Paola Passalacqua, PhD
Professor of Hydrology and River System Science
ETH Zürich and Eawag
Adjunct Professor, UT Austin
Curriculum vitae: Passalacqua_CV
Professor of Hydrology and River System Science, Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zürich, August 2025-.
Professor of Hydrology and River System Science, Eawag, August 2025-.
Adjunct Professor, Fariborz Maseeh Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, August 2025 -.
Professor, Fariborz Maseeh Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2023-2025.
Professor, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 2024-2025.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2017-2023.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2011-2017.
Postdoctoral Associate, NCED, University of Minnesota, 2010.
Graduate Research Assistant, Univ. of Minnesota, 2004-9.
Engineer in Safety and Security at Voltri Terminal Europa S.p.A. Genoa Harbor, Genoa, Italy, 2002-3.
Undergraduate Researcher, University of Genoa, 2000-2.
Ph.D, Civil Engineering, Univ. of Minnesota, Dec 2009
MS, Civil Engineering, Univ. of Minnesota, Dec 2005
BS/MS, Environmental Engineering, University of Genoa (Italy), Nov 2002.
Finalist, Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science & Technology Protégé Poster Challenge, 2024
Ralph Alger Bagnold Medal of the European Geosciences Union, 2022
Gilbert Club Annual Meeting Speaker, 2018
Provost Teaching Fellow, 2018
University of Texas Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award, 2017
Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics Keynote Speaker, 2017
Junior Marchi Lecture Award, 2017
Most Exemplary Faculty Member Award for the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, 2017
Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium Keynote Speaker, 2016
Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Water Resources Research, 2016
Dean's Award for Outstanding Teaching by an Assistant Professor, 2015
Department Teaching Award, UT Austin, 2014
Outstanding Faculty Award in Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, UT Austin, 2014
Ervin S. Perry Student Appreciation Award, UT Austin, 2012
Faculty Appreciation Week Award, UT Austin, 2012
Postdoctoral Synthesis Fellowship, NCED, 2010.
AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award Hydrology, 2008.
Edward Silberman Fellowship, 2006.
Laurea summa cum laude, University of Genoa, 2002.