Ignacio Rodríguez Iturbe

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Iturbe.

Ignacio Rodríguez Iturbe (8 March 1942 – 28 September 2022) was a Venezuelan hydrologist who was a professor at Texas A&M University.^[1]

Rodríguez Iturbe was born in Maracaibo, Zulia State in 1942. He graduated from the University of Zulia as a civil engineer and did graduate studies at Caltech, earning his PhD at Colorado State University in 1967.

Rodríguez Iturbe taught at many universities, including the University of Zulia, MIT, Texas A&M, Princeton University^[2] and the University of Iowa. He also taught for 20 years at Simon Bolivar University.

Rodríguez Iturbe was a member of the US National Committee for the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis from 2004. In 2008, he received a special recognition from the World Cultural Council.^[3]

Rodríguez Iturbe died on 28 September 2022, at the age of 80.^[4]

Honors

• 1988 - Elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1988 for innovations in the analysis, synthesis, and sampling of hydrologic signals, and for inspirational leadership in hydrologic research and education.
• 1998 - Awarded the Robert E. Horton Medal
• 2002 - Awarded the Stockholm Water Prize for his role in developing the science of hydrology
• 2009 - Awarded the William Bowie Medal.
• 2010 - Awarded the Creativity Prize of the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, along with Andrea Rinaldo, for developing the field of Ecohydrology.^[5]
• 2010 - Elected a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences.^[6]
• 2010 - Appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences^[7]

References

1. Simon A. Levin, Andrea Rinaldo: Ignacio Rodríguez-Iturbe (1942−2022): A review of a pathbreaking academic career combining chance and self-organization. PNAS. Vol. 119 (49), 2022, e2217606119, doi:10.1073/pnas.2217606119.
2. Durkee, Robert K. (5 April 2022). The New Princeton Companion. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-21044-5. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
3. "Special Recognitions 2008". World Cultural Council. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
4. "La scomparsa di Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe". DICEA. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
5. "Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water".
6. "Rodriguez-Iturbe elected to the National Academy of Sciences".
7. "Pope taps Princeton water expert, believer in global warming for science academy | National Catholic Reporter Conversation Cafe". ncrcafe.org. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

External links

• Curriculum vitae at Princeton University
• Ignacio Rodríguez Archived 12 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
• “Hay que prever nuevos sistemas de almacenaje, porque seguirá la sequía”. Interview for La Gaceta de los Negocios (Spanish)