Dominic Boccelli is a Professor and Department Head of the Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Arizona. Prior to joining the University of Arizona, Dominic was an Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati where he was the founder and director of the Interdisciplinary Water Cluster. His research is broadly focused in the area of urban water infrastructure.  More specifically, his research has emphasized drinking water distribution systems focused on real-time modeling, contamination warning systems, and water quality issues associated primarily with disinfectant dynamics and by-product formation. 

Dr. Boccelli's research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Water Research Foundation, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the Binational Science Foundation (a partnership between the US and Israel).  He and his co-author received the Best Research-Oriented Paper in the Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (2016), and he received an Endevaour Executive Fellowship (2015) in support of his sabbatical at the University of Adelaide.  He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Hydroinformatics, and the Journal of the American Water Works Association.