• Study multiphase and granular flow dynamics, at natural environments (fluvial and aeolian transport of coarse sediment particles) and around built infrastructure (i.e., past hydraulic structures).
• Develop novel measurement techniques (environmental sensors) and innovative applications in water engineering research, geomorphology and earth surface hazards (monitoring and prediction)
• Apply new theoretical (deterministic) and probabilistic approaches for the transport of solids in turbulent flows.
• Design and conduct innovative physical (experimental and field) and computational modeling studies for improving our understanding of planetary surface transport processes.
• Apply insights obtained from experimental and filed studies into novel modeling and prediction frameworks finding applications across spatio-temporal scales (including hydro-environment studies, eco-hydraulics, stream restoration, woody debris and riparian vegetation and management, vegetation and fish habitat hydrodynamics and their interactions).
• Advance the understanding of earth surface processes using hydro-informatics and Artificial Intelligence methods (also finding applications in water resource management prediction and optimization).
• Improve risk assessment studies and mitigation measures/designs of protections, based on ecologically sound and physically relevant first principles (including flood modeling, scour about support structures such as piers and monopiles, erosion of riverbeds and riverbanks).
• Optimize the use of sustainable practices for the management of water resources within the Water-Energy-Food nexus (including the operation of energy generation systems).

Course Teaching Undergraduate courses

• "Fluid Mechanics"
• "Hydraulics"
• "Hydraulics of open pipelines and rivers"
• "Design and construction of dams" "Natural hazards"

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