Amilcare Porporato

Amilcare Porporato is the Thomas J Wu ’94 Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University. His research and teaching regard nonlinear and stochastic dynamical systems, hydrometeorology, ecohydrology and environmental thermodynamics, with applications to sustainable use of soil and water resources, natural climate solutions and sustainable energy transition. He has been Editor of Water Resources Research and Hydrological Processes and is a member of the editorial board of Entropy, Advances in Water Resources, and the Hydrologic Science Journal. Porporato is author of more than 300 peer-reviewed papers, several publications presented at national and international conferences and invited talks. He is co-author of the book "Ecohydrology of water-controlled ecosystems" (Cambridge UP, 2004), Ecohydrology: dynamics of life and water in the critical zone (Cambridge UP, 2022) and the edited the book "Dryland Ecohydrology" (Springer, 2005). Porporato received the Parisatti International Price, the first Landolt & Cie Visiting Chair in “Innovative Strategies for a sustainable Future” at EPFL, the Outstanding Civil Engineering Faculty Award, the Borland lecture at the Hydrology Days, the AGU Hydrology award, and the Dalton Medal (EGU). He is an elected fellow of AGU and a WOS highly cited researcher.