Andrea Rinaldo
Full Professor
EPFL ENAC IIE ECHO
GR C1 575 (Bâtiment GR)
Station 2
CH-1015 Lausanne
EPFL ENAC ENAC-SSIE SSIE-ENS
GR C1 575 (Bâtiment GR)
Station 2
CH-1015 Lausanne
EPFL E E-DOC EDCE-ENS
GR C1 575 (Bâtiment GR)
Station 2
CH-1015 Lausanne
Biography
ANDREA RINALDO
born in Venice (Italy) on 13/09/1954
Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources,
Director, Laboratory of Ecohydrology ECHO/ISTE/ENAC
Facultè ENAC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne
GR C1 565 Station 2
CH-1015 Lausanne (CH)
e-mail: andrea.rinaldo@epfl.ch
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Transport phenomena in the hydrological cycle. Hydrogeomorphology. Ecohydrology. Stochastic Modeling of Natural Phenomena. Networks in Nature. Scaling in Ecosystems. Ecohydrology. River networks as ecological corridors for species, populations, pathogens.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. 1983 Purdue University, Fluid Mechanics
Dott. Ing. (BS+MS) 1978 Università di Padova, Civil Engineering (110/110 summa cum laude)
AWARDS and FELLOWHIPS (excerpta):
E. Munson Award, Purdue University, 1982
P. Gatto Research Award, Accademia dei Lincei, Rome (1984)
Fellow, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venice (1995), Accademia Galileiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Padova (2003), The Water Academy, Oslo (1999), Istituto Lombardo di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Milan (2007)
Hydrology Section Award (Horton Award), American Geophysical Union (1999)
Fellow, American Geophysical Union (2000)
Dalton Medal, European Geosciences Union (2005)
Foreign Member, US National Academy of Engineering, Washington (2006)
Foreign Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm (2006)
ERC Advanced Grant Fellowship (2008)
Name Lectures (excerpta): DALTON Lecture, Vienna (2005); KOVACS Lecture, Paris (2006) ; MOORE Lecture, Charlottesville (2006) ; BERNHARD Lecture, Stockholm (2008) ; BOUSSINESQ Lecture, Amsterdam (2008) ;
ACADEMIC RECORD (excerpta)
Full Professor, Chair of Hydrology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Università di Trento (Italy) (19851992)
Director, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Università di Trento (Italy) (19891992)
Chair of Hydraulics, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Idraulica, Marittima e Geotecnica, Università di Padova (Italy) (1992-)
Director, Istituto di Idraulica "G. Poleni" Università di Padova (Italy) (19931997)
Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A & M University (TX,USA) (19951998)
Director, International Centre for Hydrology "Dino Tonini", Università di Padova (Italy) (19931998, 2000-2007)
Visiting Professor & Research Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA, USA) (19932001)
Visiting Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University (NJ,USA) (2004-2006)
Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources, Faculté ENAC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne (CH), Director, Laboratory of Ecohydrology ECHO/ISTE/ENAC (2008-)
POST DOC
Enrico BERTUZZO
Lorenzo MARI
Ludovico NICOTINA
Complete publication list (up till 2009)
Prof. A. Rinaldo complete publication list
Fields of expertise
Eco-Hydrology
Water resources management
Geomorphology
Ecological patterns
River networks as ecological corridors
Spatially explicit ecological modeling
Basin-scale transport phenomena
Water borne diseases
Epidemic cholera and endemic schistosomaïoses transmission
Rainfall-runoff transformations
Publications
MAIN PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
2018
P. Balister; J. Balogh; E. Bertuzzo; B. Bollobás; G. Caldarelli et al. : River landscapes and optimal channel networks; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2018-06-26. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1804484115.
L. Mari; R. Casagrandi; A. Rinaldo; M. Gatto : Epidemicity thresholds for water-borne and water-related diseases; Journal of Theoretical Biology. 2018-06-14. DOI : 10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.03.024.
M. Ferrari; D. Pasetto; F. Finger; A. Camacho; F. Grandesso et al. : Near real-time forecasting for cholera decision making in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew; PLOS Computational Biology. 2018-05-15. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006127.
A. C. Santos; M. M. Portela; A. Rinaldo; B. Schaefli : Analytical flow duration curves for summer streamflow in Switzerland; Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 2018-04-20. DOI : 10.5194/hess-22-2377-2018.
L. von Seidlein; F. Finger; E. Bertuzzo; F. J. Luquero; N. Naibei et al. : The potential impact of case-area targeted interventions in response to cholera outbreaks: A modeling study; PLOS Medicine. 2018-02-28. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002509.
A. Rinaldo; M. Gatto; I. Rodriguez-Iturbe : River networks as ecological corridors: A coherent ecohydrological perspective; Advances in Water Resources. 2018-02-28. DOI : 10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.10.005.
A. Finotello; S. Lanzoni; M. Ghinassi; M. Marani; A. Rinaldo et al. : Field migration rates of tidal meanders recapitulate fluvial morphodynamics; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2018-02-13. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1711330115.
L. Carraro; L. Mari; M. Gatto; A. Rinaldo; E. Bertuzzo : Spread of proliferative kidney disease in fish along stream networks: A spatial metacommunity framework; Freshwater Biology. 2018-01-15. DOI : 10.1111/fwb.12939.
D. Pasetto; S. Arenas-Castro; J. Bustamante; R. Casagrandi; N. Chrysoulakis et al. : Integration of satellite remote sensing data in ecosystem modelling at local scales: Practices and trends; METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 2018. DOI : 10.1111/2041-210X.13018.
2017
J. Perez-Saez; T. Mande; J. Larsen; N. Ceperley; A. Rinaldo : Classification and prediction of river network ephemerality and its relevance for waterborne disease epidemiology; Advances In Water Resources. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.10.003.
A. Tejedor; A. Longjas; D. A. Edmonds; I. Zaliapin; T. T. Georgiou et al. : Entropy and optimality in river deltas; Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2017. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1708404114.
E. Strano; A. Giometto; S. Shai; E. Bertuzzo; P. J. Mucha et al. : The scaling structure of the global road network; Royal Society Open Science. 2017. DOI : 10.1098/rsos.170590.
A. Giometto; F. Altermatt; A. Rinaldo : Demographic stochasticity and resource autocorrelation control biological invasions in heterogeneous landscapes; Oikos. 2017. DOI : 10.1111/oik.04330.
L. Mari; R. Casagrandi; A. Rinaldo; M. Gatto : A generalized definition of reactivity for ecological systems and the problem of transient species dynamics; Methods In Ecology And Evolution. 2017. DOI : 10.1111/2041-210X.12805.
L. Carraro; E. Bertuzzo; L. Mari; I. Fontes; H. Hartikainen et al. : Integrated field, laboratory, and theoretical study of PKD spread in a Swiss prealpine river; Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2017. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1713691114.
L. Mari; M. Ciddio; R. Casagrandi; J. Perez-Saez; E. Bertuzzo et al. : Heterogeneity in schistosomiasis transmission dynamics; Journal Of Theoretical Biology. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.08.015.
P. Benettin; S. W. Bailey; A. Rinaldo; G. E. Likens; K. J. Mcguire et al. : Young runoff fractions control streamwater age and solute concentration dynamics; Hydrological Processes. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/hyp.11243.
S. Zaoli; A. Giometto; A. Maritan; A. Rinaldo : Covariations in ecological scaling laws fostered by community dynamics; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2017. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1708376114.
P. Benettin; C. Soulsby; C. Birkel; D. Tetzlaff; G. Botter et al. : Using SAS functions and high-resolution isotope data to unravel travel time distributions in headwater catchments; Water Resources Research. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/2016Wr020117.
2016
E. Bertuzzo; F. Finger; L. Mari; A. Rinaldo; M. Gatto : On the probability of extinction of the Haiti cholera epidemic; Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. 2016. DOI : 10.1007/s00477-014-0906-3.
J. Perez-Saez; A. A. King; A. Rinaldo; M. Yunus; A. S. Faruque et al. : Climate-driven endemic cholera is modulated by human mobility in a megacity; Advances in Water Resources. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.11.013.
L. Carraro; L. Mari; H. Hartikainen; N. Strepparava; T. Wahli et al. : An epidemiological model for proliferative kidney disease in salmonid populations; Parasites & Vectors. 2016. DOI : 10.1186/s13071-016-1759-z.
L. Carniello; A. D'Alpaos; G. Botter; A. Rinaldo : Statistical characterization of spatiotemporal sediment dynamics in the Venice lagoon; Journal Of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface. 2016. DOI : 10.1002/2015Jf003793.
D. Pasetto; F. Finger; A. Rinaldo; E. Bertuzzo : Real-time projections of cholera outbreaks through data assimilation and rainfall forecasting; Advances in Water Resources. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.10.004.
A. Rinaldo; P. Benettin; C. J. Harman; M. Hrachowitz; K. J. Mcguire et al. : Reply to comment by Porporato and Calabrese on "Storage selection functions: A coherent framework for quantifying how catchments store and release water and solutes''; Water Resources Research. 2016. DOI : 10.1002/2015Wr018045.
R. Mutzner; P. Tarolli; G. Sofia; M. B. Parlange; A. Rinaldo : Field study on drainage densities and rescaled width functions in a high‐altitude alpine catchment; Hydrological Processes. 2016. DOI : 10.1002/hyp.10783.
J. Perez-Saez; T. Mande; N. Ceperley; E. Bertuzzo; L. Mari et al. : Hydrology and density feedbacks control the ecology of intermediate hosts of schistosomiasis across habitats in seasonal climates; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1602251113.
F. Finger; T. Genolet; L. Mari; G. C. de Magny; N. M. Manga et al. : Mobile phone data highlights the role of mass gatherings in the spreading of cholera outbreaks; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1522305113.
E. Bertuzzo; F. Carrara; L. Mari; F. Altermatt; I. Rodriguez-Iturbe et al. : Geomorphic controls on elevational gradients of species richness; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1518922113.
2015
P. Benettin; S. W. Bailey; M. B. Green; A. Rinaldo; G. E. Likens et al. : Linking water age and solute dynamics in streamflow at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, NH, USA; Water Resources Research. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2015WR017552.
J. Perez-Saez; L. Mari; E. Bertuzzo; R. Casagrandi; S. H. Sokolow et al. : A Theoretical Analysis of the Geography of Schistosomiasis in Burkina Faso Highlights the Roles of Human Mobility and Water Resources Development in Disease Transmission; PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2015. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004127.
P. Benettin; J. W. Kirchner; A. Rinaldo; G. Botter : Modeling chloride transport using travel time distributions at Plynlimon, Wales; Water Resources Research. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2014Wr016600.
A. Rinaldo; P. Benettin; C. J. Harman; M. Hrachowitz; K. J. Mcguire et al. : Storage selection functions: A coherent framework for quantifying how catchments store and release water and solutes; Water Resources Research. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2015Wr017273.
A. Giometto; F. Altermatt; A. Maritan; R. Stocker; A. Rinaldo : Generalized receptor law governs phototaxis in the phytoplankton Euglena gracilis; Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2015. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1422922112.
S. Suweis; J. A. Carr; A. Maritan; A. Rinaldo; P. D'Odorico : Resilience and reactivity of global food security; Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2015. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1507366112.
A. Giometto; M. Formentin; A. Rinaldo; J. E. Cohen; A. Maritan : Sample and population exponents of generalized Taylor's law; Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2015. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1505882112.
M. Del Jesus; A. Rinaldo; I. Rodriguez-Iturbe : Point rainfall statistics for ecohydrological analyses derived from satellite integrated rainfall measurements; Water Resources Research. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2015Wr016935.
L. Righetto; R. U. Zaman; Z. H. Mahmud; E. Bertuzzo; L. Mari et al. : Detection of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 in environmental waters of rural Bangladesh: a flow-cytometry-based field trial; Epidemiology And Infection. 2015. DOI : 10.1017/S0950268814003252.
F. Carrara; A. Giometto; M. Seymour; A. Rinaldo; F. Altermatt : Inferring species interactions in ecological communities: a comparison of methods at different levels of complexity; Methods In Ecology And Evolution. 2015. DOI : 10.1111/2041-210X.12363.
D. A. Barry; P. D'Odorico; A. Rinaldo : Editorial changes – Advances in Water Resources; Advances in Water Resources. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.07.024.
E. Bertuzzo; I. Rodriguez-Iturbe; A. Rinaldo : Metapopulation capacity of evolving fluvial landscapes; Water Resources Research. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2015WR016946.
P. Queloz; L. Carraro; P. Benettin; G. Botter; A. Rinaldo et al. : Transport of fluorobenzoate tracers in a vegetated hydrologic control volume: 2. Theoretical inferences and modeling; Water Resources Research. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2014WR016508.
P. Queloz; E. Bertuzzo; L. Carraro; G. Botter; F. Miglietta et al. : Transport of fluorobenzoate tracers in a vegetated hydrologic control volume: 1. Experimental results; Water Resources Research. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2014WR016433.
R. Foti; M. Del Jesus; A. Rinaldo; F. R. Miralles-Wilhelm; I. Rodriguez-Iturbe : Demodulation of time series highlights impacts of hydrologic drivers on the Everglades ecosystem; Ecohydrology. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/eco.1500.
M. Ciddio; L. Mari; M. Gatto; A. Rinaldo; R. Casagrandi : The temporal patterns of disease severity and prevalence in schistosomiasis; Chaos. 2015. DOI : 10.1063/1.4908202.
F. Carrara; A. Giometto; M. Seymour; A. Rinaldo; F. Altermatt : Experimental evidence for strong stabilizing forces at high functional diversity of aquatic microbial communities; Ecology. 2015. DOI : 10.1890/14-1324.1.sm.
F. Comola; B. Schaefli; P. Da Ronco; G. Botter; M. Bavay et al. : Scale-dependent effects of solar radiation patterns on the snow-dominated hydrologic response; Geophysical Research Letters. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2015GL064075.
F. Comola; B. Schaefli; A. Rinaldo; M. Lehning : Thermodynamics in the hydrologic response: Travel time formulation and application to Alpine catchments; Water Resources Research. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2014WR016228.
L. Mari; E. Bertuzzo; F. Finger; R. Casagrandi; M. Gatto et al. : On the predictive ability of mechanistic models for the Haitian cholera epidemic; Journal of the Royal Society, Interface / the Royal Society. 2015. DOI : 10.1098/rsif.2014.0840.
2014
B. Schaefli; L. Nicótina; C. Imfeld; P. Da Ronco; E. Bertuzzo et al. : SEHR-ECHO v1.0: a Spatially Explicit Hydrologic Response model for ecohydrologic applications; Geoscientific Model Development. 2014. DOI : 10.5194/gmd-7-2733-2014.
F. Rossel; J. Gironas; A. Mejia; A. Rinaldo; F. Rodriguez : Spatial characterization of catchment dispersion mechanisms in an urban context; Advances In Water Resources. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.advwatres.2014.09.005.
J. Kühn; F. Finger; E. Bertuzzo; S. Borgeaud; M. Gatto et al. : Glucose- but Not Rice-Based Oral Rehydration Therapy Enhances the Production of Virulence Determinants in the Human Pathogen Vibrio cholerae; PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2014. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003347.
S. Widder; K. Besemer; G. A. Singer; S. Ceola; E. Bertuzzo et al. : Fluvial network organization imprints on microbial co-occurrence networks; Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2014. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1411723111.
A. Knox; E. Bertuzzo; L. Mari; D. Odermatt; E. Verrecchia et al. : Optimizing a remotely sensed proxy for plankton biomass in Lake Kivu; International Journal Of Remote Sensing. 2014. DOI : 10.1080/01431161.2014.939782.
L. Mari; R. Casagrandi; E. Bertuzzo; A. Rinaldo; M. Gatto : Floquet theory for seasonal environmental forcing of spatially explicit waterborne epidemics; Theoretical Ecology. 2014. DOI : 10.1007/s12080-014-0223-y.
F. Finger; A. Knox; E. Bertuzzo; L. Mari; D. Bompangue et al. : Cholera in the Lake Kivu region (DRC): Integrating remote sensing and spatially explicit epidemiological modeling; Water Resources Research. 2014. DOI : 10.1002/2014WR015521.
Conference Papers
2017
J. Perez-Saez; T. Mande; N. Ceperley; E. Bertuzzo; L. Mari et al. : Incorporating the ecology of intermediate hosts of schistosomiasis into spatially explicit models of disease transmission in seasonal climates. 2017. p. 19-19.
2015
J. Perez-Saez; L. Mari; E. Bertuzzo; T. Mande; N. Ceperley et al. : Spatial patterns of schistosomiasis in Burkina Faso: relevance of human mobility and water resources development. 2015. p. 227-227.
G. Passadore; A. Sottani; L. Altissimo; M. Putti; A. Rinaldo : Using Heat as a Tracer to Characterize Streambed Water Fluxes of the Brenta River (Italy). 2015. 12th International IAEG Congress, Torino, ITALY, SEP 15-19, 2014. p. 241-244. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-09054-2_49.
2014
A. Rinaldo : River networks as ecological corridors for species, populations and pathogens of water-borne disease. 2014. 7th International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics (River Flow), Lausanne, SWITZERLAND, SEP 03-05, 2014. p. 3-4.
Reviews
2017
A. Rinaldo; E. Bertuzzo; M. Blokesch; L. Mari; M. Gatto : Modeling Key Drivers of Cholera Transmission Dynamics Provides New Perspectives for Parasitology; Trends in Parasitology. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.pt.2017.04.002.
Theses
2018
S. Zaoli / A. Rinaldo; A. Giometto (Dir.) : Scaling as a key conceptual tool for the interpretation of empirical and experimental patterns in ecology and biology. Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8719.
L. Carraro / A. Rinaldo; E. Bertuzzo (Dir.) : Ecohydrological and Metacommunity Studies of Proliferative Kidney Disease Spread in Freshwater Salmonid Fish. Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8354.
F. J. Perez Saez / A. Rinaldo (Dir.) : A field-based modelling framework of the ecohydrology of schistosomiasis. Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8239.
2017
F. Finger / A. Rinaldo; E. Bertuzzo (Dir.) : Spatially explicit modeling of cholera epidemics. Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7565.
2015
P. C. J. Queloz / A. Rinaldo (Dir.) : Experiments in hydrologic solute transport. Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6688.
A. Giometto / A. Rinaldo; F. Altermatt (Dir.) : The role of fluctuations in ecological patterns and processes. Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6541.
Reports
2016
A. Camacho; S. Cohuet; F. Grandesso; F. Luquero; E. Lynch et al. : Benefit of vaccination in protecting the departments of Grand’Anse, Ouest and Sud against a potential second epidemic wave of cholera. 2016.
A. Camacho; S. Cohuet; F. Grandesso; F. Luquero; E. Lynch et al. : Prediction of cholera dynamics in Haiti following the passage of Hurricane Matthew. 2016.
Posters
2017
L. Carraro; L. Mari; M. Gatto; A. Rinaldo; E. Bertuzzo : A metacommunity model for the spread of proliferative kidney disease in stream networks ; Impact of Environmental Changes on Infectious Diseases, Trieste, Italy, May 17-19, 2017.
D. Pasetto; F. Finger; A. Camacho; F. Grandesso; S. Cohuet et al. : Epidemiological projections of the Haiti cholera outbreak after hurricane Matthew and analysis of the impact of vaccination campaigns ; Impact of Environmental Change on Infectious Diseases Conference Conference information, Trieste, Italy, May 17-19, 2017.
F. Finger; T. Genolet; L. Mari; G. C. de Magny; A. Rinaldo et al. : Modeling the spread of cholera using human mobility estimates derived from mobile phone records ; Impact of Environmental Change on Infectious Diseases Conference Conference information, Trieste, Italy, May 17-19, 2017.
2015
L. Carraro; E. Bertuzzo; L. Mari; M. Gatto; N. Strepparava et al. : An epidemic model for the interactions between thermal regime of rivers and transmission of proliferative kidney disease in salmonid fish ; European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, April 12-17, 2015.
F. Finger; T. Genolet; L. Mari; G. C. de Magny; A. Rinaldo et al. : Modeling the spread of cholera using human mobility estimates derived from mobile phone records ; Epidemics 5, Fifth International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics, Clearwater, Florida, USA, 1- 4 December 2015.
2014
F. Comola; B. Schaefli; P. Da Ronco; G. Botter; A. Rinaldo et al. : The Signature of Hillslope Aspects on the Hydrologic Response of Snow-Covered Catchments ; AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, California, USA.
F. Comola; B. Schaefli; A. Rinaldo; M. Lehning : Flow and Temperature Dynamics in the Hydrologic Response: Travel Time Formulation and Application to Alpine Catchments ; AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, California, USA.
A. Gallice; H. Huwald; B. Schaefli; A. Rinaldo; M. Lehning : Investigating the Monthly Mean Stream Temperature Dynamics ; General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Wien, Austria, April 27-May 2, 2014.
P. Queloz; L. Carraro; E. Bertuzzo; G. Botter; P. S. C. Rao et al. : Non-stationarity in experimental travel time measured in a lysimeter: theoretical and modeling lessons from a simplified hydrological system ; European Geosciences Union (EGU), EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 27 April – 02 May 2014.
Talks
2017
M. Cheraghi; A. Rinaldo; D. A. Barry; G. C. Sander : Landscape Evolution Model at the Flume Scale ; Hydrological Processes in Agro-ecosystems and Sustainable Water Resources Management in Arid Land under Changing Environments, Beijing, China, 21-22 July 2017.
2016
M. Cheraghi; A. Rinaldo; G. Sander; D. A. Barry : Soil surface morphology evolution under spatially non-uniform rainfall ; AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 12-16 December 2016.
2015
M. Skjonsberg; I. Pasqualini; D. Piccolo; A. Rinaldo : Venice as Prototype - Intermediary Critiques ; UEE Venice, EPFL, March 25, 2015.
F. Finger; A. Knox; E. Bertuzzo; L. Mari; D. Bompangue et al. : Integrating remote sensing and spatially explicit epidemiological modeling ; EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2015.
2014
F. Comola; B. Schaefli; A. Rinaldo; M. Lehning : Flow and Temperature Dynamics in the Hydrologic Response of Alpine Catchments: Travel Time Formulation and Geomorphologic Signatures ; Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2014, Fribourg, Switzerland.
F. Comola; B. Schaefli; A. Rinaldo; M. Lehning : Hydrological and thermal response modeling based on travel time formulation of water and energy transport in snow-covered Alpine catchments ; EGU General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria.
A. Rinaldo : RIver networks as ecological corridors ; International Workshop in Hydrological Sciences, Venice International University, Venice Italy, April 11-15, 2014.
A. Rinaldo : River networks as ecological corridors for species, populations and pathogens of waterborne disease ; RiverFlow 2014, EPFL, Lausanne, September 2014.
A. Rinaldo : Catchment spatial organization and complex behavior ; AGU Chapman Conference, Luxembourg, October 2014.
E. Bertuzzo; F. Finger; L. Mari; M. Gatto; A. Rinaldo : On the probability of extinction of the Haiti cholera epidemic ; European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna, AT, 27/4-02/5 2014.
P. Queloz; L. Carraro; E. Bertuzzo; G. Botter; P. S. C. Rao et al. : Non-stationarity of solute travel time distribution observed in a controlled hydrologic transport volume ; American Geophysical Union (AGU), AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 15-19, 2014.
F. Comola; B. Schaefli; A. Rinaldo; M. Lehning : Hydrological and thermal response modelling based on travel time formulation of water end energy transport in snow-covered alpine catchments ; EGU General Assembly 2014, Vienna, 27 April – 02 May.
Student Projects
2017
M. Petar : A spatially explicit water temperature model for the river Wigger ; 2017.
C. Kälin : A dynamically forced cholera model for operational forecasting in Haiti ; 2017.
C. Dutertre : Inference of genealogies with geolocalised genetic data ; 2017.
A. Denervaud : Gauging the highs: design and realization of a water sample campaign during high and low streamflow ; 2017.
T. N. K. Nguyen : Spatio-Temporal prediction of schistosomiasis infection in Burkina Faso ; 2017.
2015
J. Giezendanner : Rainfall Forecasting in Burkina Faso Using Bayesian-Wavelet Neural Networks ; 2015.
A. Faes : EFFECT OF WATER CONTACTS SEASONALITY ON SCHISTOSOMIASIS TRANSMISSION IN RURAL SAHELIAN AREA IN BURKINA FASO ; 2015.
2014
T. Baracchini : Seasonality in cholera dynamics : A rainfall-driven model explains the wide range of patterns of an infectious disease in endemic areas ; 2014.
T. Schutter : Assessment of the water resource in Tambarga (Burkina Faso) based on stable isotope analysis ; 2014.
L. Hafiz : Geostatistical modelling for the monitoring of environmental-related endemic diseases: Application to the distribution of schistosomiasis in Burkina Faso ; 2014.
Infoscience
P. Balister; J. Balogh; E. Bertuzzo; B. Bollobás; G. Caldarelli et al. : River landscapes and optimal channel networks; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2018-06-26. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1804484115.
L. Mari; R. Casagrandi; A. Rinaldo; M. Gatto : Epidemicity thresholds for water-borne and water-related diseases; Journal of Theoretical Biology. 2018-06-14. DOI : 10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.03.024.
M. Ferrari; D. Pasetto; F. Finger; A. Camacho; F. Grandesso et al. : Near real-time forecasting for cholera decision making in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew; PLOS Computational Biology. 2018-05-15. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006127.
A. C. Santos; M. M. Portela; A. Rinaldo; B. Schaefli : Analytical flow duration curves for summer streamflow in Switzerland; Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 2018-04-20. DOI : 10.5194/hess-22-2377-2018.
L. von Seidlein; F. Finger; E. Bertuzzo; F. J. Luquero; N. Naibei et al. : The potential impact of case-area targeted interventions in response to cholera outbreaks: A modeling study; PLOS Medicine. 2018-02-28. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002509.
A. Rinaldo; M. Gatto; I. Rodriguez-Iturbe : River networks as ecological corridors: A coherent ecohydrological perspective; Advances in Water Resources. 2018-02-28. DOI : 10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.10.005.
A. Finotello; S. Lanzoni; M. Ghinassi; M. Marani; A. Rinaldo et al. : Field migration rates of tidal meanders recapitulate fluvial morphodynamics; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2018-02-13. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1711330115.
L. Carraro; L. Mari; M. Gatto; A. Rinaldo; E. Bertuzzo : Spread of proliferative kidney disease in fish along stream networks: A spatial metacommunity framework; Freshwater Biology. 2018-01-15. DOI : 10.1111/fwb.12939.
D. Pasetto; S. Arenas-Castro; J. Bustamante; R. Casagrandi; N. Chrysoulakis et al. : Integration of satellite remote sensing data in ecosystem modelling at local scales: Practices and trends; METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 2018. DOI : 10.1111/2041-210X.13018.
S. Zaoli / A. Rinaldo; A. Giometto (Dir.) : Scaling as a key conceptual tool for the interpretation of empirical and experimental patterns in ecology and biology. Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8719.
L. Carraro / A. Rinaldo; E. Bertuzzo (Dir.) : Ecohydrological and Metacommunity Studies of Proliferative Kidney Disease Spread in Freshwater Salmonid Fish. Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8354.
F. J. Perez Saez / A. Rinaldo (Dir.) : A field-based modelling framework of the ecohydrology of schistosomiasis. Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8239.
J. Perez-Saez; T. Mande; J. Larsen; N. Ceperley; A. Rinaldo : Classification and prediction of river network ephemerality and its relevance for waterborne disease epidemiology; Advances In Water Resources. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.10.003.
A. Tejedor; A. Longjas; D. A. Edmonds; I. Zaliapin; T. T. Georgiou et al. : Entropy and optimality in river deltas; Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2017. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1708404114.
E. Strano; A. Giometto; S. Shai; E. Bertuzzo; P. J. Mucha et al. : The scaling structure of the global road network; Royal Society Open Science. 2017. DOI : 10.1098/rsos.170590.
A. Giometto; F. Altermatt; A. Rinaldo : Demographic stochasticity and resource autocorrelation control biological invasions in heterogeneous landscapes; Oikos. 2017. DOI : 10.1111/oik.04330.
L. Mari; R. Casagrandi; A. Rinaldo; M. Gatto : A generalized definition of reactivity for ecological systems and the problem of transient species dynamics; Methods In Ecology And Evolution. 2017. DOI : 10.1111/2041-210X.12805.
L. Carraro; E. Bertuzzo; L. Mari; I. Fontes; H. Hartikainen et al. : Integrated field, laboratory, and theoretical study of PKD spread in a Swiss prealpine river; Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2017. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1713691114.
J. Perez-Saez; T. Mande; N. Ceperley; E. Bertuzzo; L. Mari et al. : Incorporating the ecology of intermediate hosts of schistosomiasis into spatially explicit models of disease transmission in seasonal climates. 2017. p. 19-19.
M. Petar : A spatially explicit water temperature model for the river Wigger ; 2017.
C. Kälin : A dynamically forced cholera model for operational forecasting in Haiti ; 2017.
C. Dutertre : Inference of genealogies with geolocalised genetic data ; 2017.
A. Denervaud : Gauging the highs: design and realization of a water sample campaign during high and low streamflow ; 2017.
T. N. K. Nguyen : Spatio-Temporal prediction of schistosomiasis infection in Burkina Faso ; 2017.
L. Mari; M. Ciddio; R. Casagrandi; J. Perez-Saez; E. Bertuzzo et al. : Heterogeneity in schistosomiasis transmission dynamics; Journal Of Theoretical Biology. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.08.015.
P. Benettin; S. W. Bailey; A. Rinaldo; G. E. Likens; K. J. Mcguire et al. : Young runoff fractions control streamwater age and solute concentration dynamics; Hydrological Processes. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/hyp.11243.
S. Zaoli; A. Giometto; A. Maritan; A. Rinaldo : Covariations in ecological scaling laws fostered by community dynamics; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2017. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1708376114.
M. Cheraghi; A. Rinaldo; D. A. Barry; G. C. Sander : Landscape Evolution Model at the Flume Scale ; Hydrological Processes in Agro-ecosystems and Sustainable Water Resources Management in Arid Land under Changing Environments, Beijing, China, 21-22 July 2017.
A. Rinaldo; E. Bertuzzo; M. Blokesch; L. Mari; M. Gatto : Modeling Key Drivers of Cholera Transmission Dynamics Provides New Perspectives for Parasitology; Trends in Parasitology. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.pt.2017.04.002.
L. Carraro; L. Mari; M. Gatto; A. Rinaldo; E. Bertuzzo : A metacommunity model for the spread of proliferative kidney disease in stream networks ; Impact of Environmental Changes on Infectious Diseases, Trieste, Italy, May 17-19, 2017.
P. Benettin; C. Soulsby; C. Birkel; D. Tetzlaff; G. Botter et al. : Using SAS functions and high-resolution isotope data to unravel travel time distributions in headwater catchments; Water Resources Research. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/2016Wr020117.
D. Pasetto; F. Finger; A. Camacho; F. Grandesso; S. Cohuet et al. : Epidemiological projections of the Haiti cholera outbreak after hurricane Matthew and analysis of the impact of vaccination campaigns ; Impact of Environmental Change on Infectious Diseases Conference Conference information, Trieste, Italy, May 17-19, 2017.
F. Finger; T. Genolet; L. Mari; G. C. de Magny; A. Rinaldo et al. : Modeling the spread of cholera using human mobility estimates derived from mobile phone records ; Impact of Environmental Change on Infectious Diseases Conference Conference information, Trieste, Italy, May 17-19, 2017.
F. Finger / A. Rinaldo; E. Bertuzzo (Dir.) : Spatially explicit modeling of cholera epidemics. Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7565.
E. Bertuzzo; F. Finger; L. Mari; A. Rinaldo; M. Gatto : On the probability of extinction of the Haiti cholera epidemic; Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. 2016. DOI : 10.1007/s00477-014-0906-3.
M. Cheraghi; A. Rinaldo; G. Sander; D. A. Barry : Soil surface morphology evolution under spatially non-uniform rainfall ; AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 12-16 December 2016.
A. Camacho; S. Cohuet; F. Grandesso; F. Luquero; E. Lynch et al. : Benefit of vaccination in protecting the departments of Grand’Anse, Ouest and Sud against a potential second epidemic wave of cholera. 2016.
J. Perez-Saez; A. A. King; A. Rinaldo; M. Yunus; A. S. Faruque et al. : Climate-driven endemic cholera is modulated by human mobility in a megacity; Advances in Water Resources. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.11.013.
A. Camacho; S. Cohuet; F. Grandesso; F. Luquero; E. Lynch et al. : Prediction of cholera dynamics in Haiti following the passage of Hurricane Matthew. 2016.
L. Carraro; L. Mari; H. Hartikainen; N. Strepparava; T. Wahli et al. : An epidemiological model for proliferative kidney disease in salmonid populations; Parasites & Vectors. 2016. DOI : 10.1186/s13071-016-1759-z.
L. Carniello; A. D'Alpaos; G. Botter; A. Rinaldo : Statistical characterization of spatiotemporal sediment dynamics in the Venice lagoon; Journal Of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface. 2016. DOI : 10.1002/2015Jf003793.
D. Pasetto; F. Finger; A. Rinaldo; E. Bertuzzo : Real-time projections of cholera outbreaks through data assimilation and rainfall forecasting; Advances in Water Resources. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.10.004.
A. Rinaldo; P. Benettin; C. J. Harman; M. Hrachowitz; K. J. Mcguire et al. : Reply to comment by Porporato and Calabrese on "Storage selection functions: A coherent framework for quantifying how catchments store and release water and solutes''; Water Resources Research. 2016. DOI : 10.1002/2015Wr018045.
R. Mutzner; P. Tarolli; G. Sofia; M. B. Parlange; A. Rinaldo : Field study on drainage densities and rescaled width functions in a high‐altitude alpine catchment; Hydrological Processes. 2016. DOI : 10.1002/hyp.10783.
J. Perez-Saez; T. Mande; N. Ceperley; E. Bertuzzo; L. Mari et al. : Hydrology and density feedbacks control the ecology of intermediate hosts of schistosomiasis across habitats in seasonal climates; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1602251113.
F. Finger; T. Genolet; L. Mari; G. C. de Magny; N. M. Manga et al. : Mobile phone data highlights the role of mass gatherings in the spreading of cholera outbreaks; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1522305113.
E. Bertuzzo; F. Carrara; L. Mari; F. Altermatt; I. Rodriguez-Iturbe et al. : Geomorphic controls on elevational gradients of species richness; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1518922113.
L. Carraro; E. Bertuzzo; L. Mari; M. Gatto; N. Strepparava et al. : An epidemic model for the interactions between thermal regime of rivers and transmission of proliferative kidney disease in salmonid fish ; European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, April 12-17, 2015.
M. Skjonsberg; I. Pasqualini; D. Piccolo; A. Rinaldo : Venice as Prototype - Intermediary Critiques ; UEE Venice, EPFL, March 25, 2015.
F. Finger; T. Genolet; L. Mari; G. C. de Magny; A. Rinaldo et al. : Modeling the spread of cholera using human mobility estimates derived from mobile phone records ; Epidemics 5, Fifth International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics, Clearwater, Florida, USA, 1- 4 December 2015.
P. Benettin; S. W. Bailey; M. B. Green; A. Rinaldo; G. E. Likens et al. : Linking water age and solute dynamics in streamflow at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, NH, USA; Water Resources Research. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2015WR017552.
J. Perez-Saez; L. Mari; E. Bertuzzo; T. Mande; N. Ceperley et al. : Spatial patterns of schistosomiasis in Burkina Faso: relevance of human mobility and water resources development. 2015. p. 227-227.
J. Perez-Saez; L. Mari; E. Bertuzzo; R. Casagrandi; S. H. Sokolow et al. : A Theoretical Analysis of the Geography of Schistosomiasis in Burkina Faso Highlights the Roles of Human Mobility and Water Resources Development in Disease Transmission; PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2015. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004127.
J. Giezendanner : Rainfall Forecasting in Burkina Faso Using Bayesian-Wavelet Neural Networks ; 2015.
A. Faes : EFFECT OF WATER CONTACTS SEASONALITY ON SCHISTOSOMIASIS TRANSMISSION IN RURAL SAHELIAN AREA IN BURKINA FASO ; 2015.
P. Benettin; J. W. Kirchner; A. Rinaldo; G. Botter : Modeling chloride transport using travel time distributions at Plynlimon, Wales; Water Resources Research. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2014Wr016600.
A. Rinaldo; P. Benettin; C. J. Harman; M. Hrachowitz; K. J. Mcguire et al. : Storage selection functions: A coherent framework for quantifying how catchments store and release water and solutes; Water Resources Research. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2015Wr017273.
A. Giometto; F. Altermatt; A. Maritan; R. Stocker; A. Rinaldo : Generalized receptor law governs phototaxis in the phytoplankton Euglena gracilis; Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2015. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1422922112.
S. Suweis; J. A. Carr; A. Maritan; A. Rinaldo; P. D'Odorico : Resilience and reactivity of global food security; Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2015. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1507366112.
A. Giometto; M. Formentin; A. Rinaldo; J. E. Cohen; A. Maritan : Sample and population exponents of generalized Taylor's law; Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2015. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1505882112.
M. Del Jesus; A. Rinaldo; I. Rodriguez-Iturbe : Point rainfall statistics for ecohydrological analyses derived from satellite integrated rainfall measurements; Water Resources Research. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2015Wr016935.
G. Passadore; A. Sottani; L. Altissimo; M. Putti; A. Rinaldo : Using Heat as a Tracer to Characterize Streambed Water Fluxes of the Brenta River (Italy). 2015. 12th International IAEG Congress, Torino, ITALY, SEP 15-19, 2014. p. 241-244. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-09054-2_49.
L. Righetto; R. U. Zaman; Z. H. Mahmud; E. Bertuzzo; L. Mari et al. : Detection of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 in environmental waters of rural Bangladesh: a flow-cytometry-based field trial; Epidemiology And Infection. 2015. DOI : 10.1017/S0950268814003252.
F. Carrara; A. Giometto; M. Seymour; A. Rinaldo; F. Altermatt : Inferring species interactions in ecological communities: a comparison of methods at different levels of complexity; Methods In Ecology And Evolution. 2015. DOI : 10.1111/2041-210X.12363.
D. A. Barry; P. D'Odorico; A. Rinaldo : Editorial changes – Advances in Water Resources; Advances in Water Resources. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.07.024.
F. Finger; A. Knox; E. Bertuzzo; L. Mari; D. Bompangue et al. : Integrating remote sensing and spatially explicit epidemiological modeling ; EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2015.
P. C. J. Queloz / A. Rinaldo (Dir.) : Experiments in hydrologic solute transport. Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6688.
E. Bertuzzo; I. Rodriguez-Iturbe; A. Rinaldo : Metapopulation capacity of evolving fluvial landscapes; Water Resources Research. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2015WR016946.
P. Queloz; L. Carraro; P. Benettin; G. Botter; A. Rinaldo et al. : Transport of fluorobenzoate tracers in a vegetated hydrologic control volume: 2. Theoretical inferences and modeling; Water Resources Research. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2014WR016508.
P. Queloz; E. Bertuzzo; L. Carraro; G. Botter; F. Miglietta et al. : Transport of fluorobenzoate tracers in a vegetated hydrologic control volume: 1. Experimental results; Water Resources Research. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2014WR016433.
R. Foti; M. Del Jesus; A. Rinaldo; F. R. Miralles-Wilhelm; I. Rodriguez-Iturbe : Demodulation of time series highlights impacts of hydrologic drivers on the Everglades ecosystem; Ecohydrology. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/eco.1500.
M. Ciddio; L. Mari; M. Gatto; A. Rinaldo; R. Casagrandi : The temporal patterns of disease severity and prevalence in schistosomiasis; Chaos. 2015. DOI : 10.1063/1.4908202.
F. Carrara; A. Giometto; M. Seymour; A. Rinaldo; F. Altermatt : Experimental evidence for strong stabilizing forces at high functional diversity of aquatic microbial communities; Ecology. 2015. DOI : 10.1890/14-1324.1.sm.
F. Comola; B. Schaefli; P. Da Ronco; G. Botter; M. Bavay et al. : Scale-dependent effects of solar radiation patterns on the snow-dominated hydrologic response; Geophysical Research Letters. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2015GL064075.
F. Comola; B. Schaefli; A. Rinaldo; M. Lehning : Thermodynamics in the hydrologic response: Travel time formulation and application to Alpine catchments; Water Resources Research. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2014WR016228.
A. Giometto / A. Rinaldo; F. Altermatt (Dir.) : The role of fluctuations in ecological patterns and processes. Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6541.
L. Mari; E. Bertuzzo; F. Finger; R. Casagrandi; M. Gatto et al. : On the predictive ability of mechanistic models for the Haitian cholera epidemic; Journal of the Royal Society, Interface / the Royal Society. 2015. DOI : 10.1098/rsif.2014.0840.
T. Baracchini : Seasonality in cholera dynamics : A rainfall-driven model explains the wide range of patterns of an infectious disease in endemic areas ; 2014.
F. Comola; B. Schaefli; P. Da Ronco; G. Botter; A. Rinaldo et al. : The Signature of Hillslope Aspects on the Hydrologic Response of Snow-Covered Catchments ; AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, California, USA.
F. Comola; B. Schaefli; A. Rinaldo; M. Lehning : Flow and Temperature Dynamics in the Hydrologic Response: Travel Time Formulation and Application to Alpine Catchments ; AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, California, USA.
F. Comola; B. Schaefli; A. Rinaldo; M. Lehning : Flow and Temperature Dynamics in the Hydrologic Response of Alpine Catchments: Travel Time Formulation and Geomorphologic Signatures ; Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2014, Fribourg, Switzerland.
F. Comola; B. Schaefli; A. Rinaldo; M. Lehning : Hydrological and thermal response modeling based on travel time formulation of water and energy transport in snow-covered Alpine catchments ; EGU General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria.
A. Gallice; H. Huwald; B. Schaefli; A. Rinaldo; M. Lehning : Investigating the Monthly Mean Stream Temperature Dynamics ; General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Wien, Austria, April 27-May 2, 2014.
A. Rinaldo : RIver networks as ecological corridors ; International Workshop in Hydrological Sciences, Venice International University, Venice Italy, April 11-15, 2014.
A. Rinaldo : River networks as ecological corridors for species, populations and pathogens of waterborne disease ; RiverFlow 2014, EPFL, Lausanne, September 2014.
A. Rinaldo : Catchment spatial organization and complex behavior ; AGU Chapman Conference, Luxembourg, October 2014.
E. Bertuzzo; F. Finger; L. Mari; M. Gatto; A. Rinaldo : On the probability of extinction of the Haiti cholera epidemic ; European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna, AT, 27/4-02/5 2014.
P. Queloz; L. Carraro; E. Bertuzzo; G. Botter; P. S. C. Rao et al. : Non-stationarity of solute travel time distribution observed in a controlled hydrologic transport volume ; American Geophysical Union (AGU), AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 15-19, 2014.
P. Queloz; L. Carraro; E. Bertuzzo; G. Botter; P. S. C. Rao et al. : Non-stationarity in experimental travel time measured in a lysimeter: theoretical and modeling lessons from a simplified hydrological system ; European Geosciences Union (EGU), EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 27 April – 02 May 2014.
A. Rinaldo : River networks as ecological corridors for species, populations and pathogens of water-borne disease. 2014. 7th International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics (River Flow), Lausanne, SWITZERLAND, SEP 03-05, 2014. p. 3-4.
F. Comola; B. Schaefli; A. Rinaldo; M. Lehning : Hydrological and thermal response modelling based on travel time formulation of water end energy transport in snow-covered alpine catchments ; EGU General Assembly 2014, Vienna, 27 April – 02 May.
B. Schaefli; L. Nicótina; C. Imfeld; P. Da Ronco; E. Bertuzzo et al. : SEHR-ECHO v1.0: a Spatially Explicit Hydrologic Response model for ecohydrologic applications; Geoscientific Model Development. 2014. DOI : 10.5194/gmd-7-2733-2014.
F. Rossel; J. Gironas; A. Mejia; A. Rinaldo; F. Rodriguez : Spatial characterization of catchment dispersion mechanisms in an urban context; Advances In Water Resources. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.advwatres.2014.09.005.
J. Kühn; F. Finger; E. Bertuzzo; S. Borgeaud; M. Gatto et al. : Glucose- but Not Rice-Based Oral Rehydration Therapy Enhances the Production of Virulence Determinants in the Human Pathogen Vibrio cholerae; PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2014. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003347.
T. Schutter : Assessment of the water resource in Tambarga (Burkina Faso) based on stable isotope analysis ; 2014.
L. Hafiz : Geostatistical modelling for the monitoring of environmental-related endemic diseases: Application to the distribution of schistosomiasis in Burkina Faso ; 2014.
S. Widder; K. Besemer; G. A. Singer; S. Ceola; E. Bertuzzo et al. : Fluvial network organization imprints on microbial co-occurrence networks; Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2014. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1411723111.
A. Knox; E. Bertuzzo; L. Mari; D. Odermatt; E. Verrecchia et al. : Optimizing a remotely sensed proxy for plankton biomass in Lake Kivu; International Journal Of Remote Sensing. 2014. DOI : 10.1080/01431161.2014.939782.
L. Mari; R. Casagrandi; E. Bertuzzo; A. Rinaldo; M. Gatto : Floquet theory for seasonal environmental forcing of spatially explicit waterborne epidemics; Theoretical Ecology. 2014. DOI : 10.1007/s12080-014-0223-y.
F. Finger; A. Knox; E. Bertuzzo; L. Mari; D. Bompangue et al. : Cholera in the Lake Kivu region (DRC): Integrating remote sensing and spatially explicit epidemiological modeling; Water Resources Research. 2014. DOI : 10.1002/2014WR015521.
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
- Environmental Sciences and Engineering,
PhD Programs
- Doctoral Program in Environment
- Doctoral Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering
PhD Students
Asadollahi Mitra
Coutandin Thomas David
Foehn Alain Tommy
Giezendanner Jonathan
Lemaitre Joseph Chadi Benoit
Pereira Barbosa Santos Ana Clara
Carraro Luca ...
Ceola Serena ...
Finger Flavio ...
Giometto Andrea ...
Perez Saez Francisco Javier ...
Queloz Pierre Claude Jean ...
Righetto Lorenzo ...
Strano Emanuele ...
Suweis Samir ...
Tobin Cara Christine ...
Zaoli Silvia ...
Coutandin Thomas David
Foehn Alain Tommy
Giezendanner Jonathan
Lemaitre Joseph Chadi Benoit
Pereira Barbosa Santos Ana Clara
Past PhD Students
Carrara Francesco ...Carraro Luca ...
Ceola Serena ...
Finger Flavio ...
Giometto Andrea ...
Perez Saez Francisco Javier ...
Queloz Pierre Claude Jean ...
Righetto Lorenzo ...
Strano Emanuele ...
Suweis Samir ...
Tobin Cara Christine ...
Zaoli Silvia ...
Courses
Fourier analysis and boundary value problems
Learning Fourier Series and Boundary Value Problems with a view to a variety of science and engineering problems. Learn the use of special functions like Bessel functions and applications. Introduce the doctoral students to general Sturm-Liouville problem... 
Doctoral Program in Mechanics, 2018-2019, language : english
Hydrology for engineer
Hydrology for Engineers is an introduction to the study of floods, droughts and a fair distribution of water. The course will introduce to hydrologic materials and methods: fluid mechanics, probability and statistics, surface and subsurface hydrological ...
Section of Civil Engineering, 2018-2019, Bachelor semester 5, language : english
Section of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, 2018-2019, Bachelor semester 5, language : english
Water resources engineering
Water resources engineering designs systems to control the quantity, quality, timing, and distribution of water to support human demands and the needs of the environment.
Middle East EPFL Section, 2018-2019, Master semester 3, language : english
Section of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, 2018-2019, Master semester 1, language : english
Section of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, 2018-2019, Master semester 3, language : english