Invited by ITPCAS Prof. Cuo Lan, internationally esteemed scientist Prof. Dennis P. Lettenmaier is visiting ITP to conduct academic exchanges on April 26, 2013. He will also present an academic report on Friday afternoon entitled “Climate change and the water resources of the western U.S” .

Here is a brief introduction of Prof. Lettenmaier:

Dennis Lettenmaier received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (summa cum laude) at the University of Washington in 1971, his M.S. in Civil, Mechanical, and Environmental Engineering at the George Washington University in 1973, and his Ph.D. at the University of Washington in 1975. He joined the University of Washington faculty in 1976. In addition to his service at the University of Washington, he spent a year as visiting scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston, VA (1985-86) and was the Program Manager of NASA's Land Surface Hydrology Program at NASA Headquarters in 1997-98. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union, the American Water Resources Association, the European Geosciences Union, the American Meteorological Society, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was a recipient of ASCE's Huber Research Prize in 1990, and the American Geophysical Union's Hydrology Section Award in 2000. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and is a member of the International Water Academy and National Academy of Engineering. He is an author or co-author of over 200 journal articles. He was the first Chief Editor of the American Meteorological Society Journal of Hydrometeorology, and is currently an Associate Editor of Water Resources Research. He is the President-elect of the Hydrology Section of the American Geophysical Union. His areas of research interest are large scale hydrology, hydrologic aspects of remote sensing, and hydrology-climate interactions.

If you are interested, welcome to the seminar!

Venue: Room 912, ITP building, No. 16 Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Time: 4.00-6.00 pm, Friday, April 26, 2013