Amilcare Porporato

Thomas J. Wu '94 Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the High Meadows Environmental Institute

Website: https://www.princeton.edu/cee/people/display_person/?netid=aporpora

Office: E-Quad, E407

Phone: 609-258-2287

Research interests: Nonlinear and stochastic dynamical systems, hydrometeorology and soil-atmosphere interaction, soil moisture and plant dynamics, soil biogeochemistry, and ecohydrology.

News

  • landscape with clouds and forest

    Planting forests may cool the planet more than thought

  • Desert landscape

    Climate change could lead to less sun for regions banking on solar power

  • Aerial image of river delta

    Water, drought and flooding: A half-century at the environmental forefront

  • Photo of award recipient

    Dalton Medal honors Princeton engineer for ecohydrology work

  • A stock photo of water and bubbles

    Engineering faculty take on ‘Grand Challenges’ in the environment

  • Researchers talking

    Photosynthesis and engines evolved in remarkably similar ways

Research

  • Energy and Environment

Primary affiliations

  • Three students look closely at a model of an architectural structure.

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Princeton campus and Guyot Hall

    High Meadows Environmental Institute