14. Prof. Alberto Montanari

This History of Hydrology interview features Professor Alberto Montanari of the University of Bologna. Alberto was the 2018 Henry Darcy medallist of the EGU. He is interviewed by Professor Keith Beven at the IUGG-IAHS General Assembly, Berlin, July 14, 2023.The original YouTube video can be found here.Timestamps:0:00:00 Start0:00:33 Introduction by Keith Beven0:00:52 Background and interest in water0:02:23 PhD at Politecnico di Milano with Renzo Rosso0:05:12 A life in athletics0:06:00 Renzo Rosso as a supervisor0:07:46 Introduction to stochastic hydrology0:08:47 Influential hydrologists0:10:41 Member of the major risk committee of Italy0:12:59 Risk communication in climate change0:16:02 Resilience and the value of historical data0:19:28 Service to the hydrological community0:21:48 Editor-in-Chief of Water Resources Research and collaboration networks0:23:42 Comments on the Panta Rhei hydrological decade0:25:38 Awards0:26:58 Commitment to open science0:29:00 ClosureLicense: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0Podcast: Pau Wiersma