hydrologist university professor
Rodriguez-Iturbe was born in Venezuela and has taught at many universities including University of Zulia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical, University of Iowa (in Iowa city) and taught for 20 years at the Simon Bolivar University.
He currently serves as the James South. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University. In 2008, he received a special recognition from the World Cultural Council. He graduated from University of Zulia as Civil Engineer and did graduates studies at Caltech and earned his Doctor of Philosophy at Colorado State University in 1967.
Pontifical Academy of Sciences. National Academy of Sciences. American Academy of Arts and Sciences]
He is a member of the United States National Committee for the International Institute for Applied System Analysis since 2004.
2010 - Elected as Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences.
