Prof. Andrea Rinaldo, an EPFL expert in hydrology, has been selected as the 2023 winner of the Stockholm Water Prize – the world’s most prestigious award in water research, handed out by the king of Sweden.
“This award is a huge honor and a source of great satisfaction,” says Andrea Rinaldo, upon hearing he was selected for what’s known as the “Nobel Prize in Water.” He has been the head of EPFL’s Laboratory of Ecohydrology – ENAC Faculty – since 2008 and is also a professor at the University of Padua. The work he’s done throughout his career has provided important insight into a recurring mechanism in hydrological and ecological processes in drainage basins. What makes Rinaldo’s approach unique is that he looks not only at surface phenomena but also at the underlying soil composition in areas where water streams converge.
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By EPFL, 21 March 2023
