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[1] and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[2] and an Elected Fellow of the American Meteorological Society.
[3] In 2019 she was elected to the National Academy of Engineering[4] for "contributions to understanding and prediction of precipitation dynamics and flood hazards in mountainous terrains".
[6] She earned her diploma in civil engineering at University of Porto in 1985 and an M.Sc.
[1] Her interests are hydrology and precipitation such as rainfall's effect on mountains and ground.
[1] Her highest cited paper is "Decoupling of erosion and precipitation in the Himalayas", which has been referenced over 500 times, according to Google Scholar.