Education |
2005 PhD. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hydrology and Water Resources, UCI
1994 MS. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hydraulic Structures, IUST 1991 BS. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, UT |
Academic Appointments |
2018 Alton N. Scott Endowed Chair in Civil Construction and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama
2015-2017 Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University 2011-2015 Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University 2006-2011 Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University 2005-2006 Postdoctoral Scholar/Research Scientist,CHRS, University of California, Irvine 2003-2004 Graduate Research Associate,CHRS, University of California, Irvine 2000-2003 Graduate Research Assistant, Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona |
Awards and Honors |
2021 : Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award, ASCE
2020: Outstanding Research and Innovation Award, AAWRE 2018 : Distinguished (LuoJia) Professor, Wuhan University 2017 : Branford P. Millar Award, for exceptional scholarship and research, instruction, university service, and public service, Portland State University 2017 : Samueli School of Engineering's Hall of Fame, University of California, Irvine 2017 : ASCE Best Technical Paper award 2015 : Faculty Research Excellence Award, Portland State University 2015 : Fellow, Environmental Water Resources Institute 2014 : Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Portland State University 2014 : Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers 2014 - present: Editorial Board, Journal of Hydrology 2014 - present: Section Lead Editor, Springer Handbook of Hydrometeorological Ensemble Forecasting 2013 - 2014: Guest Editor, Journal of Hydrology 2013 & 2015: Outstanding reviewer, Advances in Water Resources 2011 : Diplomat, Water Resources Engineer, AAWRE 2011 - present: Editorial Board, Water Resources Research 2011 - present: Editorial Board, Journal of Science and Technology, Transaction of Civil Engineering 2008 - 2018: Editorial Board, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 2006 & 2007: Provost Foundation Award, Portland State University 2002 - 2003: Graduate School Fellow, University of Arizona 2002: Visiting Student Fellowship, NASA Hydrological Science Branch 2001-2002: Salt River Doctoral Scholarship in Surface Water Hydrology, University of Arizona 2000-2001: ICSC-World Laboratory Hydrologic Science and Water Resources Fellowship, Switzerland 1999-2000: Monbusho Fellowship, Japan Ministry of Science and Technology |
Professional Affiliations |
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) American Meteorological Society (AMS) American Water Resources Association (AWRA) International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) Uncertainty and Risk Analysis Committee Member (EWRI) Uncertainty Committee Member (AGU) |