Rajagopalan泭Balaji

  • Professor
  • Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education
  • HYDROLOGY, WATER RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS
  • CIVIL SYSTEMS
Address

Office:泭ECOT泭444

Education

  • B.Tech. in Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India, 1989
  • M.Tech. in Operations Research and Reliability, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, 1991
  • Ph.D. in Stochastic Hydrology and Water Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1995

Honors and Distinctions

  • Honorary Fellow, Indian Meteorological Society, 2024
  • Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship,泭US Department of State, 2023
  • Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers,泭2023
  • Fellow,泭American Geophysical Union,泭2018
  • College Research Award,泭College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Colorado, 勒貊勛圖, CO, 2014
  • Department Service Award,泭Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, 勒貊勛圖, CO, 2013
  • Department Distinguished Achievement Award,泭Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, 勒貊勛圖, CO, 2010
  • Department of Interior,泭Partners in conservation award part of the group that played a role in the adoption of innovative, new operational guidelines for managing the Colorado River in drought years. Award presented to the group by the secretary of Interior in Washington D.C. on May 6, 2009
  • World Meteorological Organization Norbert Gerbier MUMM International Award for 2009,泭for the paper entitled Unraveling the Mystery of Indian Monsoon Failure During El Nino, published in SCIENCE, Vol. 314, 6 October 2006.
  • Department Research Development Award,泭Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, 2006
  • Department Young Researcher Award,泭Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, 2003

Professional Affiliations

  • American Geophysical Union
  • American Society of Civil Engineers

Interests

  • Understanding and modeling space-time variability of hydroclimatology and extremes
  • Bayesian hierarchical and statistical learning methods for climate, hydrology, ecology, water and wastewater quality, ecology, public health, human migration, construction safety risk and others
  • Incorporating climate information in water resources/hydrologic decision making
  • Paleoclimate reconstruction and their signatures on human migration and rise and fall of societies