Simon Michael Papalexiou

Biography

Simon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Calgary, Canada, and also holds the position of Adjunct Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. His current research focuses on hydroclimatic variability and extremes, including the development of advanced space-time stochastic models, downscaling schemes, and climate change diagnostics. He has authored over 86 articles in leading journals and actively participated in more than 100 conference presentations. Simon serves as an Associate Editor for AGU’s Water Resources Research and Elsevier’s Journal of Hydrology. He also led a special issue on hydroclimatic extremes in Advances in Water Resources. His involvement in the academic community extends to reviewing articles for over 50 journals, convening scientific sessions, and organizing workshops on time series modeling. Simon leads the development of CoSMoS-R, a widely used software in stochastic modeling with a global user base. Beyond academia, his research has received extensive media coverage, featured in over 100 news outlets and broadcasted on radio and TV. His work has garnered several accolades, including being selected as Editor’s Choice in Science Magazine, Editor’s Highlight in Earth’s Future, and featured four times in AGU’s Eos Science News Magazine, among other recognitions.