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Member Since 1981
Upmanu Lall
Global Futures Professor, DIrector Water Institute, Arizona State University
Member, Peter S. Eagleson Hydrologic Sciences Award Selection Committee
Upmanu Lall. AGU member since 1981. Global Futures Professor, and Director, Water Institute, Arizona State University. Visiting Professor of Engineering; Director, Columbia Water Center; Columbia University
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Arizona State University
Global Futures Professor, DIrector Water Institute
2024 - Present
Columbia University
Professor
1999 - 2023
Utah State University
Associate Professor/Professor
1988 - 1999
University of Utah
Assistant/Associate Professor
1981 - 1988
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Education
University of Texas at Austin
Doctorate
1981
Upmanu's AGU Research
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An Attention-Based Stochastic Simulator for Nonstationary Multisite, Multivariate Extremes to Evaluate Climate-Conditional, Cascading Flood Risk
INTERDISCIPLINARY ADVANCES IN CATASTROPHE MODELING AND DISASTER RESILIENCE: BRIDGING SCIENCE, POLICY, AND PRACTICE II ORAL
natural hazards | 18 december 2025
Integrating Floating Solar, Hydropower, and Hydroponics: A Hybrid System Approach to Energy, Water, and Food Security in the Western United States
MULTISECTOR DYNAMICS: ADVANCES IN MODELING ADAPTIVE HUMAN SYSTEMS IV POSTER
global environmental change | 17 december 2025
Weather Jiu Jitsu: A 21st century paradigm to leverage nature's power to mitigate some Compound, Concurrent, and Cascading Weather Hazards in a Changing Climate
COMPOUND, CONCURRENT, AND CASCADING HAZARDS IN A CHANGING CLIMATE: UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTABILITY FOR ENHANCED RESILIENCE I ORAL
hydrology | 17 december 2025
Catastrophic “Hyperclustering” and Recurrent Losses: Diagnosing U.S. Flood Insurance Insolvency Triggers
ADVANCES IN URBAN FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT AND ADAPTATION I ORAL
natural hazards | 17 december 2025
Hydrometeorologic Analysis of Hyperclustered Flood Damage for Compound Risk Assessment
COMPOUND, CONCURRENT, AND CASCADING HAZARDS IN A CHANGING CLIMATE: UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTABILITY FOR ENHANCED RESILIENCE II POSTER
hydrology | 17 december 2025
Weather Jiu-Jitsu: Steering Tropical Cyclones with Small Perturbations of the Jet Stream in Experiments with Deep Learning Foundation Models
TOWARD MODIFICATIONS OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 16 december 2025
Weather Jiu Jitsu: Toward Adaptive Control of Extreme Weather Regimes Using the Seasonally Forced Lorenz-84 Model
TOWARD MODIFICATIONS OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 16 december 2025
Weather Jiu Jitsu: Adaptive Chaos Control with Deep Learning of Atmospheric Dynamics to leverage the power of the atmospheric circulation with nudges to move or defuse storms and avert catastrophic flooding
WHERE FLOOD CONNECTS US: INTEGRATING PHYSICAL MODELS, SOCIAL DIMENSIONS, AND AI INNOVATIONS II ORAL
hydrology | 16 december 2025
Volunteer Experience
2026 - 2027
Member
Peter S. Eagleson Hydrologic Sciences Award Selection Committee
2023 - 2024
Member
College of Fellows Distinguished Lecturers - Earth Covering
2021 - 2023
Member
Hydrology Fellows Committee
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Honors & Awards
Peter S. Eagleson Award
Received December 2025
Walter Langbein Lecture
Received December 2022
Union Fellow
Received December 2017
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For incisive contributions to the understanding and predictability of hydrologic processes at regional and global scales.
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