Viviana Maggioni

Viviana Maggioni’s research interests lie interests lie at the intersection of hydrology and remote sensing. In particular, she is interested in the application of satellite remote sensing and modeling techniques to estimate and monitor hydrological variables at the local to global scale. Her work has direct applications in water resources management, weather, and climate prediction, as well as agriculture practices. She is the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Hydrometeorology (American Meteorological Society Publications) and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Climate – Climate Services. She currently serves as the CEIE Director of Undergraduate Affairs, the Chair of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting Program Committee for the Hydrology Section, and as the Mason Representative for CUAHSI (Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science). In the past, she served as one of the two co-chairs of the International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) and the Chair of the AGU Technical Committee on Precipitation.

Degrees

• PhD, Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut
• MS, Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
• BS, Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Research Interests

• Water resources engineering

• Hydrology

• Remote sensing

• Land surface modeling

• Uncertainty analysis

• Land data assimilation systems

Research

2023–2026: Machine Learning-based Flash Flood Forecasting in West Africa with Satellite Observations, funded by NASA/Rutgers University.

2024–2025: The Patriot EnviroWatch: Monitoring Air and Water Quality at Mason, funded by Mason’s Living Lab research program.

2020–2024: Mapping Changes in Hydroclimatic Risk in High Mountain Asia, funded by NASA/Florida Institute of Technology.

2017–2023: Integrating remotely sensed phenology observations in a multi-model land data assimilation system, funded by NASA.