conferred by Saudi Royal Family Committee on Water (PSIWI)
http://www.psipw.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=205&Itemid=261
- 2010
- Dr. Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe (Princeton University, USA) and Dr. Andrea Rinaldo (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland and the University of Padua, Italy).
They are being awarded for their invention and development of the new field of Ecohydrology, which bridges the gap between the physical and life sciences.
Ecohydrology is a multi-disciplinary research field borrowing from a number of “classic” disciplines (physical sciences; life sciences), yet aiming at a unified picture of water-supported biological dispersion. In practical terms, the new research field presents itself as a comprehensive blend of theory (mathematical modeling), interpretation of past and present biological records, and field experimentation.
The work being awarded represents the joint Princeton-Lausanne research group that was built by the two prizewinners through years of collaboration. Some of their work shows how river networks act as ecological corridors, and how they influence the spread of a water-borne disease like Cholera that still a plague society today.
http://www.psipw.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=265&Itemid=225
