Distinguished Professor of Hydrology,
Civil & Environmental Engineering,
and Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Brief C.V.
MIGUEL A. MARIÑO

Distinguished Professor, Department of Land, Air & Water Resources, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis

Teaching and Research Areas

Environmental Hydrology; Fluid Transport Processes and Biogeochemical Transformations in Soils, Aquifers and Rivers; Planning, Design and Management of Subsurface and Surface Reservoir and Irrigation Systems

Education

B.S. Petroleum Engineering (1962) New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology

M.S. Groundwater Hydrology (1965) New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology

Ph.D. Civil Engineering Systems (1972) UCLA

Professional Record

Assistant Geohydrologist, New Mexico State Engineers Office, Santa Fe, NM (1964)

Assistant Hydrologist, Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign-Urbana, IL (1965-69)

Postgraduate Research Engineer, UCLA (1969-72)

Assistant Professor of Water Science and Civil Engineering, UCDavis (1972-76)

Associate Professor of Water Science, Civil Engineering, and Agricultural Engineering,
     UCDavis (1976-80)

Professor of Hydrologic Sciences, Civil & Environmental Engineering and Biological &
     Agricultural Engineering, UCDavis (1980-99)

Professor, Above-Scale, UCDavis (1999-03)

Professor, Further Above-Scale, UCDavis (2003- )

Distinguished Professor, UCDavis (2003- )

Prizes and Awards

Richard R. Torrens Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (1986)

Outstanding Journal Paper Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (1986)

Outstanding Journal Paper Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (1990)

Best Paper Award, Iranian Research Council in the Water Industry (1993)

Best Paper Award, Iranian Supreme Council, (1995)

Fellow, American Water Resources Association (1995)

Julian Hinds Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (1996)

Honorary Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (1999)

Elected to membership in Mexico’s National Academy of Engineering (1999)

Best Paper Award, International Water Resources Association (2001)

Fellow, American Geophysical Union (2001)

Honorary Member, American Water Resources Association (2001)

Warren A. Hall Medal, Universities Council on Water Resources (2002)

Omar Khayyam Award, Scientia Iranica & Sharif University of Technology, Iran (2007)

Professional Society Affiliations

American Society of Civil Engineers (Life Member and Distinguished Member/Honorary Member)

    Member, Groundwater Committee, Irrigation & Drainage Div. (1979-85)

    Chair, Publications Committee, WRP&M Div. (1984-88)

    Member, Publications Committee, Irrigation & Drainage Div. (1988- )

    Member, Task Comm. on Systems Analysis Tech., Hydraulics Div. (1989-92)

    Member, Social and Environ. Objectives Committee, WRP&M Div. (1993-00)

    Chair, Water Resources Systems Committee, WRP&M Div. (1993-94)

    Chair, Awards Committee, WRP&M Div. (1994-95)

    Member, Environmental and Water Resour. Systems Committee, EWRI (2000- )

    Member, International Cooperation Council, EWRI (2000- )

    Chair, Groundwater Management Committee, EWRI (2003-05)

American Geophysical Union (Member and Fellow)

    Member, Education and Human Resources Committee (1984-86; 1992-94)

    Co-Chair, Policy Sciences Technical Committee, Hydrology Section (1998-03)

    Member, Groundwater Committee, Hydrology Section (2001- )

American Institute of Hydrology (Member)

    Certified Professional Hydrologist (Groundwater) (1990)

    Member, Board of Registration (1990-93)

    President-Elect (2003-04)

    President (2005-06); Past President (2007-08)

International Association of Hydrological Sciences (Member)

    Vice President, Commission on Water Resources Systems (1999-)

    Chair, Organizing and Tech. Program Committees, International Symposium (1999-00)

    U.S. National Representative to the IAHS (2003- )

    U.S. National Correspondent to the IAHS (2003- )

    Co-Convenor, Symposia on: Integrated Water Resources Management (1999-00), Regional Management of Water Resources (2000-01), and Sustainable Water for Large Cities (2004-05)

American Water Resources Association (Member, Fellow, and Honorary Member)

    Member, Editorial Board, Water Resources Bulletin (1978-82)

    Member, Selection Committee for Boggess Award (1977-91)

    Member, Publications Committee (1986-94)

    Member, Awards Committee (1992-96)

    Member, International Affairs Committee (1994-00)

The Universities Council on Water Resources (Member)

    Lead Delegate, UC Davis (1995- )

    Member, International Programs Committee (1995-98)

    Member, Board of Directors (1997-00)

    Chair, Research Committee (1997-00)

International Water Resources Association (Member)

Mexico’s National Academy of Engineering (Corresponding Member)

International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (Member of the U.S. National Comm.,
     National Research Council)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (Member)

The New York Academy of Sciences (Member)

Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society (Member)

Books and Editorships

Mariño, M. A. and Luthin, J. N., Seepage and Groundwater, Elsevier Scientific Publishing
    Co., Amsterdam-Oxford-New York (1982)

Topical Editor, Groundwater, The Encyclopedia of Water Science, Marcel Dekker, Inc.
    (2000- )

Editor, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE (1984-88)

Editor, Subsurface Flow and Contamination: Methods of Analysis and Parameter
    Uncertainty, Monograph Series No. 8, Amer. Water Resources Assoc. (1987)

Editor, Proceedings of the National Symposium on Groundwater Hydrology, American
    Water Resources Association (1967)

Co-Editor, Integrated Water Resources Management, Publication No. 272, International
    Association of Hydrological Sciences, Wallingford, U.K. (2001)

Co-Editor, Regional Management of Water Resources, Publication No. 268, International
    Association of Hydrological Sciences, Wallingford, U.K. (2001)

Co-Editor, Sustainable Water Management Solutions for Large Cities, Publication No.
    293, International Assoc. of Hydrological Sciences, Wallingford, U.K. (2005)

Assoc. Editor, Nordic Hydrology (2004- )

Assoc. Editor, Hydrological Sciences Journal (1999-05)

Assoc. Editor, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE (1982-84)

Assoc. Editor, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE (1995-00)

Assoc. Editor, Water Resources Bulletin, American Water Resources Assoc. (1982-88)

Editorial Board, Scientia Iranica (1992-)

Editorial Board, Iranian Journal of Water Resources Engineering (1993- )

Editorial Board, Journal Aqua - LAC, UNESCO (2007- )

MIGUEL A. MARIÑO

 

Department of Land, Air and Water Resources - University of California, Davis