Laboratory of ecohydrology ECHO

The focus of the laboratory ECHO (short for ECoHydrOlogy) is the understanding and modelling of the function of river networks as ecological corridors for the migration of species and diseases. ECHO’s research blends laboratory and field work with theoretical modelling to develop an integrated ecohydrological framework to understand for instance the spatial ecology of species, biodiversity in river basins, population dynamics, biological invasions along waterways, and the spread of waterborne and water related diseases.

Andrea Rinaldo receives the 2023 Stockholm Water Prize

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Andrea Rinaldo in his lab. © EPFL / Fred Merz | Lundi13

Andrea Rinaldo wins the “Nobel Prize in Water”

Research

Prof. Andrea Rinaldo, an EPFL expert in hydrology, has been selected as the 2023 winner of the Stockholm Water Prize – the world’s most prestigious award in water research, handed out by the king of Sweden.

Cristiano Trevisin © Alain Herzog / EPFL 2023

“My goal is to use my experience to help others”

EPFL community

PhD student Cristiano Trevisin has been hearing-impaired since childhood. He’s working to make EPFL more accessible for people facing various barriers.

Andrea Rinaldo. © 2020 EPFL

A model for keeping the pandemic in check in Italy

Research

A team of researchers has been modeling the potential spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy. Using their model, they can calculate the number of exposed and highly infectious individuals and the daily isolation efforts required to bring down the epidemic curve.

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Spatially Explicit Linkages Between Redox Potential Cycles and Soil Moisture Fluctuations

F. Miele; P. Benettin; S. Wang; I. Retti; M. Asadollahi et al. 

Water Resources Research. 2023-02-16. Vol. 59, num. 3, p. 1-23. DOI : 10.1029/2022WR032328.

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Comparison of Three Imputation Methods for Groundwater Level Timeseries

M. Meggiorin; G. Passadore; S. Bertoldo; A. Sottani; A. Rinaldo 

Water. 2023-02-01. Vol. 15, num. 4, p. 801. DOI : 10.3390/w15040801.

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Spatially explicit effective reproduction numbers from incidence and mobility data

C. Trevisin; E. Bertuzzo; D. Pasetto; L. Mari; S. Miccoli et al. 

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2023. Vol. 120, num. 20, p. e2219816120. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.2219816120.

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Ignacio Rodríguez-Iturbe (1942–2022): A review of a pathbreaking academic career combining chance and self-organization

A. Rinaldo; S. A. Levin 

Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences. 2022-11-30. Vol. 119, num. 49. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.2217606119.

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Transit Time Estimation in Catchments: Recent Developments and Future Directions

P. Benettin; N. B. Rodriguez; M. Sprenger; M. Kim; J. Klaus et al. 

Water Resources Research. 2022-11-01. Vol. 58, num. 11, p. e2022WR033096. DOI : 10.1029/2022WR033096.

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The effects of urbanization on water quantity and quality in the Panke watershed, Berlin

A. Vexina Wilkinson 

2022-10-01.

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Seeing the forest for the trees through metabolic scaling

I. Volkov; A. Tovo; T. Anfodillo; A. Rinaldo; A. Maritan et al. 

PNAS Nexus. 2022-07-13. Vol. 1, num. 1, p. 1-8. DOI : 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac008.

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Optimal control of the spatial allocation of COVID-19 vaccines: Italy as a case study

A. Rinaldo; J. C. Lemaitre; D. Pasetto; M. Zanon; E. Bertuzzo et al. 

PLOS Computational Biology. 2022-07-08. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010237.

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The intrusion of ecology into hydrology and morphodynamics

R. Bassi; A. Rinaldo; G. Seminara 

Rendiconti Lincei-Scienze Fisiche E Naturali. 2022-05-10. DOI : 10.1007/s12210-022-01072-x.

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Ecohydrology 2.0

A. Rinaldo; I. Rodriguez-Iturbe 

Rendiconti Lincei-Scienze Fisiche E Naturali. 2022-05-04. DOI : 10.1007/s12210-022-01071-y.

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