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Leadership
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Gabriele Villarini, PhD, MBA
Title/Position
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa
Robert and Virginia Wheeler Faculty Fellow in Engineering
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I am a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Iowa, and the Robert and Virginia Wheeler Faculty Fellow in Engineering. My research interests focus broadly on flood hydrology, extreme events, hydroclimatology, and climate predictions and projections. I received an MS in civil engineering from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" in 2003 and a PhD in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Iowa in 2008. I also received my Executive MBA (2018) from the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa. From 2008–12, I was a researcher in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University.
Research Scientists and Postdocs
Research Scientists and Postdocs
IIHR Staff
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Research Scientists and Postdocs
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Hanbeen Kim
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar (2021– )
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email
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Taereem Kim
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar (2022– )
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email
Graduate and Undergraduate Students
Graduate and Undergraduate Students
The IIHR Student Experience
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Students
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Current Students
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Renato Amorim
Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant (2021– )
Email
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Sadya Islam
Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant (2020– )
Email
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Lily Kraft
Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant (2021– )
Email
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Alexander Michalek
Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant (2021– )
Past Members
Past Postdocs and Research Staff
Media
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Past Research Staff
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1.1 - Wei Zhang
Title/Position
Associate Research Scientist (2016–20),
Postdoctoral Research Assistant,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Past Postdocs
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1.2 - Vittal Hari
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar (2018–19),
Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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1.3 - Manuel Ríos Gaona
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar (2017–18),
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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1.4 - Abdou Khouakhi
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar (2015–16),
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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1.5 - Louise Slater
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar (2015–16),
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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1.6 - Kaustubh Anil Salvi
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar (2015–16),
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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1.7 - Alan Black
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar (2015–16),
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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1.8 - David Lavers
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar (2013–14),
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Past Students and Others
Past Students
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Past Students
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2.100 - William Veatch
Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant (2018–2022)
Thesis: On the Characterization of Compound Flood Hazard at the Coastal-Riverine Interface
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2.101 - Zhiqi Yang
Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant (2017– 2021)
Thesis: Temporal Clustering of Heavy Precipitation Events
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2.102 - Jessica Ayers
Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant (2017–2021 )
Thesis: On the Detection and Attribution of Changes in Baseflow across the U.S. Midwest
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2.103 - Alex Morrison
Title/Position
MS Student (2017–19),
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Thesis: Projected Changes in Extreme Precipitation at Sub-Daily and Daily Time Scales
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2.104 - Nancy Barth
Title/Position
PhD Student (2015–18),
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Thesis: Flood Frequency and Mixed Populations in the Western United States
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2.106 - Munir Nayak
Title/Position
PhD Student (2013–16),
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Thesis: Heavy Rainfall and Flooding Associated with Atmospheric Rivers over the Central United States
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2.107 - Iman Mallakpour
Title/Position
PhD Student (2012–16),
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Thesis: The Tale of Flooding over the Central United States
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2.108 - Beda Luitel
Title/Position
MS Student (2013–16),
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Thesis: Prediction of North Atlantic Tropical Activity and Rainfall
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2.109 - Scott Rowe
Title/Position
MS Student (2012–14),
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Thesis: The Predictability of Iowa's Hydroclimate Through Analog Forecasts
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3.3 - Lara Gavin
Title/Position
Undergraduate Student (2021–2021),
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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3.4 - Alexa Hanson
Title/Position
Undergraduate Student (2016–17),
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Visitors
Visitors
IIHR: A Global Leader in Hydroscience for More than a Century
Visitors
3.1 - Roberto Quaglia
Title/Position
Visiting Ph.D. Candidate
Visiting Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Bristol
Bristol, UK
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3.2 - Dario Treppiedi
Title/Position
Visiting PhD Candidate (2022–)
Visiting Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace, and Materials Engineering
University of Palermo
Palermo, Italy
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3.3 - Bo Pang
Title/Position
Visiting Faculty (2019–20)
Associate Professor
College of Water Sciences
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
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3.4 - Meifang Ren
Title/Position
Visiting PhD Candidate (2019–20)
Visiting Ph.D. Candidate
College of Water Sciences
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
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3.5 - Ottavio Cavalcanti
Title/Position
Visiting MS Student (2019)
Visiting M.S. Student
Land and Environmental Engineering
University of Calabria
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3.6 - Arianna Miniussi
Title/Position
Visiting PhD Student (2018–19)
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Padua
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3.7 - Andrea Neri
Title/Position
Visiting PhD Candidate (2017–18)
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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3.8 - Dhanya C.T.
Title/Position
Visiting Faculty (2015)
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Delhi, India
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3.9 - Ignazio Giuntoli
Title/Position
Visiting PhD Candidate (2015)
PhD Candidate
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK
University of Birmingham, UK