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 research centers on hydroclimatic variability and extremes, the development of advanced space-time stochastic models, downscaling methodologies, and climate change diagnostics. He has published 90 articles in leading journals and contributed to over 120 conference presentations. Simon serves as an Associate Editor for AGU’s Water Resources Research and Elsevier’s Journal of Hydrology. He has reviewed manuscripts for more than 50 journals, convened scientific sessions, and organized multiple workshops on time series modeling. Simon leads the development of CoSMoS, a widely-used software in stochastic modeling with a global user base. He is Vice-President of the International Commission on Statistical Hydrology and Team Lead for the Storms Module in the UNU Sustainability Nexus AID program. Recognized for his contributions, he received AGU’s 2024 Natural Hazard Early Career Award and several Best Paper awards. His work has been honored 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. Additionally, his research has been covered by over 100 news outlets, with highlights on radio and TV, among others.