Distinguished Professor Emeritus (Hydrologic Sciences, Civil & Environmental Engineering, and 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 Reservoirs and Irrigation Systems

Education

A.A., Liberal Arts (1959), Andrew College, Cuthbert, GA

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

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

Ph.D., Engineering (1972) University of California, Los Angeles

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, UC Davis (1972-76)

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

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

Professor, Above-Scale, UC Davis (1999-03)

Professor, Further Above-Scale, UC Davis (2003-08)

Professor, Further Above-Scale II, UC Davis (2008-09)

Distinguished Professor, UC Davis (2003-09)

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, UC Davis (7/1/2009)

Honors and Awards

Elected Member, Tau Beta Pi - Engineering Honor Society, 1985

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)

Distinguished Member,, American Society of Civil Engineers (1999)

Corresponding Member, 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)

Life Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (2005)

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

Career Achievement Award, California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum (2011)

Special Issue of British Journal of Environment and Climate Change "In Honor of Distinguished Professor Miguel A. Marino: Modeling Approaches to Study Climate Change Impacts on Water and Environmental Systems" (2013)

Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society of Civil Engineers - Environmental Water Resources Institute (2015)

Professional Society Affiliations

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

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

    Chair, Publications Committee, Wat Res Plng & Managt Div. (1984-88)

    Member, Publications Committee, Irrigation & Drainage Div. (1988-08 )

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

    Member, Social and Environ. Objectives Committee, Wat Res Plng & Managt Div. (1993-00)

    Chair, Water Resources Systems Committee, Wat Res Plng & Managt Div. (1993-94)

    Chair, Awards Committee, Wat Res Plng & Managt Div. (1994-95)

    Member, Environmental and Water Resour. Systems Committee, Env & Wat Resour Inst (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 (1999-07)

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

    U.S. National Representative to the IAHS (2003-08 )

    U.S. National Correspondent to the IAHS (2003-08 )

    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 (1995-08)

    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, (2004-08)

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.
    (2000-09 )

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, Hydrology Research (2004-09)

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 (1992-08)

Editorial Board, Iranian Journal of Water Resources Engineering (1993-08)

Editorial Board, Journal Aqua - LAC, UNESCO (2007-08)

O. Bozorg Haddad, N. Ghajarnia, M. Solgi, H. A. Loaiciga and M. A. Marino wrote a chapter entitled "Metaheuristics and Optimization in Civil Engineering," for a book titled Modelling and Optimization in Science and Technology, edited by Xin-She Yang, G. Bekdas and S. M. Nigdeli, to be published by Springer in the summer of 2015

Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering (2012- )

Member, Advisory Board, British Journal of Climate Change and Environment (2012- )

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