Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe
Ignacio Rodríguez-Iturbe (born 1942) is a Venezuelan-American hydrologist. He currently serves as the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University.
Rodríguez-Iturbe was born in Venezuela and has taught at many universities, including the University of Zulia, MIT, Texas A&M, and the University of Iowa. He also taught for 20 years at Simon Bolivar University.
He has been a member of the US National Committee for the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis since 2004. In 2008, he received a special recognition from the World Cultural Council.[1]
He graduated from the University of Zulia as a civil engineer and did graduate studies at Caltech, earning his PhD at Colorado State University in 1967.
Honors
- 1998 - Awarded the Robert E. Horton Medal
- 2002 - Awarded the Stockholm Water Prize for his role in developing the science of hydrology
- 2009 - Awarded the William Bowie Medal.
- 2010 - Elected as Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences.[2]
- 2010 - Appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences[3]
References
- ↑ "Special Recognitions 2008". World Cultural Council. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S27/23/98C53/index.xml?section=topstories
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080117041526/http://ncrcafe.org/node/1533
External links
- Curriculum vitae at Princeton University
- Ignacio Rodriguez
- “Hay que prever nuevos sistemas de almacenaje, porque seguirá la sequía”. Interview for La Gaceta de los Negocios (Spanish)
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