Marc Parlange
{{Short description|American academic}}
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|name = Marc Parlange
|image = Photograph of Marc Parlange.jpg
|caption = Parlange in 2021
|office = 12th President of the University of Rhode Island
|term_start = August 1, 2021
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|predecessor = David M. Dooley
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|birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
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|education = Griffith University (BS)
Cornell University (MS, PhD)
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|fields = Hydrology
|workplaces = University of California, Davis
Johns Hopkins University
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
University of British Columbia
Monash University
University of Rhode Island
|thesis_title = Regional Scale Land-Atmosphere Interaction over Complex Forest Terrain
|thesis_url = https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/1756569
|thesis_year = 1990
|doctoral_advisor = Wilfried Brutsaert}}
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Marc Brendan Parlange (born 1962) is an American academic, recognised for his research expertise in environmental fluid mechanics and research in hydrology and climate change.{{Cite web|date=2021-04-14|title=Aussie to lead University of Rhode Island|url=https://www.busseltonmail.com.au/story/7208368/aussie-to-lead-university-of-rhode-island/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Busselton-Dunsborough Mail|language=en-AU}} His contributions primarily relate to the measurement and simulation of air movement over complex terrain, with a focus on how atmospheric turbulence dynamics influence urban, agricultural and alpine environments and wind energy.{{Cite web|title=ClimateWorks|url=https://www.climateworksaustralia.org/team/professor-marc-parlange/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=ClimateWorks|language=en-US}} He has also been active in addressing water resources challenges and environmental change in remote communities, particularly West Africa.{{Cite web|title=Marc Parlange|url=https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/marc-parlange|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Monash University|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517040741/https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/marc-parlange}}
Parlange has occupied senior academic roles at the University of California Davis, Johns Hopkins University, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and University of British Columbia.{{Cite web|title=World View|url=https://www.uri.edu/magazine/issues/summer-2021/world-view/|access-date=2021-08-02|language=en-US}} From 2017-2021 he was Provost and Senior Vice-President of Monash University, where he led the Melbourne Experiment research initiative analysing the impact of the Victorian Government's COVID-19 response on the urban environment.{{Cite web|title=Marc Parlange|url=https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/marc-parlange|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Monash University|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=World View|url=https://www.uri.edu/magazine/issues/summer-2021/world-view/|access-date=2021-08-02|language=en-US}}
In August 2021 Parlange became the twelfth President of the University of Rhode Island, succeeding David M. Dooley.{{Cite web|title=URI Board of Trustees names Monash provost, senior vice president Marc Parlange next University of Rhode Island president|url=https://today.uri.edu/news/uri-board-of-trustees-names-monash-provost-senior-vice-president-marc-parlange-next-university-of-rhode-island-president/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=today.uri.edu|language=en-US}}
Career
File:Marc Parlange, Dan McKee, Paxson.jpg and Brown University president Christina Paxson during the halftime at the 2021 Governor's Cup football game]]
2021: President, University of Rhode Island{{Cite web|title=URI Board of Trustees names Monash provost, senior vice president Marc Parlange next University of Rhode Island president|url=https://www.uri.edu/news/2021/04/uri-board-of-trustees-names-monash-provost-senior-vice-president-marc-parlange-next-university-of-rhode-island-president/|access-date=2021-06-07|language=en-US}}
2017-2021: Provost and Senior Vice-President, Monash University{{Cite web|title=Monash University appointment of Provost and Senior Vice-President|url=https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/monash-university-appointment-of-provost-and-senior-vice-president|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Monash University|language=en}}
2013-2017: Dean, Faculty of Applied Science (Engineering, Architecture, Planning, Nursing), University of British Columbia{{Cite web|date=2012-12-06|title=Marc Parlange appointed dean of Applied Science|url=https://news.ubc.ca/2012/12/06/marc-parlange-appointed-dean-of-applied-science/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=UBC News|language=en-US}}
2008-2013: Dean, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EPFL{{Cite web|title=Marc Parlange|url=https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/marc-parlange|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Monash University|language=en}}
2004-2008: Professor, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland{{Cite news|date=2004-05-13|title=Une sommité de plus nommée à l'EPFL|language=fr|work=Le Temps|url=https://www.letemps.ch/societe/une-sommite-plus-nommee-lepfl|access-date=2021-06-07|issn=1423-3967}}
1996-2004: Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University{{Cite web|title=Johns Hopkins Gazette: September 3, 1996|url=https://pages.jh.edu/gazette/julsep96/sep0396/newfac.html|access-date=2021-06-07|website=pages.jh.edu}}
1990-1996: Assistant and Associate Professor, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, and Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California Davis{{Cite web|title=Marc Parlange|url=https://honors.agu.org/winners/marc-parlange/|access-date=2021-06-08|website=Honors Program|language=en-US}}
= The Melbourne Experiment =
In March 2020, the Victorian Government announced a shutdown of non-essential venues and services to help contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus.{{Cite web|date=2020-03-21|title=Premier says without shutdown 'hospitals will be overwhelmed and more Victorians will die'|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-22/coronavirus-prompts-victorian-shutdown-of-non-essential-services/12078874|access-date=2021-08-02|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}} With the implementation of the restrictions, Parlange established the Melbourne Experiment to bring together research expertise across Monash University to monitor and analyse elements of the urban environment before, during and after the COVID-19 shutdown.{{Cite web|title=World View|url=https://www.uri.edu/magazine/issues/summer-2021/world-view/|access-date=2021-08-02|language=en-US}} Featuring more than 40 unique interdisciplinary projects, the Melbourne Experiment focused on new approaches for urban renewal in alignment with the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals to advance the capital’s recovery.{{Cite web|title=The Melbourne Experiment|url=https://www.monash.edu/research/the-melbourne-experiment|access-date=2021-08-02|website=Monash University|language=en}}
Awards, honors and societies
2020: Hydrologic Sciences Medal, American Meteorological Society (Centennial){{Cite web|title=Running to the top: Professor Marc Parlange honoured with prestigious international hydrology medal|url=https://www.monash.edu/engineering/about-us/news-events/latest-news/articles/2020/running-to-the-top-professor-marc-parlange-honoured-with-prestigious-international-hydrology-medal|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Engineering|language=en}}
2020: Fellow, American Meteorological Society{{Cite web|title=List of Fellows|url=https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/about-ams/ams-organization-and-administration/list-of-fellows/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=American Meteorological Society|language=en}}
2017: Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering{{Cite web|title=Professor Marc B. Parlange|url=https://nae.edu/165654/Professor-Marc-B-Parlange|access-date=2021-06-07|website=NAE Website}}
2017: Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering{{Cite web|title=Directory of Fellows {{!}} The Canadian Academy of Engineering|url=https://cae-acg.ca/directory/|access-date=2021-06-07|language=en-US}}
Bibliography
Bibliography available at [https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=tPOhFIoAAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar].
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