Dara Entekhabi named recipient of the 2015 Hydrologic Sciences Award

MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Professor Dara Entekhabi has been selected by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) to receive the 2015 Hydrologic Sciences Award. His contributions to the hydrological community — credited as ranging from theoretical and data analyses to the supervision and execution of a decade-long NASA satellite mission — played a significant role in solidifying his spot as the recipient of this award.

Entekhabi is widely regarded as a leader in the deeper exploration of the Earth’s soil moisture and the intricate processes that occur at the land-atmosphere boundary. His research focuses in the disciplines of hydrology, meteorology, and Earth remote sensing, with a specialized interest in the interactions between the land and atmosphere, as well as their role in hydrology and meteorology.

“I was fortunate to enter this field at a revolutionary time,” said Entekhabi, in a press release from the AGU. “Hydrology as a geoscience marked a milestone the year I started as a young faculty.” He also goes on to say “[The award] is a collective gratitude since the cited efforts all result from collaboration with colleagues and students. I stand as a proxy for them.”

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