Ana P. Barros

Ana P. Barros
TitleDonald Biggar Willett Chair of Engineering and Department Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Academic background
EducationOGI School of Science and Engineering
Alma materUniversity of Washington
Academic work
DisciplineEngineering
Sub-disciplineCivil engineering
Environmental engineering
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notable worksDecoupling of erosion and precipitation in the Himalayas

Ana Paula Barros is an African-born American civil and environmental engineer currently the Donald Biggar Willett Chair of Engineering and Department Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and an Elected Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. In 2019 she was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for "contributions to understanding and prediction of precipitation dynamics and flood hazards in mountainous terrains". Prior to joining the University of Illinois, Professor Barros was the James L. Meriam Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke University.