Alain Pietroniro, PhD
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering at University of Calgary
Dr. Alain Pietroniro currently holds the position of Professor and Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Water Systems at the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering. Prior to his academic appointment, Dr. Pietroniro served as the Executive Director of the National Hydrological Service (NHS), which include the Water Survey of Canada, for Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) for 15 years. Before that, he was a research scientist at the National Hydrology Research Centre in Saskatoon for 15 years. Dr. Pietroniro’s research is primarily focused on improving, developing, and evaluating hydrologic models, understanding the sensitivity of water resources to climate variability and change. He has published over 120 peer-reviewed papers and contributed to many book and chapters and special publications. He was the accredited officer for the St. Mary and Milk Rivers for Canada for about 10 years and was also the hydrological advisor for Canada under the World Meteorological Organization during his tenure at the NHS.
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