Marc Brendan Parlange (born 1962) is an American civil engineer who has been serving as the 12th president of the University of Rhode Island since August 2021. He previously served as provost of Monash University in Australia from 2017 to 2021. His field of study is in environmental fluid mechanics and research in hydrology and climate change.
Career
2021–present: President, University of Rhode Island 2017-2021: Provost and Senior Vice-President, Monash University 2013-2017: Dean, Faculty of Applied Science (Engineering, Architecture, Planning, Nursing), University of British Columbia 2008-2013: Dean, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EPFL 2004-2008: Professor, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 1996-2004: Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University 1990-1996: Assistant and Associate Professor, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, and Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California Davis
The Melbourne Experiment In March 2020, the Victorian Government announced a shutdown of non-essential venues and services to help contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. With the implementation of the restrictions, Parlange established the Melbourne Experiment to bring together research expertise across Monash University to monitor and analyse elements of the urban environment before, during and after the COVID-19 shutdown.
Awards and honors
2020: Hydrologic Sciences Medal, American Meteorological Society (Centennial) 2020: Fellow, American Meteorological Society 2017: Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering 2017: Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering
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