Ignacio Rodríguez Iturbe
Ignacio Rodríguez Iturbe (8 March 1942 – 28 September 2022) was a Venezuelan hydrologist who was a professor at Texas A&M University.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- 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]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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, doi:10.1073/pnas.2217606119.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Curriculum vitae at Princeton University
- Ignacio Rodríguez Archived 12 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- “Hay que prever nuevos sistemas de almacenaje, porque seguirá la sequía”. Interview for La Gaceta de los Negocios (Spanish)
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