Soroosh Sorooshian Ph.D., N.A.E. Distinguished Professor Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth System Science University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697-2175 Tel: (949) 824-8825 Fax: (949) 824-8831 Email: [email protected]

Professional Preparation Institution Major Degree Year California State Polytechnic University Mechanical Engineering B.S. 1971 University of California, LA Operations Research M.S. 1973 University of California, LA Systems Engineering Engineer Degree 1977 University of California, LA Engineering Ph.D. 1978

Appointments 2003-Present- Present Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Earth System Science, UC Irvine Director, Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing (CHRS) UC Irvine 1983-08/2003 Regents Professor, Dept. of and Water Resources and Dept. of Systems and Industrial Engineering, 2000-2003 Founding Director, NSF Science and Technology Center on a Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA), University of Arizona

Products Author and Co-author of: 190+ peer-reviewed papers (citation h-index 49). Since 1986, 3 of the co-authored papers with students are in the top 10 cited papers in WRR (nearly 9800 citations); 7 books; 33 Contributions in books; 4 Discussions, Replies, Book reviews; 44 Conference Proceedings; 32 Research Reports; 200+Abstracts.

Selected Publications Top 10 Cited Works Duan, Q., S Sorooshian, and V.K. Gupta, "Effective and Efficient Global Optimization for Conceptual Rainfall-Runoff Models," Water Resources Research, 28(4): 1015-1031, doi: 10.1029/91WR02985, April 1992

Hsu, K.L., H. V. Gupta, and S. Sorooshian, "Artificial Neural Network Modeling of the Rainfall-Runoff Process," Water Resources Research”, 31(10): 2517-2530, doi: 10.1029/95WR01955, October 1995

Gupta, H.V., S. Sorooshian, and P.O. Yapo, “Toward Improved Calibration of Hydrologic Models: Multiple and Non-Commensurable Measures of Information,” Water Resources Research, 34(4): 751-763, doi: 10.1029/97WR03495, April 1998

Qi, J., A Chehbouni, AR Huete, YH Kerr, S Sorooshian, “A Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index”, Remote Sensing of Environment, 48(2): 119-126, doi: 10.1016/0034-4257(94)90134-1, May 1994

Duan, Q., V.K. Gupta, and S. Sorooshian, "A Shuffled Complex Evolution Approach for Effective and Efficient Global Optimization," Journal of Optimization Theory and Its Applications, 76(3): 501-521, doi: 10.1007/BF00939380, March 1993

Yapo, P.O., H.V. Gupta, and S. Sorooshian, “Multi-Objective Global Optimization for Hydrologic Models,” Journal of Hydrology, 204(1-4): 83-97, doi: 10.1016/S0022-1694(97)00107-8, January 1998

Vrugt, J.A., H.V. Gupta, L.A. Bastidas, W. Bouten, and S. Sorooshian, “Effective and Efficient Algorithm for Multi-Objective Optimization of Hydrologic Models,” Water Resources Research 39(8): Art No. 1214, doi: 10.1029/2002WR001746, Aug 20 2003

Duan, Q., S. Sorooshian, and V.K. Gupta, "Optimal Use of the SCE-UA Global Optimization Method for Calibrating Watershed Models," Journal of Hydrology, 158(3-4): 265-284, doi: 10.1016/0022-1694(94)90057-4, June 1994

Synergistic Activities Honorary & Professional Societies: Member: National Academy of Engineering (NAE), 2003; International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), 2007; Fellow: American Geophysical Union (AGU), 1994; American Meteorological Society (AMS), 1995; American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1997; International Water Resources Association (IWRA), 2001; TWAS – The World Academy of Sciences, 2010; Indian Association of Hydrologists, Roorkee, India; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Award, 2006, 1998, 1989

Editorial Boards: Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Advances in Water Resources, Scientia Iranica: International Journal of Science and Technology, IEEE Systems Journal, Journal of Hydrology, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology (IJST)

Teaching Awards: Engineering Student Council (ESC) UCI Civil & Environmental Engineering Professor of the Year, 2010-2011; Orange County Engineering Council (OCEC) Distinguished Engineering Educator Award 2009; American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Orange County Branch 2007-2008 Distinguished Engineering Educator

Honors and Awards: Robert E. Horton Medalist ,American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2013; UCLA CEE Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award 2013; Eagleson lectureship, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science (CUAHSI), 2012; 4th Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, Resources Management & Protection Branch category award, 2010; Walter Orr Roberts Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Sciences Award, American Meteorological Society (AMS), 2009; Robert E. Horton Memorial Lectureship, American Meteorological Society (AMS), 2006; NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, 2005; William Nordberg Memorial Lectureship, NASA Goddard Scientific Colloquium, 2004; Group Honor Award for Excellence, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2001

Committee Assignments: American Geophysical Union (AGU), American Meteorological Society (AMS), IPCC, WMO, GEWEX, NASA, National Academy of Sciences, NOAA, UCAR, WCRP

Research Support: Principal investigator and co-principal investigator on over $50 million by various agencies, such as NSF, NOAA, NASA, DOE, DOD, U.S. Army Research Office, UNESCO, World Bank, etc.

Presentations: 175+ Invited speaker and Keynote talks for professional, academic, national and international agencies

Conferences and Symposia Activities : Organizer, host, chair/co-chair, session convener /co-convener, panelist for 35+ conferences/workshops/meetings since 2003

Collaborators and Co-Editors (past 5 years) Bae, Hun Kyun, Keimyung University Korea; Bellerby, Tim J, U of Hull, UK; Boushaki, Farid; Dracup, John, UCB; Franz, Kristie, Iowa State U; Gao, Xiaogang, University of California, Irvine; Hogue, Terri, University of California, Los Angeles; Hsu, Kuo-lin, University of California, Irvine; Imam, Bisher, University of California, Irvine; Khanbilvardi, Reza, CCNY; Li, Jialun, University of Arizona; Mahani, Semenova, Olga, St. Petersburg State U, Russia; Shayesteh, CCNY; Moradkhani, Hamid, Portland State U; Park, Gi-hyeon, U of Wyoming; Vrugt, Jasper A., University of California, Irvine; Wheater, Howard, Imperial College London, UK

Graduate Advisor John Dracup, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Academic Service Sponsor: 18 Post-doctoral scholars and Researchers; 10 Visiting Scholars; 3 Visiting Students Faculty Advisor: Total Number of Graduate Students: 82 Ph.D. students: 40+ M.S. students: 40 Service on Thesis/Ph.D. committees: 85+