Associate Professor
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
Education
Ph.D., 2012, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S.E., 2005, Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
B.S.E., 2005, Civil Engineering, University of Michigan
Research Interests
Agricultural water and nutrient management
Design and control of green and grey stormwater infrastructure
Impacts of extreme drought
Publications
Liu, Y., A.J. Parolari, M. Kumar, C.W. Huang, G.G. Katul, and A. Porporato (2017) Increasing atmospheric humidity and CO2 concentration alleviate forest mortality risk. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi:10.1073/pnas.1704811114
Parolari, A.J., M.L. Mobley, A.R. Bacon, G.G. Katul, D. deB. Richter, and A. Porporato (2017) Boom and bust carbon-nitrogen dynamics during reforestation. Ecological Modelling, 360, 108-119, doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.06.023.
AJ Parolari, D Li, E Bou-Zeid, GG Katul, S Assouline (2016) Climate, not conflict, explains Middle East dust storm Environmental Research Letters 11 (11), doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/11/114013.
Bartlett, M.S., A.J. Parolari, J.J. McDonnell, and A. Porporato (2016), Beyond the SCS-CN method: A theoretical framework for spatially lumped rainfall-runoff response. Water Resources Research, 52(6), 4608-4627, doi:10.1002/2015WR018439.
A Porporato, X Feng, S Manzoni, Y Mau, AJ Parolari, G Vico (2015) Ecohydrological modeling in agroecosystems: Examples and challenges Water Resources Research 51 (7), 5081-5099, doi:10.1002/2015WR017289.
Grants
Parolari, A.J. (PI), McDonald, W.M. (Co-PI), “Pilot experiments to integrate water quality data streams into real-time control of green infrastructure.” NSF Water Equipment & Policy I/UCRC. Jan 2018 – Dec 2018.
Parolari, A.J. (PI), McDonald, W.M. (Co-PI), “Model development for design and real-time control of stormwater basins for watershed management during climate change adaptation.” NSF Water Equipment & Policy I/UCRC. Jan 2017 – Dec 2017.