Biography

Dr. Stefano Galelli graduated in Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in 2007 and received a Ph.D. in Information and Communication Technology from the same university in early 2011. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Engineering Systems and Design Pillar, Singapore University of Technology and Design. At SUTD, Dr. Galelli leads the Resilient Water Systems Group, which develops algorithms and software tools for the optimal operation of large-scale water resources systems. The group’s research has been recognized by the Editor’s Choice Award of Hydrology and Earth System Sciences in 2017 and the Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management’s Best Research-Oriented Paper in 2019. Dr. Galelli was awarded the Early Career Research Excellence Award (2014) by the international Environmental Modelling & Software society and the 2017 SUTD Excellence in Research Award.

Professional Experience

• Associate Professor, Pillar of Engineering Systems and Design, SUTD, June 2020 – till date.
• Assistant Professor, Pillar of Engineering Systems and Design, SUTD, June 2013 – May 2020.
• Head of the Data Assimilation and Hydroinformatics Cluster, Singapore-Delft Water Alliance, National University of Singapore, March 2012 – May 2013.
• Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Singapore-Delft Water Alliance, National University of Singapore, February 2011 – February 2012.
• Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano, January 2008 – December 2010.

Education

• PhD in Information and Communication Technology, Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy), 2011
• M.Sc. in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy), 2007
• B.Sc. in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy), 2004

Research Grants

• Principal Investigator, “Learning from Network and Process data to secure Water Distribution Systems”, National Satellite of Excellence—Design Science and Technology for Secure Critical Infrastructure, October 2019 – September 2021.
• Principal Investigator, “Linking water availability to hydropower supply—an engineering systems approach”, MoE Tier 2 Project, January 2018 – June 2021.
• Principal Investigator, “Engineered tools to control soil erosion in large watersheds”, SUTD-ZJU Research Collaboration Grant, April 2016 – March 2019.
• Co-Principal Investigator, “Advancing Security of Public Infrastructures using Resilience and Economics (ASPIRE)”, National Research Foundation, January 2015 – December 2018.
• Principal Investigator, “Climate-resilient design: using global teleconnection patterns to improve the design of water resources systems”, SUTD-MIT International Design Centre, August 2014 – September 2016.

Selected (recent) Publications

See Google Scholar profile here.

• Dang, T.D., Chowdhury, K., Galelli, S. (2020) On the representation of water reservoir storage and operations in large-scale hydrological models: implications on model parameterization and climate change impact assessments. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24, 397-416.
• Ng, J.Y., Fazlollahi, S., Galelli, S. (2020) Do design storms yield robust drainage systems? How rainfall duration, intensity, and profile can affect drainage performance. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 146(3). Selected as editor’s highlight.
• Libisch-Lehner, C.P., Nguyen, H.T.T., Taormina, R., Nachtnebel, H.P., Galelli, S. (2019) On the value of ENSO state for urban water supply system operators: opportunities, trade-offs, and challenges. Water Resources Research, 55(4), 2856-2875.
• Taormina, R., Galelli, S. (2018) A deep learning approach to the detection and localization of cyber-physical attacks on water distribution systems. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 144(10): 04018065. 2019 Best Research-Oriented Paper Award.
• Taormina, R., Galelli, S., Tippenhauer, N.O., Salomons, E., Ostfeld, A, Eliades, D. … Ohar, Z (2018). The battle of the attack detection algorithms: disclosing cyber attacks on water distribution networks. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 144(8): 04018048.
• Turner, S.W.D., Ng, J.Y., Galelli, S. (2017) Examining global electricity supply vulnerability to climate change using a high-fidelity hydropower dam model. Science of the Total Environment, 590-591, 663-675.
• Ng, J.Y., Turner, S.W.D., Galelli, S. (2017) Influence of El Niño Southern Oscillation on global hydropower production. Environmental Research Letters, 034010.
• Turner, S.W.D., Bennett, J., Robertson, D., Galelli, S. (2017) Complex relationship between seasonal streamflow forecast skill and value in reservoir operation. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21, 4841-4859. Selected as editor’s highlight.
• Taormina, R., Galelli, S., Tippenhauer, N.O., Salomon, E., Ostfeld, A. (2017) Characterising cyber-physical attacks on water distribution systems. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 143(5), 04017009.

Awards and Honours

• 2018 Best Associate Editor Award, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.
• 2017 SUTD Excellence in Research Award.
• 2015 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.
• 2015 Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Environmental Modelling & Software.
• 2014 Early Career Research Excellence Award, international Environmental Modelling & Software society.
• 2011 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Environmental Modelling & Software.
• 2008-2010 PhD Scholarship, Italian Ministry of Education, Universities, and Research.