Enrique R. Vivoni, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, the Fulton Professor of Hydrosystems Engineering in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University, has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Vivoni is also the founding director of the Center for Hydrologic Innovations. The research activities of his team focus on water, climate, and ecosystem interactions, with an emphasis on North American drylands. In collaboration with others, he has advanced integrative watershed studies that link spatially explicit sensor networks, remote sensing, and process-based modeling. His team develops and applies innovations in hydrologic science and engineering for improved decision making by water management agencies.
He is involved in training, outreach and stakeholder engagement activities as related to technology transfer. He has served in administrative positions in service of university departments, professional societies, and scientific organizations. Vivoni has won several local, national, and international awards, including being named Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, Mexican Academy of Sciences, and American Association for the Advancement of Science. His work has also been recognized by the ASCE with the Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award and the Huber Prize for Civil Engineering Research.
Vivoni was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he was first exposed to environmental science. He obtained his undergraduate and graduate degrees in civil and environmental engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
