Prof. Dr. Alberto Guadagnini

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsHydrogeology and Hydrology
KeywordsSensitivity analysis, Porous media, Subsurface hydrology, Transport phenomena, Geostatistics
Honours and awards

2025: GSA Honorary Fellow Award (Geological Society of America, GSA)

2024: Henry Darcy Medal (European Geosciences Union, EGU)

2024: International Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering

2024: InterPore Medal for Porous Media Research (International Society for Porous Media, InterPore)

2021: Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Class IV - Natural Sciences)

2018: Chaire Gutenberg and Prix Gutenberg 2018 (Cercle Gutenberg and Région Grand-Est, France)

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityHamburg
InstitutionTechnische Universität Hamburg (TUHH)

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Nima ShokriTechnische Universität Hamburg (TUHH), Hamburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2026

Programme(s)

2026Humboldt Research Award Programme (Global Minds Initiative Germany)

Nominator's project description

Professor Guadagnini is a global leader in stochastic groundwater hydrology and porous media science. By combining stochastic theory, geostatistics, and high-resolution experiments, he has quantified chemical weathering and reactive transport processes, enabling environmental risk assessments, design of monitoring networks, and groundwater management. During his stay in Germany, he will collaborate on developing stochastic and process-based frameworks to improve prediction of groundwater quality, soil salinization and reactive transport in heterogeneous subsurface environments.