Mirko Musa

Biography

Mirko Musa is a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Hydraulic Engineering within the Institute of Civil Engineering at EPFL. He directs the STREEM Lab (Sustainable River Engineering, Energy, and Morphodynamics). STREEM Lab integrates laboratory experiments, data analysis, and analytical modeling to advance water power technologies, including hydropower and hydrokinetic energy, while ensuring environmental sustainability. As part of this effort, the lab also investigates hydraulics, river mechanics, and morphodynamics.

Mirko earned his B.S. and M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Trento, Italy. He then obtained his Ph.D. in Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering from the University of Minnesota. During his Ph.D. research, he conducted physical modeling at St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, examining how operating turbines impact both local erodible bathymetry (erosion and deposition) and larger-scale river morphodynamics (forced river instabilities). His dissertation was recognized with the 2020 Best Dissertation Award in Physical Sciences and Engineering by the University of Minnesota Graduate School.