Say hello to Enrique R. Vivoni, the Fulton Professor of Hydrosystems Engineering in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment and the Director of the Center for Hydrologic Innovations at Arizona State University!
He’s participating on the panel discussion titled Working Outside the Edge Pieces: Extreme Weather Events and What We Can Do About Them
His research at ASU focuses on water, climate and ecosystem processes and interactions with sustainability and management, with a specific emphasis on semiarid and arid regions of North America. Over the course of his career, Professor Vivoni has established long-term research collaborations on topics related to advancing numerical models, water resources management, climate change and sociopolitical interactions with natural resources. He is also involved in training, outreach and stakeholder engagement activities as related to technology transfer and the use of scientific knowledge for improving decision-making processes. He has won a number of local and national awards, including the AMS Fellow, AAAS Lifetime Fellow, Governor’s Award for Arizona’s Future, International Award from the Mexican Carbon Program, Fulbright Fellowship, Leopold Leadership Fellowship, Lincoln Institute Curriculum Award, Huber Prize for Civil Engineering Research, Quentis Mees Research Award from the Arizona Water Association, and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.