Upmanu Lall is an Indian-American engineer and founding director of the Water Institute at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory at Arizona State University.

Prior to joining ASU in January 2024, Lall was the Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor of Engineering at Columbia University.

[citation needed] These interests led to significant contributions in nonparametric function estimation,[4] applied statistics and hydroclimatic predictability.

[8][9] Lall has been involved in policy making and science communication, including providing insight at the World Economic Forum.

[10][11] He initiated the establishment of the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, and is Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier journal Water Security.