Alberto Viglione

Alberto Viglione is an Associate Professor at the Politecnico di Torino, Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), and a member of the Interdepartmental Center SmartData@PoliTO. He has been a faculty member since 2019, following a decade as a Research Fellow at the Vienna University of Technology.

• University: Politecnico di Torino
• Department: DIATI – Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering
• Rank: Associate Professor
• Email: alberto.viglione@polito.it

His research focuses on flood hydrology, water resources, and hydro-meteorological extremes, integrating statistical analysis, climate change impacts, land use dynamics, and socio-hydrological modeling. He investigates the spatio-temporal dynamics of climatic, hydrological, and human processes in river basins and their implications for extreme event risks. His work emphasizes data integration, conceptual modeling, and risk assessment across scales.

The recent publications highlight a strong trend in analyzing European flood dynamics, the impacts of climate change, and the development of socio-hydrological frameworks that incorporate human behavior and societal memory into flood risk modeling. His research spans from statistical hydrology in ungauged basins to large-scale assessments of climate-flood interactions.

Scientific Awards and Honors:

• AMGA Award for best PhD thesis on water resources (2009)

Editorial and Professional Service:

• Associate Editor, Water Resources Research (2014–present)
• Associate Editor, Hydrological Sciences Journal (2012–2018)
• Associate Editor, WIRES Water (2012–2020)
• Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics (2019–present)
• Scientific Committee Member, European Geosciences Union (2019–2023)
• Secretary, International Commission on Water Resources Systems, IAHS (2015–present)

Teaching and Advising: He teaches courses such as Bayesian Inference, Applied Hydrology, Fundamentals of Environmental Geosciences, and Hydro-meteorological Risk Assessment. He is a PhD supervisor and member of multiple PhD colleges in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Torino. He currently advises PhD students including Tsion Ayalew Kebede, Emanuele Mombrini, Luigi Cafiero, Luca Lombardo, and Matteo Pesce. His research is supported by grants from national (PRIN), EU, and commercial sources, including projects like Clim2FlEx, RETURN, and ATO4WATER.

Research Labs and Teams: He is affiliated with the SmartData@PoliTO laboratory, focusing on big data and data science applications in hydrology and environmental systems.