Evan A. Variano

Evan A. Variano is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley's College of Engineering. His research spans environmental fluid mechanics, turbulence, and flow-structure interactions in natural and engineered systems, with applications to wetlands, sediment transport, and renewable energy planning.

• Postdoc in Geochemistry at Columbia University (2008)
• Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University (2007)
• M.S. in Civil Engineering from Cornell University (2005)
• B.S. in Physics from Princeton University (2000)

Variano's research focuses on experimental techniques for measuring fluid flow in complex environments. Key areas include:

• Imaging flows in dense vegetation and sediment suspensions
• Gas and aerosol transport quantification using fluorescent dyes and optical methods
• Turbulence dynamics in ecological and engineering contexts
• Hydrodynamic impacts on aquatic organisms and wetland ecosystems

His work bridges fundamental fluid mechanics with practical environmental challenges, such as greenhouse gas management in wetlands and optimizing flow control for systems like ventilation and turbomachinery.