Efi Foufoula-Georgiou

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Efi Foufoula-Georgiou
Born1957 (age 66–67)
Levadia, Greece
AwardsDalton Medal (European Geophysical Union), Hydrologic Sciences Award (American Geophysical Union), Horton Lecturer in Hydrology (American Meteorological Society)
Scientific career
Institutions University of Minnesota, University of California, Irvine
Website http://efi.eng.uci.edu/

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.

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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

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  2. ↑ "Efi Foufoula-Georgiou | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine". engineering.uci.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  3. ↑ "NAC Earth Science Subcommittee | Science Mission Directorate". science.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  4. ↑ "Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Ph.D." www.nwtrb.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  5. ↑ "Efi Foufoula-Georgiou". European Geosciences Union (EGU). Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  6. ↑ "Foufoula-Georgiou Receives 2007 Hydrologic Sciences Award". Honors Program. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  7. ↑ "Horton Award - Scientific and Technological Activities Commission". www.ametsoc.org. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  8. ↑ UCI (2018-02-08). "UCI's Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Judith Olson elected to National Academy of Engineering". UCI News. UC Irvine. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  9. ↑ Foufoula-Georgiou, Efi. "Efi Foufoula-Georgiou". National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  10. ↑ "Awards - Hydrology".
  11. ↑ Foufoula-Georgiou, Efi; Kumar, Praveen (1994). "Wavelet Analysis in Geophysics: An Introduction". Wavelets in Geophysics. Wavelet Analysis and Its Applications. Vol. 4. pp. 1–43. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-052087-2.50007-4. ISBN   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. 42 (3): W03S10. Bibcode:2006WRR....42.3S10P. doi:10.1029/2005WR004336. ISSN   1944-7973. S2CID   7325612.
  13. ↑ Lettenmaier, Dennis P.; Foufoula-Georgiou, Efi (1987-05-01). "A Markov Renewal Model for rainfall occurrences". Water Resources Research. 23 (5): 875–884. Bibcode:1987WRR....23..875F. doi:10.1029/WR023i005p00875. ISSN   1944-7973.
  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. 24 (8): 1345–1359. Bibcode:1988WRR....24.1345F. doi:10.1029/WR024i008p01345. ISSN   1944-7973.
  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. 115 (F2): F00A16. Bibcode:2010JGRF..115.0A16F. doi: 10.1029/2009JF001280 . ISSN   2156-2202.
  16. ↑ Krajewski, Witold; Foufoula-Georgiou, Efi (1995-07-01). "Recent advances in rainfall modeling, estimation, and forecasting". Reviews of Geophysics. 33 (S2): 1125–1137. Bibcode:1995RvGeo..33S1125F. doi:10.1029/95RG00338. ISSN   1944-9208.
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