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Edgardo M. Latrubesse

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Edgardo M. Latrubesse
Edgardo M. Latrubesse in the field
Born1965 (age 58–59)
NationalityArgentinian
EducationNational University of San Luis, Argentina
OccupationGeologist
Known forresearch on the impacts of human activities on geosystems, global change environments
Awards2005 Augusto Gonzalez de Linares International Environment Award

Edgardo Manuel Latrubesse (born 1965 in Pergamino, Argentina) is a geologist.

Education and career

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Latrubesse was born in 1965 in Pergamino, Argentina.[1] He received his BSc and PhD both from the National University of San Luis, Argentina. He completed his PhD in 1989.[2]

Following his PhD, he worked for over ten years in Brazil, at the Federal University of Amazonas, the Federal University of Acre, and the Federal University of Goias. He moved to the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina in 2006, then on to the University of Texas, Austin in 2009.[2] He was appointed to the chair of Raymond Dickson Centennial Professor at the University of Texas at Austin in 2017.[3][2] He moved in 2018 to the Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University.[2] After resigning for unrelated reasons from his University of Texas appointment in 2018, he was found by a UT internal investigation to have sexually harassed another faculty member there, and was barred from further work at the university.[4]

Research

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Latrubesse's research is on fluvial, tropical, and aeolian geomorphology, quaternary geology, impacts of human activities on geosystems, multidisciplinary environmental research, hazards, and global change environments.[2]

Awards and honors

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Latrubesse is the recipient of the 2005 Augusto Gonzalez de Linares International Environment Awards.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Edgardo M. Latrubesse" (PDF). Pre-conference Short Courses. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. September 14, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Edgardo Latrubesse's homepage". Earth Observatory of Singapore. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "Professor Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach Appointed to Raymond Dickson Centennial Professorship". Department of Geography and the Environment. University of Texas at Austin. December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  4. ^ Korte, Lara (January 9, 2020). "UT releases names of more faculty found in violation of sexual misconduct policies". Austin American-Statesman.
  5. ^ "Premio 'Augusto González Linares' de Medio Ambiente" ['Augusto González Linares' Environment Award] (in Spanish). Universia. September 13, 2005. Archived from the original on July 12, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
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