Edgardo M. Latrubesse

Picture of Edgardo M. Latrubesse in the field.

Edgardo M. Latrubesse is the Raymond Dickson Centennial Professor at the Department of Geography and the Environment at University of Texas at Austin. His research is focused on fluvial geomorphology, mega-geomorphology, paleogeography, and river management.

Research interests

Edgardo Latrubesse's main research interests include the Neogene paleogeography, paleohydrology and paleoecology of the tropics with emphasis on Tropical South America, geomorphology, hydrology of large rivers and the impacts of human activities on large fluvial systems and tropical biomes. He has conducted fieldwork in the Amazon basin, the Pampean region, the Bolivian Altiplano, the Brazilian savannas (Cerrado), the Chaco and the Llanos del Orinoco. He has also performed research on the Mississippi River. He worked extensively on many of the largest rivers in the world, such as the Amazon, Negro, Madeira, Purús, Juruá, Araguaia, Paraná, Sao Francisco, Mississippi, and others.

Selected publications

  • Latrubesse, E. (2010) Natural Hazards and Human-Exacerbated Disasters in Latin America, Elsevier, UK, 510p.
  • Vionnet C., Garcia, M., Latrubesse, E., Perillo G. (2010). RCEM 2009 River Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Vol. 1 and 2., CRC Press-Taylor Francis Group, Netherlands, 1079p
  • Home Page of Latrubesse Research Group
  • University of Texas Profile Page
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