Ignacio Rodríguez Iturbe Explained

Ignacio Rodríguez Iturbe (8 March 1942 – 28 September 2022) was a Venezuelan hydrologist who was a professor at Texas A&M University.^[1]

Rodríguez Iturbe was born in Maracaibo, Zulia State in 1942. 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.

Rodríguez Iturbe taught at many universities, including the University of Zulia, MIT, Texas A&M, Princeton University^[2] and the University of Iowa. He also taught for 20 years at Simon Bolivar University.

Rodríguez Iturbe was a member of the US National Committee for the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis from 2004. In 2008, he received a special recognition from the World Cultural Council.^[3]

Rodríguez Iturbe died on 28 September 2022, at the age of 80.^[4]

Honors

• 1988 - Elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1988 for innovations in the analysis, synthesis, and sampling of hydrologic signals, and for inspirational leadership in hydrologic research and education.
• 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 - Awarded the Creativity Prize of the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, along with Andrea Rinaldo, for developing the field of Ecohydrology.^[5]
• 2010 - Elected a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences.^[6]
• 2010 - Appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences^[7]

External links

• Curriculum vitae at Princeton University
• Ignacio Rodríguez
• “Hay que prever nuevos sistemas de almacenaje, porque seguirá la sequía”. Interview for La Gaceta de los Negocios (Spanish)

Notes and References

1. Simon A. Levin, Andrea Rinaldo: Ignacio Rodríguez-Iturbe (1942−2022): A review of a pathbreaking academic career combining chance and self-organization. PNAS. Vol. 119 (49), 2022, e2217606119, .
2. Book: Durkee . Robert K. . The New Princeton Companion . 5 April 2022 . Princeton University Press . 978-0-691-21044-5 . 1 September 2022 . en.
3. Web site: Special Recognitions 2008 . . 19 August 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131105183105/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/memories-ceremony2008-SpecialRecognitions.php . 5 November 2013 .
4. News: La scomparsa di Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe . 29 September 2022 . DICEA . 29 September 2022.
5. Web site: Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water.
6. Web site: Rodriguez-Iturbe elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
7. Web site: Pope taps Princeton water expert, believer in global warming for science academy | National Catholic Reporter Conversation Cafe . ncrcafe.org . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080117041526/http://ncrcafe.org/node/1533 . 17 January 2008 . dead.