foreign Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 2012
- Foreign Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering, 2006
- Foreign Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering, 2006
Awards & Honors
- Distinguished Scholar Medal, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2015
- Prince Sultan Abdulazis International Water Prize, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2010
- Dalton Medal, European Geosciences Union, 2005
- Hydrologic Sciences Award, American Geophysical Union, 1999