Prof. Paolo La Barbera

Born in Imperia, Italy, on June 28th 1950

Current Position

Full Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Genova

Education

Civil Engineering Degree, Hydraulics Section, University of Genova

Relevant Research Experiences

Stochastic Hydrology,

Water Resources Planning and Management

Geomorphology and River Processes

Academic and Professional Experiences

Director of the Engineering School for Environment - University of Genova

Head of Research Unit 3.16 of the National Research Group for Prevention from Hydrogeological Disasters - Italian Research Council

Publications

More than 70 papers.

Selected Recent Publications

La Barbera P. and G. Roth, Invariance and scaling properties in the distributions of contributing area and energy in drainage basins, Hydrological Processes Journal, Vol. 8, August, 125-135, 1994.

La Barbera P. and L. Lanza, The use of remote sensing in rainfall monitoring and forecasting, Invited paper, Excerpta, 1994, in press.