Scholar
Efi Foufoula-Georgiou
Google Scholar ID: 8PMkmYYAAAAJ
Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Irvine
Citations & Impact
Citations
7,546
H-index
44
i10-index
149
Publications
20
Co-authors
47
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
- Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Member of the European Academy of Sciences
- Fellow of AGU, AMS, and AAAS
- Recipient of the John Dalton Medal from the European Geophysical Society
- Recipient of the Hydrologic Sciences Medal from AMS
- Recipient of the Horton Medal from AGU
Research Experience
- Currently Distinguished Professor and Henry Samueli Endowed Chair in Engineering at UCI
- 1989–2016: McKnight Distinguished Professor and Joseph T. and Rose S. Ling Chair in Environmental Engineering at the University of Minnesota
- Former Director of the NSF Science and Technology Center “National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics” (NCED)
- Former Director of the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory at the University of Minnesota
- Founding Fellow of the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota
Background
- Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine (UCI)
- Henry Samueli Endowed Chair in Engineering
- Research focuses on hydrology and geomorphology, with special interests in scaling theories, multiscale dynamics, and space-time modeling of precipitation and landforms
- Works on stochastic modeling of surface hydrologic and geomorphic processes, exploring statistical signatures across scales and linking them to physical mechanisms
- Served on numerous national and international advisory boards, including the Water Science and Technology Board of NAS, NSF Advisory Council for Geosciences, NASA Earth Sciences Subcommittee, etc.
- Former President of the Hydrology Section of AGU, Chair of CUAHSI Board of Directors, Trustee of UCAR, and Councilor of AMS
- Appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama in 2012 to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
