• Return to main Personnel index

Rafael Muñoz-Carpena

Distinguished Professor, Hydrology & Water Quality

Education

• Ph.D., North Carolina State University (USA), Agricultural Engineering, minor in Water Resources, 1993.
• M.Sc., B.Sc., P.E., Ingeniero Agrónomo Superior (Agricultural Engineering), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain), 1989.

Appointments

• 2024-present Distinguished Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, University of Florida
• 2019-2020 Professor in Residence, Public University of Navarre (UPNA), Spain
• 2018 (May-August) Interim Chair, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, University of Florida
• 2011-2024 Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, University of Florida
• 2010-2011 Professor in Residence, CEMAGREF (now Irstea), Lyon, France
• 2006-2011 Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, University of Florida
• 2001-2006 Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, University of Florida
• 2000-2001 Researcher, Canary Islands Agricultural Research Institute, Spain
• 1993-2000 Engineering Researcher, Canary Islands Agricultural Research Institute, Spain
• 1994-2001 Adjunct Professor, University of La Laguna, Spain
• 1989-1993 Research Assistant, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University

Specialization

• Uncertainty and Sensitivity of Environmental Models
• Surface, Vadose Zone and Groundwater Hydrology
• Agricultural Hydrology and Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling
• Hydrology and Ecological Systems Analysis

Awards & Honors

• 2024-present, Distinguished Professor (reserved to top 1-2% of University Faculty)
• 2024 UF/IFAS High Impact Research Publication Award. PLOS Water, doi: 10.1371/journal.pwat.0000059
  
• 2024 UF/IFAS Culture of Nomination Award
• 2022 ASABE John Deere Gold Medal
• 2021 Outstanding Alumni Award, Biological & Agricultural Engineering at NC State University
• 2020 AAAS Fellow (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
• 2018 UF/IFAS Award of Excellence for Graduate Research: Best Doctoral Dissertation Advisor, Dr. Natalie Nelson, Quantifying the spatiotemporal importance of fresh-brackish water quality drivers using data analytics and models.
• 2018 ASABE Standards Development Award, EP621 Jun2017, Guidelines for Calibrating, Validating and Evaluating Hydrological and Water Quality Models
• 2017-2020 University Term Professor
• 2017 UF/IFAS High Impact Research Publication Award. Science Adv.(AAAS), doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1601272
  
• 2017 Web-of-Science (Clarivate) Highly Cited Paper, top 1% of Agricultural Science, for papers doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.05.014 and doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.09.021
• 2016 UF Postdoc Mentoring Award, UF Office of Postdoctoral Affairs.
• 2016 FL-ASABE Distinguised Achievement Award Florida Section of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers)
• 2015 Member of the Royal Academy of Engineers of Spain
• 2015 Fellow of ASABE (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers)
• 2015 ASABE ADS/Hancor Soil Water Engineering National Award.
• 2015 President’s Citation, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ASABE)
• 2015 House Tribute, State of Florida House of Representatives, Certificate and Proclamation read on the floor
• 2013 Web-of-Science (Clarivate) Highly Cited Paper, top 1% of Engineering, for paper doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.12.004
• 2013 Fellow of UF Water Institute Faculty
• 2013 National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) Mentoring Award
• 2013 International Educator of the Year Award, UF/IFAS
• 2013 Best Paper Award, Environmental Water Resources Institute (EWRI), ASCE.
• 2011 University of Florida Research Foundation Professor
  
• 2010 Certificate of Appreciation, Outstanding Associate Editor Service, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ASABE)
• 2009 Junior Faculty Award of Merit, Gamma Sigma Delta.
• 2009 Special Recognition Award, FL section of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological
  Engineers (FL-ASABE).
• 2008 International Achievement Award, UF/IFAS
• 2008 International Educator Award, UF International Center
• 2008 UF/IFAS LEAD certificate
• 2008 UF/CALS Teacher’s College certificate
• 2003 USDA-Foreign Agricultural Service Certificate of Appreciation
• 1999 Paper of ASAE Award, Hydrology Mini-Symposium

Mentoring

• Chair of Doctoral Students: Total 22
  (View complete list and dissertations here)
• Post-Doctoral Associates: (View complete list mentees here).

Refereed Publications

(View complete list here).

Other Synergistic Activities

• Journal and Book Editor: Editor-in-Chief, Elsevier’s Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies; Associate Editor, 2004-2010 Transactions of ASABE and Applied Engineering in Agriculture; Associate editor for 3 special issues of peer-reviewed journals (Vadose Zone Journal, Trans. of ASABE, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B); Co-editor of book (CRC/Lewis) with 53 intl. authors.
• NSF Funded Student development: NSF GRF doctoral advisor, Ms. Natalie Nelson (graduatedl Spring 2017); NSF-REU Program, Summer 2012, faculty mentor for Wen Yang; Advisory Board 2009-2012, NSF- Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3) http://i3.institutes.ufl.edu/; NSF IGERT doctoral advisor, Anna C. Linhoss (graduated 2011).
• Federal Projects Panelist: USDA/ARS Panel Chair, FY 2012, USDA/NRI; Panel Member FY 2003, USDA Water Resources Program, Washington D.C.; FY 2004, USDA/ARS/ANRI, External Laboratory Review Panel, Beltsville,. 2004.
• Research Advisory Board Membership: 2009-2012, UF Water Institute http://waterinstitute.ufl.edu (campus wide); 2002-present, Spanish Unsaturated Studies group, Zona No Saturada, Spain; 2010-present USGS Unsaturated Zone Studies Group (UZIG) 2012-2014, UF/IFAS Dean of Research; UF/IFAS International Programs; 2008-, High Performance Computing Center, University of Florida. 2009-2014 UF NSF-Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3) (campus wide); ; Ext. Advisory Board, 2015-2018, Instit. for Earth System Research (IISTA), Spain.
• Scientific and Professional Societies: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), Fellow, 1993, SW Division Secretary 2012-13; SW-21 Hydrology Committee Chair, 2008-2009, Member, SW-5, Publications Review Committee, 2004-; American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Member 2013-2020; American Geophysical Union (AGU), Member, 1993-.

Return to top

This page was last updated on July 13, 2024.