Efi Foufoula-Georgiou Explained

Efi Foufoula-Georgiou
Birth Place:Levadia, Greece
Website:http://efi.eng.uci.edu/
Workplaces:University of Minnesota, University of California, Irvine
Awards:Dalton Medal (European Geophysical Union), Hydrologic Sciences Award (American Geophysical Union), Horton Lecturer in Hydrology (American Meteorological Society)

Efi Foufoula-Georgiou is a Distinguished Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at the University of California, Irvine. She is well known for her research on the applications of wavelet analysis in the fields of hydrology and geophysics and her many contributions to academic journals and national committees.

Background and education

Foufoula-Georgiou was born in Livadeia, Greece in 1957, and received a diploma in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. She received her M.S. in Environmental Engineering in 1982 from the University of Florida, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Florida in 1985.[1]

Career and research

She began her career in academia as an assistant professor at Iowa State University (from 1986 to 1989). She then moved to the University of Minnesota, where she was an associate professor before earning a position as a full Professor. She later became the director of the Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory. She is now a Professor Emerita at the University of Minnesota. She accepted a position at the University of California, Irvine in 2016, where she currently resides. She is a distinguished professor at the university and holds the Henry Samueli Endowed Chair in Engineering. She is also the Associate Dean for Research and Innovation.[2]

Foufoula-Georgiou is best known for her research within the field of Environmental Engineering, including her work with wavelet analysis and its applications in Geophysics. She is also a member of multiple national committees, including the NASA Earth Sciences Subcommittee[3] and the US Nuclear Waste and Technical Review Board.[4]

Awards

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Efi Foufoula-Georgiou The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine. engineering.uci.edu. 2019-09-13.
  2. Web site: Efi Foufoula-Georgiou The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine. engineering.uci.edu. 2019-09-13.
  3. Web site: NAC Earth Science Subcommittee Science Mission Directorate. science.nasa.gov. 2019-09-13.
  4. Web site: Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Ph.D.. www.nwtrb.gov. 2019-09-13.
  5. Web site: Efi Foufoula-Georgiou. European Geosciences Union (EGU). en. 2019-09-13.
  6. Web site: Foufoula-Georgiou Receives 2007 Hydrologic Sciences Award. Honors Program. en-US. 2019-09-13.
  7. Web site: Horton Award - Scientific and Technological Activities Commission. www.ametsoc.org. 2019-09-13.
  8. Web site: UCI . UCI's Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Judith Olson elected to National Academy of Engineering . UCI News . UC Irvine . 12 October 2019. 2018-02-08 .
  9. Web site: Foufoula-Georgiou . Efi . Efi Foufoula-Georgiou . National Academy of Engineering . 12 October 2019.
  10. Web site: Awards - Hydrology.
  11. Book: 10.1016/B978-0-08-052087-2.50007-4. Wavelet Analysis in Geophysics: An Introduction. Wavelets in Geophysics. 4. 1–43. Wavelet Analysis and Its Applications. 1994. Foufoula-Georgiou. Efi. Kumar. Praveen. 9780080520872.
  12. Paola. Chris. Foufoula-Georgiou. Efi. Dietrich. William E.. Hondzo. Miki. Mohrig. David. Parker. Gary. Power. Mary E.. Rodriguez-Iturbe. Ignacio. Voller. Vaughan. 2006. Toward a unified science of the Earth's surface: Opportunities for synthesis among hydrology, geomorphology, geochemistry, and ecology. Water Resources Research. en. 42. 3. W03S10. 10.1029/2005WR004336. 1944-7973. 2006WRR....42.3S10P. 7325612 .
  13. Dennis P. Lettenmaier. Lettenmaier. Dennis P.. Foufoula-Georgiou. Efi. 1987-05-01. A Markov Renewal Model for rainfall occurrences. Water Resources Research. en. 23. 5. 875–884. 10.1029/WR023i005p00875. 1944-7973. 1987WRR....23..875F.
  14. Kitanidis. Peter K.. Foufoula-Georgiou. Efi. 1988-08-01. Gradient dynamic programming for stochastic optimal control of multidimensional water resources systems. Water Resources Research. en. 24. 8. 1345–1359. 10.1029/WR024i008p01345. 1944-7973. 1988WRR....24.1345F.
  15. Dietrich. W. E.. Ganti. V.. Foufoula-Georgiou. E.. 2010-06-01. A nonlocal theory of sediment transport on hillslopes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. en. 115. F2. F00A16. 10.1029/2009JF001280. 2156-2202. 2010JGRF..115.0A16F. free.
  16. Krajewski. Witold. Foufoula-Georgiou. Efi. 1995-07-01. Recent advances in rainfall modeling, estimation, and forecasting. Reviews of Geophysics. en. 33. S2. 1125–1137. 10.1029/95RG00338. 1944-9208. 1995RvGeo..33S1125F.

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