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Murugesu Sivapalan was awarded the 2011 Robert E. Horton Medal at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 7 December 2011 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for “outstanding contributions to hydrology.”

Citation:

It is a pleasure to introduce Murugesu Sivapalan of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the recipient of the 2011 Robert Horton Medal.Sivapalan is a leader in the development of hydrological theory, recognized for publishing influential papers on the fluid mechanics and thermodynamics of water movement at catchment scale, involving hydrology, geomorphology, soil science, and ecology. His pioneering efforts have been extended through sharing... Read More »

Response:

I am delighted to receive this medal, and even more so to have as citationist Tom Dunne, a hero of mine for over 25 years. At the outset I want to record my sincere thanks to many friends, led by Hubert Savenije, for nominating me for this prestigious medal.Tom’s citation might have given you the impression that my research was somehow well scripted. Of course, it... Read More »