CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Andrea RINALDO

Date of Birth: September 13, 1954

Place of Birth: Venice, Italy

Marital Status: Married, Three Children

Title:Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Dipartimento IMAGE, and Director, International Centre for Hydrology "Dino Tonini", Universita' di Padova, via Loredan 20, Padova I-35131, Italy

Degrees: C.E., honors (110/110 summa cum laude), Universita' di Padova, 1978; Ph.D, Purdue University, May 1983

Academic Interests: Transport phenomena in the hydrological cycle. Hydrogeomorphology. Transport in heterogeneous porous formations. Fluvial hydraulics. Fractals in geomorphology. Stochastic modelling of natural phenomena. Computational spectral methods. Stochastic Modeling of Natural Phenomena. Networks in Nature. Ecological Size Spectra and Scaling in Ecosystems.

Main Employment Record: Teaching Assistant and Graduate Instructor, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, (1980 – 1983); Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Universita’ di Padova, (1984 – 1986); Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Universita’ di Trento, (1986 – 1992); Head, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universita’ di Trento, (1989–1992); Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Universita' di Padova, (1992 -); Research Affiliate, Visiting Professor, Research Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (1993 -2001) ; Head, Istituto di Idraulica "G. Poleni", Universita' di Padova, (1993–1997); Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A & M University, (1995–1998); Director, International Centre for Hydrology "Dino Tonini", Universita' di Padova, (1993 –) ; Elected member, Academic Senate, Universita’ di Padova, (1996-1999; 2001-); Visiting Professor, Princeton University, (2004-2006)

Distinctions: Laurea Summa Cum Laude (honours Degree), Facolta’ di Ingegneria, Universita’ di Padova, Italy, 1978; E. Munson Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant in the School of Engineering, Purdue University, 1982  


Awards and Fellowships (Excerpta):

E. Munson Award, Purdue University, 1982
P. Gatto Research Award, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome (1984)
Fellow, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venice (1995): Accademia Galileiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Padua (2003),
             Istituto Lombardo di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Milan (2007)
Fellow, The Water Academy, Oslo (1999)
Hydrology Section Award (Horton Award), American Geophysical Union (1999)
Fellow, American Geophysical Union (2000)
Dalton Medal, European Geosciences Union (2005)
Foreign Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Washington (2006)
Foreign Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm (2006) 


                               Principal Publications (h-index = 27, ISI total citations ca. 3000)

Books

Rodriguez-Iturbe, I., A. Rinaldo, Fractal River Networks: Chance and Self-Organization, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1997
 

Edited Books

Biological Models, edited by A. Rinaldo and A. Marani, Proceedings of the Summer School on environmental Dynamics, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venezia, 196 pp., 1997

Transport Processes and the Hydrological Cycle, edited by A. Marani and A. Rinaldo, Proceedings of the Summer School on environmental Dynamics, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venezia, 391 pp., 1992

Computational Methods in Subsurface Hydrology, edited by G. Gambolati, A. Rinaldo, C.A. Brebbia, W.G. Gray, G.F.Pinder, Springer-Verlag, Berlino, 575 pp., 1990

Computational Methods in Surface Hydrology, edited by G. Gambolati, A. Rinaldo, C.A. Brebbia, W.G. Gray, G.F.Pinder, Springer-Verlag, Berlino, 556 pp., 1990

                              Journal Papers (2007-2000)

Marani, M., A. D'Alpaos. S. Lanzoni, L. Carniello, A. Rinaldo, Biologically-controlled multiple equilibria of tidal landforms and the fate of the Venice lagoon, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L11402, 2007

Muneepeerakul, R., S.A. Levin, A. Rinaldo, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, On biodiversity in river networks: a trade-off metapopulation model and comparative analysis, Water Resources research, in press, 2007

D'Alpaos, A., A. Bonometto, S. Lanzoni, M. Marani, G. Cecconi, A. Rinaldo, Spontaneous tidal network formation within a constructed salt marsh: observations and morphodynamic modelling, Geomorphology, in press, 2007

Settin, T., G. Botter, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, A. Rinaldo, Numerical studies on soil moisture distributions in heterogeneous catchments, Water Resources Research, 43, W05425, 2007

Botter, G., A. Porporato. E. Daly, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, A. Rinaldo, Probabilistic characterization of base flows in river basins: roles of soil, vegetation and geomorphology, Water Resources Research, 43, W06404, 2007

Bertuzzo, E., M. Gatto, A. Maritan, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, A. Rinaldo, River networks and ecological corridors: reactive transport on fractals, migration fronts, hydrochory, Water Resources Research, 43, W04419, 2007

Botter, G., A. Porporato, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, A. Rinaldo, Basin-scale soil moisture dynamics and the probabilistic characterization of carrier hydrologic flows: slow, leaching prone component of the hydrologic response, Water Resources Research, 43, W02417,  2007

D'Alpaos, A., S. Lanzoni, M. Marani, A. Rinaldo, Landscape evolution in tidal embayments, Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, 112, F01008, 2007

Banavar, J.R., J. Damuth, A. Maritan, A. Rinaldo, Scaling in ecosystems and the linkage of macroecological laws, Physical Review Letters, 98, 068104, 1-4, 2007

Botter, G., A. Porporato. E. Daly, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, A. Rinaldo, Probabilistic characterization of base flows in river basins: roles of soil, vegetation and geomorphology, Water Resources Research, in press, 2007

Muneepeerakul, R., J. Weitz, S.A. Levin, A. Rinaldo, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, A neutral metapopulation model of riparian biodiversity, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 245, 351-363, 2007

Rinaldo, A., Rain, rivers and turbulence: a view from hydrology, Water Resources Research, 42, W06D01, 1-8, 2006

Botter, G., T. Settin, M. Marani, A. Rinaldo, A stochastic model of Nitrate transport and cycling at basin scale, Water Resources Research, 42, W04415, 1-15, 2006
Banavar, J.R., A. Maritan, A. Rinaldo, Comment on "Revising the distributive networks model of West, Brown and Enquist (1997) and Banavar, Maritan and Rinaldo (1999): Metabolic Inequity of Living Tissues Provides Clues for the Observed Allometric Scaling Rules" by Makarieva, Gorshov and Li, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 239, 391-393, 2006

Rinaldo, A., E. Bertuzzo, G. Botter, T. Settin, A. Uccelli, and M. Marani, Transport at Basin Scales 2. Applications, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 10, 31-48, 2006
Rinaldo, A., E. Bertuzzo, G. Botter, T. Settin, A. Uccelli, and M. Marani, Transport at Basin Scales 1. Theoretical Framework, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 10, 19-29, 2006
Marani, M., E. Belluco, S. Ferrari, S. Silvestri, A. D'Alpaos, S. Lanzoni, A. Rinaldo, Analysis, synthesis and modelling of high-resolution observations of salt-marsh ecogeomorphological patterns in the Venice lagoon, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, in press, 2006

Rinaldo, A., J.R. Banavar, A. Maritan, Trees, networks and hydrology, Water Resources Research, 42, W06D07, 1-14,  2006

Feola, A., E. Belluco, S. Lanzoni, A. Marani, A. Rinaldo, A geomorphic study of lagoonal landforms, Water Resources Research, 41, W06019, 1-11, 2005

Botter, G., E. Bertuzzo, A. Bellin, A. Rinaldo, On the Lagrangian formulations of reactive solute transport in the hydrologic response, Water Resources Research, 41(4), 1-13, 2005

D'Alpaos, A., S. Lanzoni, M. Marani, S. Fagherazzi, A. Rinaldo, Tidal network ontogeny: channel initiation and early development, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, F2, 1-18, 2005

Rinaldo, A., E. Bertuzzo, G. Botter, Nonpoint source transport models from empiricism to coherent theoretical frameworks, Ecological Modelling, 184, 19-35, 2005

Marani, M., E. Belluco, A. D'Alpaos, S. Lanzoni, S. Silvestri, A. Rinaldo, Tidal landforms, patterns of halophytic vegetation and the fate of the lagoon of Venice, Journal of Marine Systems, 51, 191-210, 2004

Rinaldo, A., J.R. Banavar, V. Colizza, A. Maritan, On network form and function, Physica A, 340/4, 749-755, 2004

Colizza, V., J.R. Banavar, A. Maritan, A. Rinaldo, Network structures from selection principles, Physical Review Letters, 92(19), 198701, 2004

Botter, G., A. Rinaldo, Scale effect on geomorphologic and kinematic dispersion, Water Resources Research, 39(9), 2154, 2003

Banavar, J.R., J. Damuth, A. Maritan, A. Rinaldo, Allometric cascades,  Nature, 421 (6924), 713-714, 2003

Marani, M., S. Lanzoni, E. Belluco, A. D'Alpaos, A. Defina, A. Rinaldo, The drainage density of tidal networks, Water Resources Research, 39(2), 105, 2003

Banavar, J.R., J. Damuth, A. Maritan, A. Rinaldo, Scaling and universality in ontogenetic growth, Nature, 420 (6916), 626-627, 2002

Rinaldo, A., A. Maritan, K. Cavender-Bares, S.W. Chisholm, Cross-scale ecological dynamics and microbial size spectra in marine ecosystems,  Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 269, 2051-2059, 2002
Banavar, J.R., J. Damuth, A., Maritan, A. Rinaldo, Supply-demand balance and metabolic scaling, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 99(16), 10506-10509, 2002

Marani, M., G. Seminara, S. Lanzoni, A. Rinaldo, Tidal meanders, Water Resources Research, 38 (11), 1225, 2002

Maritan, A., R. Rigon, J.R. Banavar, A. Rinaldo, Network allometry, Geophysical Research Letters, 29(11), 3, 1-4, 2002

Solari, L., G. Seminara, S. Lanzoni, M. Marani, A. Rinaldo, Sand bars in tidal channels 2. Tidal meanders, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 451(1), 203-238, 2002

Marani, M., E. Eltahir, A. Rinaldo, Geomorphic controls on regional baseflow, Water Resources Research, 37(10), 2619-2630, 2001

Banavar, J.R., F. Colaiori, A. Flammini, A. Maritan, A. Rinaldo, Scaling, optimality and landscape evolution, Journal of Statistical Physics, 104 (1/2), 1-48,
2001

Cavender-Bares, K., A. Rinaldo, S.W. Chisholm, Microbial size spectra from marine ecosystems, Limnology & Oceanography, 46(4), 778-789, 2001

Niemann, J.D., R. L. Bras, D. Veneziano, A. Rinaldo, Impacts of surface elevation on the growth and scaling properties of simulated river networks,  Geomorphology, 40, 37-55, 2001

Bras, R.L., D.R.F. Harleman, A. Rinaldo, P. Malanotte Rizzoli, Rescuing Venice from a watery grave, Science, 291, 2315-2316, 2001

Banavar, J.R., A. Maritan, A. Rinaldo, Rivers, blood and transportation networks, Nature, 408, 159-160, 2000

Tucker, G., F. Catani, A. Rinaldo, R.L. Bras, Statistical analysis of drainage density from digital terrain data, Geomorphology, 36(3-4), 187-202, 2000

Banavar, J.R., A. Maritan, A. Rinaldo, Topology of the fittest network, Physical Review Letters, 84(20), 4745-4748, 2000

Harleman, D.R.F., R. Bras, A. Rinaldo, P. Malanotte Rizzoli, Blocking the tide, Civil Engineering, 70(10),  52-57, 2000

Papers in Journals (1995-1999)

Banavar, J.R., A. Maritan, A. Rinaldo, Size and form in efficient transportation networks, Nature, 399, 130-132, 1999

Rinaldo, A., Hydraulic networks in nature, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 37, 861-859, 1999.

Fagherazzi, S., A. Bortoluzzi, W.E. Dietrich, A. Adami, M. Marani, S. Lanzoni, A. Rinaldo, Tidal networks. 1. Automatic network extraction and preliminary scaling features from DTMs, Water Resources Research, 35(12), 3891-3904, 1999

Rinaldo, A., S. Fagherazzi, A. Bortoluzzi, A. Adami, M. Marani, S. Lanzoni, , W.E. Dietrich, Tidal networks. 2. Watershed delineation and comparative network morphology, Water Resources Research, 35(12), 3905-3917, 1999

Rinaldo, A., S. Fagherazzi, M. Marani, S. Lanzoni, W.E. Dietrich, Tidal networks. 3. Landscape-forming discharges and studies in empirical geomorphic relationships, Water Resources Research, 35(12), 3919-3929, 1999

Rodriguez-Iturbe, I., P. D'Odorico and A. Rinaldo, Mesoscale self-organization of land-atmosphere interactions, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 23071-23077, 1998

Rodriguez-Iturbe, I., M. Marani, P. D'Odorico and A. Rinaldo, On space-time scaling of cumulated rainfall fields, Water Resources Research, 34, 3461-3470, 1998

Bellin, A., A. Rinaldo, W.J.P. Bosma, S.E.A.T.M. van der Zee, Y. Rubin, Linear equilibrium adsorbing solute transport in physically and chemically heterogeneous porous formations 1. Analytical solutions, Reply, Water Resources Research, 34, 3705-3708, 1998

Rigon, R., I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, A. Rinaldo, Feasible optimality implies Hack's law, Water Resources Research, 34, 3181-3190, 1998

Marani, M., A. Maritan, G. Caldarelli, J.A. Banavar, A. Rinaldo, Stationary self-organized fractal structures in potential force fields, Journal of Physics A Mat. Gen., 31, 337-343, 1998

Rodriguez-Iturbe, I., P. D'Odorico and A. Rinaldo, Configurational entropy and fractal landscapes, Geophysical Research Letters, 25(7), 1015-1018, 1998

Cieplak, M., A. Giacometti, A. Maritan, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, J.A. Banavar, A. Rinaldo, Models of fractal river networks, Journal of Statistical Physics, 91, 1-15, 1998

Rinaldo, A., I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, Channel networks, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 26, 289-327, 1998

Caldarelli, G., A. Giacometti, A. Maritan, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, A. Rinaldo, Randomly pinned landscape evolution, Physical Review E, 55, 4865-4869, 1997

Banavar, J.A., F. Colaiori, A. Flammini, A. Giacometti, A. Maritan, A. Rinaldo, Sculpting of a fractal river basin, Physical Review Letters, 78(23), 4522-4525, 1997

Rigon, R., I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, A. Giacometti, A. Maritan, A. Rinaldo, On Hack's law, Water Resources Research, 32, 11, 3367-3374, 1996

Bellin, A., M. Pannone, A. Fiori, A. Rinaldo, On transport in porous formations characterized by heterogeneity of evolving scales, Water Resources Research, 32, 12, 3485-3496, 1996

Rinaldo, A. Maritan, A. Flammini, F. Colaiori, A. R. Rigon, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe e J. Banavar, Thermodynamics of fractal networks, Physical Review Letters, 76, 3364-3368, 1996

Maritan, A., A. Rinaldo, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, R. Rigon, A. Giacometti, Scaling in river networks, Physical Review E, 53, 1501-1513, 1996

Rinaldo, A. and I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, The geomorphological theory of the hydrologic response, Hydrological Processes, 10(6), 803-844, 1996

Rinaldo, A., W.E. Dietrich, G. Vogel, R. Rigon, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, Geomorphological signatures of varying climate, Nature, 374, 632-636, 1995

Rodriguez-Iturbe, I., G.K. Vogel, R. Rigon, D. Entekhabi, F. Castelli, A. Rinaldo, On the spatial organization of soil moisture fields, Geophysical Research Letters, 22(20), 2757-2760, 1995

Bellin, A., A. Rinaldo, Analytical solutions for transport of linearly adsorbing solutes in heterogeneous formations, Water Resources Research, 31(6), 1505-1511, 1995

Rinaldo, A., G.K. Vogel, R. Rigon, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, Can one gauge the shape of a basin?, Water Resources Research, 31, 1119-1128, 1995

Older Papers (Excerpta)

                                     

                               Marani, M., A. Rinaldo, R. Rigon, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, Geomorphological width functions and the random cascade, Geophysical Research Letters, 21(19),                                2123-2126, 1994 

Rodriguez-Iturbe, I., M. Marani, R. Rigon, A. Rinaldo, Self-organized river basin landscapes: fractal and multifractal characteristics, Water Resources
Research, 30(12), 3531-3539, 1994 

Bosma, W.J., S.E.A.T.M. Van der Zee, A. Bellin, A. Rinaldo, Instantaneous injection on nonlinearly adsorbing solute in a heterogeneous aquifer, Water  Resources Research, 30(11), 3004-3012, 1994 

Rigon, R., A. Rinaldo,  I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, On landscape self-organization, Journal of Geophysical Research, 99(B06), 11971-11993, 1994 

Bellin, A., Y. Rubin, A. Rinaldo, Eulerian - Lagrangian approach for modeling of flow in heterogeneous geological formations, Water Resources Research, 30(11), 2913-2919, 1994

Bosma, W.J.P., A. Bellin, S. E. A. T. M. Van der Zee, A. Rinaldo, Linear equilibrium adsorbing solute transport in chemically and physically heterogeneous porous formations. 2. Numerical results, Water Resources Research, 29(12), 4031-4044, 1993

Bellin, A., A. Rinaldo, W.J. Bosma, S. E. A. T. M. Van der Zee, Y. Rubin, Linear equilibrium adsorbing solute transport in chemically and physically heterogeneous porous formations. 1. Analytical Solutions, Water Resources Research, 29(12), 4019-4030, 1993

Rinaldo, A., I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, R. Rigon, R.L. Bras, E. Ijjasz-Vasquez, Self-organized fractal river networks,  Physical Review Letters, 70, 1222-1226, 1993

Ijjasz-Vasquez, E., R.L. Bras, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, R. Rigon and A. Rinaldo, Are river basins optimal channel networks?, Advances in Water Resources, 16, 69-79, 1993

Rigon, R., A. Rinaldo, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, E. Ijjasz-Vasquez, R.L. Bras, Optimal channel networks: a framework for the study of river basin morphology,
Water Resources Research, 29(6), 1635-1646, 1993

Rodriguez-Iturbe, I., A. Rinaldo, R. Rigon, R.L. Bras, E. Ijjasz-Vasquez, A. Marani, Fractal structures as least energy dissipation patterns: the case of river networks, Geophysical Research Letters, 5, 2854-2860, 1992


Rinaldo, A., I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, R. Rigon, R.L. Bras, E. Ijjasz-Vasquez, A. Marani, Minimum energy and  fractal structures of river networks,  Water Resources Research, 28 (9), 2183-2195, 1992 

Bellin, A., P. Salandin, A. Rinaldo, Dispersion in heterogeneous porous formations: statistics, first-order theories, convergence of computations, Water Resources Research, 28 (9),  2211-2227, 1992.

Salandin, P., A. Rinaldo, G. Dagan, A note on transport in stratified formations by flow tilted with respect to the bedding, Water Resources  Research, 27 (11), 3009-3117, 1991 

Marani, A., R.  Rigon, A. Rinaldo, A note on fractal channel networks, Water Resources Research, 27(12), 3041-3049, 1991

Rinaldo, A., A.  Marani, R. Rigon, Geomorphological dispersion, Water Resources Research, 28 (4), 513-525, 1991

Rinaldo, A., A.  Marani, A.  Bellin, On Mass Response Functions, Water Resources Research, Vol. 25 (8), 1603-1617, 1989

Rinaldo, A., A.  Bellin, A. Marani, A study on solute NO_3-N transport in the hydrologic response by a MRF model, Ecological Modelling, Vol.  48,

159-191, 1989

Rinaldo, A., A.  Marani, Basin scale model of solute transport,  Water Resources Research, Vol. 23 (11), 2107-2118, 1987

Rinaldo, A., A.  Giorgini, A mixed algorithm for the calculation of rapidly varying fluid flows:  the impulsively started circular cylinder,   International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 4, 949 - 969, 1984