Education

Teaching and Research Areas

•  Environmental Hydrology;
• Fluid Transport Processes and Biogeochemical Transformations in Soils,
• Aquifers and Rivers;
• Planning, Design and Management of Subsurface and Surface Reservoirs and Irrigation Systems

Professional Record

•  Assistant Geohydrologist, New Mexico State Engineers Office, Santa Fe, NM (1964)
•  Assistant Hydrologist, Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign-Urbana, IL (1965-69)
•  Postgraduate Research Engineer, UCLA (1969-72)
•  Assistant Professor of Water Science and Civil Engineering, UC Davis (1972-76)
•  Associate Professor of Water Science, Civil Engineering, and Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis (1976-80)
•  Professor of Hydrologic Sciences, Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Biological & Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis (1980-99)
•  Professor, Above-Scale, UC Davis (1999-03)
•  Professor, Further Above-Scale, UC Davis (2003-08)
•  Professor, Further Above-Scale II, UC Davis (2008-09)
•  Distinguished Professor, UC Davis (2003-09)
•  Distinguished Professor Emeritus, UC Davis (7/1/2009)

Honors and Awards

•  Richard R. Torrens Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (1986)
•  Outstanding Journal Paper Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (1986)
•  Outstanding Journal Paper Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (1990)
•  Best Paper Award, Iranian Research Council in the Water Industry (1993)
•  Best Paper Award, Iranian Supreme Council, (1995)
•  Fellow, American Water Resources Association (1995)
•  Julian Hinds Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (1996)
•  Distinguished Member,, American Society of Civil Engineers (1999)
•  Corresponding Member, Mexico’s National Academy of Engineering (1999)
•  Best Paper Award, International Water Resources Association (2001)
•  Fellow, American Geophysical :::union::: (2001)
•  Honorary Member, American Water Resources Association (2001)
•  Warren A. Hall Medal, Universities Council on Water Resources (2002)
•  Omar Khayyam Award, Scientia Iranica & Sharif University of Technology, Iran (2007)
•  Career Achievement Award, California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum (2011)
•  Professional Society Affiliations
•  American Society of Civil Engineers (Life Member and Distinguished Member)
•  Member, Groundwater Committee, Irrigation & Drainage Div. (1979-85)
•  Chair, Publications Committee, Wat Res Plng & Managt Div. (1984-88)
•  Member, Publications Committee, Irrigation & Drainage Div. (1988-08 )
•  Member, Task Comm. on Systems Analysis Tech., Hydraulics Div. (1989-92)
•  Member, Social and Environ. Objectives Committee, Wat Res Plng & Managt Div. (1993-00)
•  Chair, Water Resources Systems Committee, Wat Res Plng & Managt Div. (1993-94)
•  Chair, Awards Committee, Wat Res Plng & Managt Div. (1994-95)
•  Member, Environmental and Water Resour. Systems Committee, Env & Wat Resour Inst (2000- )
•  Member, International Cooperation Council, EWRI (2000- )
•  Chair, Groundwater Management Committee, EWRI (2003-05)
•  American Geophysical :::union::: (Member and Fellow)
•  Member, Education and Human Resources Committee (1984-86; 1992-94)
•  Co-Chair, Policy Sciences Technical Committee, Hydrology Section (1998-03)
•  Member, Groundwater Committee, Hydrology Section (2001- )
•  American Institute of Hydrology (Member)
•  Certified Professional Hydrologist (Groundwater) (1990)
•  Member, Board of Registration (1990-93)
•  President-Elect (2003-04)
•  President (2005-06); Past President (2007-08)
•  International Association of Hydrological Sciences (Member)
•  Vice President, Commission on Water Resources Systems (1999-07)
•  Chair, Organizing and Tech. Program Committees, International Symposium (1999-00)
•  U.S. National Representative to the IAHS (2003-08 )
•  U.S. National Correspondent to the IAHS (2003-08 )
•  Co-Convenor, Symposia on: Integrated Water Resources Management (1999-00), Regional Management of Water Resources (2000-01), and Sustainable Water for Large Cities (2004-05)
•  American Water Resources Association (Member, Fellow, and Honorary Member)
•  Member, Editorial Board, Water Resources Bulletin (1978-82)
•  Member, Selection Committee for Boggess Award (1977-91)
•  Member, Publications Committee (1986-94)
•  Member, Awards Committee (1992-96)
•  Member, International Affairs Committee (1994-00)
•  The Universities Council on Water Resources (Member)
•  Lead Delegate, UC Davis (1995-08)
•  Member, International Programs Committee (1995-98)
•  Member, Board of Directors (1997-00)
•  Chair, Research Committee (1997-00)
•  International Water Resources Association (Member)
•  Mexico’s National Academy of Engineering (Corresponding Member)
•  International :::union::: of Geodesy and Geophysics (Member of the U.S. National Comm.,
  National Research Council, (2004-08)
•  American Association for the Advancement of Science (Member)
•  The New York Academy of Sciences (Member)
•  Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society (Member)  

Books and Editorships

1.  Mariño, M. A. and Luthin, J. N., Seepage and Groundwater, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam-Oxford-New York (1982)
2.  Topical Editor, Groundwater, The Encyclopedia of Water Science, Marcel Dekker, Inc. (2000-09 )
3.  Editor, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE (1984-88)
4.  Editor, Subsurface Flow and Contamination: Methods of Analysis and Parameter Uncertainty, Monograph Series No. 8, Amer. Water Resources Assoc. (1987)
5.  Editor, Proceedings of the National Symposium on Groundwater Hydrology, American Water Resources Association (1967)
6.  Co-Editor, Integrated Water Resources Management, Publication No. 272, International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Wallingford, U.K. (2001)
7.  Co-Editor, Regional Management of Water Resources, Publication No. 268, International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Wallingford, U.K. (2001)
8.  Co-Editor, Sustainable Water Management Solutions for Large Cities, Publication No. 293, International Assoc. of Hydrological Sciences, Wallingford, U.K. (2005)
9.  Assoc. Editor, Hydrology Research (2004-09)
10.  Assoc. Editor, Hydrological Sciences Journal (1999-05)
11.  Assoc. Editor, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE (1982-84)
12.  Assoc. Editor, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE (1995-00)
13.  Assoc. Editor, Water Resources Bulletin, American Water Resources Assoc. (1982-88)
14.  Editorial Board, Scientia Iranica (1992-08)
15.  Editorial Board, Iranian Journal of Water Resources Engineering (1993-08)
16.  Editorial Board, Journal Aqua - LAC, UNESCO (2007-08)