Event Speaker

Larry Weber

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Professor — Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa
Edwin B. Green Chair in Hydraulics — College of Engineering, University of Iowa
Director — IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering, University of Iowa

Larry Weber is an expert in flood-related research, watershed modeling and nutrient management.  In 2009, he was co-founder of the Iowa Flood Center, the nation’s first and only research center devoted solely to flood-related research and education.  In 2013, he worked with the Iowa Legislature and Iowa State University to found the Iowa Nutrient Research Center to advance science and understanding needed to implement the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy.  Dr. Weber holds a B.S, M.S., and PhD. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, all from the University of Iowa. For the last eleven years, he has been the Director of IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering, one of the nation's premier and oldest fluids-related research and engineering laboratories.  He is a member of Iowa’s Water Resources Coordinating Council and serves the state and nation on several private sector and agency advisory boards.