Edgardo M. Latrubesse

Edgardo Manuel Latrubesse (born 1965 in Pergamino, Argentina) is a geologist. He is a full professor of the Asian School of the Environment, and a principal investigator at the Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University.[1]

Edgardo M. Latrubesse in the field.

Education and career

Latrubesse was born in 1965 in Pergamino, Argentina.[2] He received his BSc and PhD both from the National University of San Luis, Argentina. He completed his PhD in 1989.[3]

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.[3] He was appointed to the chair of Raymond Dickson Centennial Professor at the University of Texas at Austin in 2017.[4][3] He moved in 2018 to the Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University.[3] 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.[5]

Research

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.[6]

Awards and honors

Latrubesse is the recipient of the 2005 Augusto Gonzalez de Linares International Environment Awards.[7]

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References
  1. "Academic Profile (Edgardo Manuel Latrubesse)". Research Directory. Nanyang Technological University. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  2. "Edgardo M. Latrubesse" (PDF). Pre-conference Short Courses. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. September 14, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  3. "Edgardo Latrubesse's homepage". Earth Observatory of Singapore. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  4. "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.
  5. Korte, Lara (January 9, 2020). "UT releases names of more faculty found in violation of sexual misconduct policies". Austin American-Statesman.
  6. "Edgardo Latrubesse's homepage". Earth Observatory of Singapore. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  7. "Premio 'Augusto González Linares' de Medio Ambiente" ['Augusto González Linares' Environment Award] (in Spanish). Universia. September 13, 2005. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
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