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Noemi Vergopolan is an Assistant Professor in Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University. Her research focuses on computational hydrology and the water-climate nexus, leveraging satellite remote sensing, machine learning, and high-performance computing to improve hydrological prediction and decision-making for water resource management.
Education: B.S. in Environmental Engineering (Federal University of Paraná), M.A. and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering (Princeton University).
Research Interests: Computational hydrology, satellite remote sensing of soil moisture, Earth system modeling, and the water-energy-food nexus. Her work emphasizes scalable approaches for high-resolution hydrological prediction and bridging gaps between local and global monitoring systems.
Awards:
- 2022 American Geophysical Union - Science for Solutions Award
- 2022 Paul F. Boulos Excellence in Computational Hydrology Award
Her research includes developing frameworks like HydroBlocks and SMAP-HydroBlocks for field-scale hydrological modeling, advancing drought monitoring, and integrating machine learning with climate models. Current projects address flash drought dynamics, agroforestry systems, and hyper-resolution soil moisture applications in India and Malawi.
