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<\/figure>I am the Principal Investigator in the Hydrology group. I have a background in Environmental Engineering. I like to use quantitative approaches that combine theory, modeling and field experiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My key expertise is in water transit times, which I use to understand flow and transport processes and vegetation water sources. I have experience with hydrological modeling, solute transport in soils and catchments, tracer experiments, water stable isotope approaches. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Research interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- water age and transit times <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- solute transport in catchments<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- streamwater sampling<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- streamflow generation processes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- vegetation water sources<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- isotope ecohydrology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- weighed lysimeters \/ soil columns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Work experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
2023 – now, Assistant Professor, University of Lausanne, Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2017 – 2023, Research Scientist, Ecohydrology lab, EPFL, Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2015 – 2017, Postdoc, Ecohydrology lab, EPFL, Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
2012 – 2015, Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering and Science, supervisors: G. Botter and A. Rinaldo, University of Padova, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2013 – 2014, Research Fellow, Virginia Tech University, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2010 – 2010, Erasmus student, Wageningen University, Netherlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2005 – 2011, BS, MS, Environmental Engineering, University of Padova, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Publications <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
* indicates supervised students<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Duchemin, Q., Miazza, R., Kirchner, J. W., & Benettin<\/strong>, P. (2026). Data\u2010Driven Estimation of Time\u2010Variable Catchment Transit Time Distributions. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 62<\/em>(4), e2025WR042835. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2025WR042835<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nMiazza*, R., & Benettin<\/strong>, P. (2026). Technical note: Transit times of reactive tracers under time-variable hydrologic conditions. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences<\/em>, 30<\/em>(4), 1247\u20131260. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/hess-30-1247-2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00fcrk, H., Stumpp, C., Stockinger, M., & Benettin<\/strong>, P. (2026). Tracking Event\u2010Scale Precipitation Partitioning Reveals Comparable Roles of Event Characteristics and Seasonality in Shaping Precipitation Fate in a Forested Landscape. Hydrological Processes<\/em>, 40<\/em>(4), e70466. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.70466<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nWang, S., Miele, F., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Frutschi, M., Cattry, M., Rossi, P., Jacquemin, N., Rinaldo, A., & Bernier-Latmani, R. (2026). Spatially explicit impact of enhanced leaf litter leaching on the forest soil microbiome. Geoderma<\/em>, 468<\/em>, 117747. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geoderma.2026.117747<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Miazza*, R., & Benettin<\/strong>, P. (2025). Limits to the Estimation of Old Streamwater in Catchments Using Environmental Tracers. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 61<\/em>(11), e2025WR040718. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2025WR040718<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nDuchemin, Q., Zanoni, M. G., Floriancic, M. G., Seybold, H., Obozinski, G., Kirchner, J. W., & Benettin<\/strong>, P. (2025). Data-driven estimation of the hydrologic response using generalized additive models. Geoscientific Model Development<\/em>, 18<\/em>(22), 8663\u20138678. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/gmd-18-8663-2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBhide, S. V., Grant, S. B., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Rippy, M. A., Monofy, A., Furst, K. E., Shelton, S., Kaushal, S. S., Misra, S., Vikesland, P. J., Hotchkiss, E. R., Spiesman, A., Prelewicz, G., Schenk, T., Post, H., Alvi, D., Steglitz, B., & Husic, A. (2025). Transit times link pollution sources to drinking water quality in a \u201cOne Water\u201d system. Water Research<\/em>, 124652. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.watres.2025.124652<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nSha, M., Yu, Z., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Gentry, L. E., & Mitchell, C. A. (2025). Coupled Hydrologic and Biogeochemical Responses of Nitrate Export in a Tile-Drained Agricultural Watershed Revealed by SAS Functions and Nitrate Isotopes. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 61<\/em>(10), e2024WR039718. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2024WR039718<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nRakonjac*, N., Miazza, R., Rinaldo, A., Ritsema, C. J., & Benettin<\/strong>, P. (2025). Short water transit times determine the fate of veterinary pharmaceuticals in lowland catchments. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology<\/em>, 276<\/em>, 104704. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jconhyd.2025.104704<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBujak-Ozga, I., Von Freyberg, J., Zimmer, M., Rinaldo, A., Benettin<\/strong>, P., & Van Meerveld, I. (2025). Changes in the flowing drainage network and stream chemistry during rainfall events for two pre-Alpine catchments. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences<\/em>, 29<\/em>(11), 2339\u20132359. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/hess-29-2339-2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBenettin<\/strong>, P., Tagliavini, M., Andreotti, C., Di Villahermosa, F. S. M., Verdone, M., Dani, A., & Penna, D. (2025). Ecohydrological Dynamics and Temporal Water Origin in a European Mediterranean Vineyard. Ecohydrology<\/em>, 18<\/em>(2), e2711. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/eco.2711<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Druhan, J. L., & Benettin<\/strong>, P. (2023). Isotope Ratio \u2013 Discharge Relationships of Solutes Derived From Weathering Reactions. American Journal of Science<\/em>, 323<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2475\/001c.84469<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nRichieri, B., Bittner, D., Hartmann, A., Benettin<\/strong>, P.<\/strong>, Van Breukelen, B. M., Labat, D., & Chiogna, G. (2023). Using continuous electrical conductivity measurements to derive major solute concentrations in karst systems. Hydrological Processes<\/em>, 37<\/em>(6), e14929. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.14929<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nKirchner, J. W., Benettin<\/strong>, P., & van Meerveld, I. (2023). Instructive Surprises in the Hydrological Functioning of Landscapes. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences<\/em>, 51<\/em>(1), annurev-earth-071822-100356. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1146\/annurev-earth-071822-100356<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nMiele, F., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Wang, S., Retti, I., Asadollahi, M., Frutschi, M., Mohanty, B., Bernier\u2010Latmani, R., & Rinaldo, A. (2023). Spatially Explicit Linkages Between Redox Potential Cycles and Soil Moisture Fluctuations. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 59<\/em>(3). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022WR032328<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Benettin<\/strong>, P., Rodriguez, N. B., Sprenger, M., Kim, M., Klaus, J., Harman, C. J., van der Velde, Y., Hrachowitz, M., Botter, G., McGuire, K. J., Kirchner, J. W., Rinaldo, A., & McDonnell, J. J. (2022). Transit Time Estimation in Catchments: Recent Developments and Future Directions. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 58<\/em>(11). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022WR033096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nSprenger, M., Llorens, P., Gallart, F., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Allen, S. T., & Latron, J. (2022). Precipitation fate and transport in a Mediterranean catchment through models calibrated on plant and stream water isotope data. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences<\/em>, 26<\/em>(15), 4093\u20134107. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/hess-26-4093-2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nAsadollahi*, M., Nehemy, M. F., McDonnell, J. J., Rinaldo, A., & Benettin<\/strong>, P. (2022). Toward a Closure of Catchment Mass Balance: Insight on the Missing Link From a Vegetated Lysimeter. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 58<\/em>(4). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021WR030698<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nNehemy, M. F., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Allen, S. T., Steppe, K., Rinaldo, A., Lehmann, M. M., & McDonnell, J. J. (2022). Phloem water isotopically different to xylem water: Potential causes and implications for ecohydrological tracing. Ecohydrology<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/eco.2417<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBotter, G., Benettin<\/strong>, P., & Soulsby, C. (2022). Using water age to explore hydrological processes in contrasting environments. Hydrological Processes<\/em>, 36<\/em>(3). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.14524<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Giezendanner, J., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Durighetto, N., Botter, G., & Rinaldo, A. (2021). A Note on the Role of Seasonal Expansions and Contractions of the Flowing Fluvial Network on Metapopulation Persistence. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 57<\/em>(11). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021WR029813<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBenettin<\/strong>, P., Nehemy, M. F., Asadollahi, M., Pratt, D., Bensimon, M., McDonnell, J. J., & Rinaldo, A. (2021). Tracing and closing the water balance in a vegetated lysimeter. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 57<\/em>(4). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020WR029049<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBenettin<\/strong>, P., Nehemy, M. F., Cernusak, L. A., Kahmen, A., & McDonnell, J. J. (2021). On the use of leaf water to determine plant water source: A proof of concept. Hydrological Processes<\/em>, 35<\/em>(3). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.14073<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nLi, L., Sullivan, P. L., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Cirpka, O. A., Bishop, K., Brantley, S. L., Knapp, J. L. A., Meerveld, I., Rinaldo, A., Seibert, J., Wen, H., & Kirchner, J. W. (2021). Toward catchment hydro\u2010biogeochemical theories. WIREs Water<\/em>, 8<\/em>(1). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/wat2.1495<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nNehemy, M. F., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Asadollahi, M., Pratt, D., Rinaldo, A., & McDonnell, J. J. (2021). Tree water deficit and dynamic source water partitioning. Hydrological Processes<\/em>, 35<\/em>(1), e14004. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.14004<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n2020<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Benettin<\/strong>, P., Fovet, O., & Li, L. (2020). Nitrate removal and young stream water fractions at the catchment scale. Hydrological Processes<\/em>, 3<\/em>, hyp.13781. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.13781<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nAsadollahi*, M., Stumpp, C., Rinaldo, A., & Benettin<\/strong>, P. (2020). Transport and Water Age Dynamics in Soils: A Comparative Study of Spatially Integrated and Spatially Explicit Models. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 56<\/em>(3), 1\u201317. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2019WR025539<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nRodriguez, N. B., Benettin<\/strong>, P., & Klaus, J. (2020). Multimodal water age distributions and the challenge of complex hydrological landscapes. Hydrological Processes<\/em>, October 2019<\/em>, 1\u201318. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.13770<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n2013 – 2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Benettin<\/strong>, P., Queloz, P., Bensimon, M., McDonnell, J. J., & Rinaldo, A. (2019). Velocities, residence times, tracer breakthroughs in a vegetated lysimeter: A multitracer experiment. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 55<\/em>(1), 21\u201333. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2018WR023894<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nSprenger, M., Stumpp, C., Weiler, M., Aeschbach, W., Allen, S. T., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Dubbert, M., Hartmann, A., Hrachowitz, M., Kirchner, J. W., McDonnell, J. J., Orlowski, N., Penna, D., Pfahl, S., Rinderer, M., Rodriguez, N., Schmidt, M., & Werner, C. (2019). The demographics of water: A review of water ages in the critical zone. Reviews of Geophysics<\/em>, 2018RG000633. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2018RG000633<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPenna, D., Hopp, L., Scandellari, F., Allen, S. T., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Beyer, M., Geris, J., Klaus, J., Marshall, J. D., Schwendenmann, L., Volkmann, T. H. M., von Freyberg, J., Amin, A., Ceperley, N., Engel, M., Frentress, J., Giambastiani, Y., McDonnell, J. J., Zuecco, G., \u2026 Kirchner, J. W. (2018). Ideas and perspectives: Tracing terrestrial ecosystem water fluxes using hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes \u2013 challenges and opportunities from an interdisciplinary perspective. Biogeosciences<\/em>, 15<\/em>(21), 6399\u20136415. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/bg-15-6399-2018<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBenettin<\/strong>, P., Volkmann, T. H. M., von Freyberg, J., Frentress, J., Penna, D., Dawson, T. E., & Kirchner, J. W. (2018). Effects of climatic seasonality on the isotopic composition of evaporating soil waters. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences<\/em>, 22<\/em>(5), 2881\u20132890. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/hess-22-2881-2018<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBenettin<\/strong>, P., & Bertuzzo, E. (2018). tran-SAS v1.0: A numerical model to compute catchment-scale hydrologic transport using StorAge Selection functions. Geoscientific Model Development<\/em>, 11<\/em>(4), 1627\u20131639. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/gmd-11-1627-2018<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBenettin<\/strong>, P., & van Breukelen, B. M. (2017). Decomposing the Bulk Electrical Conductivity of Streamflow To Recover Individual Solute Concentrations at High Frequency. Environmental Science & Technology Letters<\/em>, 4<\/em>(12), 518\u2013522. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.estlett.7b00472<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBenettin<\/strong>, P., Bailey, S. W., Rinaldo, A., Likens, G. E., McGuire, K. J., & Botter, G. (2017). Young runoff fractions control streamwater age and solute concentration dynamics. Hydrological Processes<\/em>, 31<\/em>(16), 2982\u20132986. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.11243<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBenettin<\/strong>, P., Soulsby, C., Birkel, C., Tetzlaff, D., Botter, G., & Rinaldo, A. (2017). Using SAS functions and high-resolution isotope data to unravel travel time distributions in headwater catchments. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 53<\/em>(3), 1864\u20131878. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2016WR020117<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nHrachowitz, M., Benettin<\/strong>, P., van Breukelen, B. M., Fovet, O., Howden, N. J. K., Ruiz, L., van der Velde, Y., & Wade, A. J. (2016). Transit times-the link between hydrology and water quality at the catchment scale. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water<\/em>, 3<\/em>(5), 629\u2013657. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/wat2.1155<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nRinaldo, A., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Harman, C. J., Hrachowitz, M., McGuire, K. J., van der Velde, Y., Bertuzzo, E., & Botter, G. (2016). Reply to comment by Porporato and Calabrese on \u201cStorage selection functions: A coherent framework for quantifying how catchments store and release water and solutes\u201d. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 52<\/em>(1), 616\u2013618. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2015WR018045<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBenettin<\/strong>, P., Rinaldo, A., & Botter, G. (2015). Tracking residence times in hydrological systems: Forward and backward formulations. Hydrological Processes<\/em>, 29<\/em>(25), 5203\u20135213. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.10513<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBenettin<\/strong>, P., Bailey, S. W., Campbell, J. L., Green, M. B., Rinaldo, A., Likens, G. E., McGuire, K. J., & Botter, G. (2015). Linking water age and solute dynamics in streamflow at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, NH, USA. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 51<\/em>(11), 9256\u20139272. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2015WR017552<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nRinaldo, A., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Harman, C. J., Hrachowitz, M., McGuire, K. J., van der Velde, Y., Bertuzzo, E., & Botter, G. (2015). Storage selection functions: A coherent framework for quantifying how catchments store and release water and solutes. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 51<\/em>(6), 4840\u20134847. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2015WR017273<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBenettin<\/strong>, P., Kirchner, J. W., Rinaldo, A., & Botter, G. (2015). Modeling chloride transport using travel time distributions at Plynlimon, Wales. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 51<\/em>(5), 3259\u20133276. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2014WR016600<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nQueloz, P., Carraro, L., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Botter, G., Rinaldo, A., & Bertuzzo, E. (2015). Transport of fluorobenzoate tracers in a vegetated hydrologic control volume: 2. Theoretical inferences and modeling. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 51<\/em>(4), 2793\u20132806. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2014WR016508<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBenettin<\/strong>, P., Rinaldo, A., & Botter, G. (2013). Kinematics of age mixing in advection-dispersion models. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 49<\/em>(12), Article 12. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2013WR014708<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBenettin<\/strong>, P., Van Der Velde, Y., Van Der Zee, S. E. A. T. M., Rinaldo, A., & Botter, G. (2013). Chloride circulation in a lowland catchment and the formulation of transport by travel time distributions. 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Work experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
2023 – now, Assistant Professor, University of Lausanne, Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2017 – 2023, Research Scientist, Ecohydrology lab, EPFL, Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2015 – 2017, Postdoc, Ecohydrology lab, EPFL, Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
2012 – 2015, Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering and Science, supervisors: G. Botter and A. Rinaldo, University of Padova, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2013 – 2014, Research Fellow, Virginia Tech University, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2010 – 2010, Erasmus student, Wageningen University, Netherlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2005 – 2011, BS, MS, Environmental Engineering, University of Padova, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Publications <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
* indicates supervised students<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Duchemin, Q., Miazza, R., Kirchner, J. W., & Benettin<\/strong>, P. (2026). Data\u2010Driven Estimation of Time\u2010Variable Catchment Transit Time Distributions. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 62<\/em>(4), e2025WR042835. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2025WR042835<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Miazza*, R., & Benettin<\/strong>, P. (2026). Technical note: Transit times of reactive tracers under time-variable hydrologic conditions. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences<\/em>, 30<\/em>(4), 1247\u20131260. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/hess-30-1247-2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n T\u00fcrk, H., Stumpp, C., Stockinger, M., & Benettin<\/strong>, P. (2026). Tracking Event\u2010Scale Precipitation Partitioning Reveals Comparable Roles of Event Characteristics and Seasonality in Shaping Precipitation Fate in a Forested Landscape. Hydrological Processes<\/em>, 40<\/em>(4), e70466. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.70466<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Wang, S., Miele, F., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Frutschi, M., Cattry, M., Rossi, P., Jacquemin, N., Rinaldo, A., & Bernier-Latmani, R. (2026). Spatially explicit impact of enhanced leaf litter leaching on the forest soil microbiome. Geoderma<\/em>, 468<\/em>, 117747. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geoderma.2026.117747<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Miazza*, R., & Benettin<\/strong>, P. (2025). Limits to the Estimation of Old Streamwater in Catchments Using Environmental Tracers. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 61<\/em>(11), e2025WR040718. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2025WR040718<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Duchemin, Q., Zanoni, M. G., Floriancic, M. G., Seybold, H., Obozinski, G., Kirchner, J. W., & Benettin<\/strong>, P. (2025). Data-driven estimation of the hydrologic response using generalized additive models. Geoscientific Model Development<\/em>, 18<\/em>(22), 8663\u20138678. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/gmd-18-8663-2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bhide, S. V., Grant, S. B., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Rippy, M. A., Monofy, A., Furst, K. E., Shelton, S., Kaushal, S. S., Misra, S., Vikesland, P. J., Hotchkiss, E. R., Spiesman, A., Prelewicz, G., Schenk, T., Post, H., Alvi, D., Steglitz, B., & Husic, A. (2025). Transit times link pollution sources to drinking water quality in a \u201cOne Water\u201d system. Water Research<\/em>, 124652. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.watres.2025.124652<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sha, M., Yu, Z., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Gentry, L. E., & Mitchell, C. A. (2025). Coupled Hydrologic and Biogeochemical Responses of Nitrate Export in a Tile-Drained Agricultural Watershed Revealed by SAS Functions and Nitrate Isotopes. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 61<\/em>(10), e2024WR039718. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2024WR039718<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rakonjac*, N., Miazza, R., Rinaldo, A., Ritsema, C. J., & Benettin<\/strong>, P. (2025). Short water transit times determine the fate of veterinary pharmaceuticals in lowland catchments. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology<\/em>, 276<\/em>, 104704. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jconhyd.2025.104704<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bujak-Ozga, I., Von Freyberg, J., Zimmer, M., Rinaldo, A., Benettin<\/strong>, P., & Van Meerveld, I. (2025). Changes in the flowing drainage network and stream chemistry during rainfall events for two pre-Alpine catchments. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences<\/em>, 29<\/em>(11), 2339\u20132359. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/hess-29-2339-2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Benettin<\/strong>, P., Tagliavini, M., Andreotti, C., Di Villahermosa, F. S. M., Verdone, M., Dani, A., & Penna, D. (2025). Ecohydrological Dynamics and Temporal Water Origin in a European Mediterranean Vineyard. Ecohydrology<\/em>, 18<\/em>(2), e2711. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/eco.2711<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Druhan, J. L., & Benettin<\/strong>, P. (2023). Isotope Ratio \u2013 Discharge Relationships of Solutes Derived From Weathering Reactions. American Journal of Science<\/em>, 323<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2475\/001c.84469<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Richieri, B., Bittner, D., Hartmann, A., Benettin<\/strong>, P.<\/strong>, Van Breukelen, B. M., Labat, D., & Chiogna, G. (2023). Using continuous electrical conductivity measurements to derive major solute concentrations in karst systems. Hydrological Processes<\/em>, 37<\/em>(6), e14929. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.14929<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Kirchner, J. W., Benettin<\/strong>, P., & van Meerveld, I. (2023). Instructive Surprises in the Hydrological Functioning of Landscapes. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences<\/em>, 51<\/em>(1), annurev-earth-071822-100356. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1146\/annurev-earth-071822-100356<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Miele, F., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Wang, S., Retti, I., Asadollahi, M., Frutschi, M., Mohanty, B., Bernier\u2010Latmani, R., & Rinaldo, A. (2023). Spatially Explicit Linkages Between Redox Potential Cycles and Soil Moisture Fluctuations. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 59<\/em>(3). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022WR032328<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Benettin<\/strong>, P., Rodriguez, N. B., Sprenger, M., Kim, M., Klaus, J., Harman, C. J., van der Velde, Y., Hrachowitz, M., Botter, G., McGuire, K. J., Kirchner, J. W., Rinaldo, A., & McDonnell, J. J. (2022). Transit Time Estimation in Catchments: Recent Developments and Future Directions. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 58<\/em>(11). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022WR033096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sprenger, M., Llorens, P., Gallart, F., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Allen, S. T., & Latron, J. (2022). Precipitation fate and transport in a Mediterranean catchment through models calibrated on plant and stream water isotope data. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences<\/em>, 26<\/em>(15), 4093\u20134107. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/hess-26-4093-2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Asadollahi*, M., Nehemy, M. F., McDonnell, J. J., Rinaldo, A., & Benettin<\/strong>, P. (2022). Toward a Closure of Catchment Mass Balance: Insight on the Missing Link From a Vegetated Lysimeter. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 58<\/em>(4). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021WR030698<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nehemy, M. F., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Allen, S. T., Steppe, K., Rinaldo, A., Lehmann, M. M., & McDonnell, J. J. (2022). Phloem water isotopically different to xylem water: Potential causes and implications for ecohydrological tracing. Ecohydrology<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/eco.2417<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Botter, G., Benettin<\/strong>, P., & Soulsby, C. (2022). Using water age to explore hydrological processes in contrasting environments. Hydrological Processes<\/em>, 36<\/em>(3). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.14524<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Giezendanner, J., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Durighetto, N., Botter, G., & Rinaldo, A. (2021). A Note on the Role of Seasonal Expansions and Contractions of the Flowing Fluvial Network on Metapopulation Persistence. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 57<\/em>(11). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021WR029813<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Benettin<\/strong>, P., Nehemy, M. F., Asadollahi, M., Pratt, D., Bensimon, M., McDonnell, J. J., & Rinaldo, A. (2021). Tracing and closing the water balance in a vegetated lysimeter. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 57<\/em>(4). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020WR029049<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Benettin<\/strong>, P., Nehemy, M. F., Cernusak, L. A., Kahmen, A., & McDonnell, J. J. (2021). On the use of leaf water to determine plant water source: A proof of concept. Hydrological Processes<\/em>, 35<\/em>(3). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.14073<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Li, L., Sullivan, P. L., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Cirpka, O. A., Bishop, K., Brantley, S. L., Knapp, J. L. A., Meerveld, I., Rinaldo, A., Seibert, J., Wen, H., & Kirchner, J. W. (2021). Toward catchment hydro\u2010biogeochemical theories. WIREs Water<\/em>, 8<\/em>(1). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/wat2.1495<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nehemy, M. F., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Asadollahi, M., Pratt, D., Rinaldo, A., & McDonnell, J. J. (2021). Tree water deficit and dynamic source water partitioning. Hydrological Processes<\/em>, 35<\/em>(1), e14004. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.14004<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Benettin<\/strong>, P., Fovet, O., & Li, L. (2020). Nitrate removal and young stream water fractions at the catchment scale. Hydrological Processes<\/em>, 3<\/em>, hyp.13781. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.13781<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Asadollahi*, M., Stumpp, C., Rinaldo, A., & Benettin<\/strong>, P. (2020). Transport and Water Age Dynamics in Soils: A Comparative Study of Spatially Integrated and Spatially Explicit Models. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 56<\/em>(3), 1\u201317. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2019WR025539<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rodriguez, N. B., Benettin<\/strong>, P., & Klaus, J. (2020). Multimodal water age distributions and the challenge of complex hydrological landscapes. Hydrological Processes<\/em>, October 2019<\/em>, 1\u201318. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.13770<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Benettin<\/strong>, P., Queloz, P., Bensimon, M., McDonnell, J. J., & Rinaldo, A. (2019). Velocities, residence times, tracer breakthroughs in a vegetated lysimeter: A multitracer experiment. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 55<\/em>(1), 21\u201333. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2018WR023894<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sprenger, M., Stumpp, C., Weiler, M., Aeschbach, W., Allen, S. T., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Dubbert, M., Hartmann, A., Hrachowitz, M., Kirchner, J. W., McDonnell, J. J., Orlowski, N., Penna, D., Pfahl, S., Rinderer, M., Rodriguez, N., Schmidt, M., & Werner, C. (2019). The demographics of water: A review of water ages in the critical zone. Reviews of Geophysics<\/em>, 2018RG000633. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2018RG000633<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Penna, D., Hopp, L., Scandellari, F., Allen, S. T., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Beyer, M., Geris, J., Klaus, J., Marshall, J. D., Schwendenmann, L., Volkmann, T. H. M., von Freyberg, J., Amin, A., Ceperley, N., Engel, M., Frentress, J., Giambastiani, Y., McDonnell, J. J., Zuecco, G., \u2026 Kirchner, J. W. (2018). Ideas and perspectives: Tracing terrestrial ecosystem water fluxes using hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes \u2013 challenges and opportunities from an interdisciplinary perspective. Biogeosciences<\/em>, 15<\/em>(21), 6399\u20136415. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/bg-15-6399-2018<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Benettin<\/strong>, P., Volkmann, T. H. M., von Freyberg, J., Frentress, J., Penna, D., Dawson, T. E., & Kirchner, J. W. (2018). Effects of climatic seasonality on the isotopic composition of evaporating soil waters. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences<\/em>, 22<\/em>(5), 2881\u20132890. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/hess-22-2881-2018<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Benettin<\/strong>, P., & Bertuzzo, E. (2018). tran-SAS v1.0: A numerical model to compute catchment-scale hydrologic transport using StorAge Selection functions. Geoscientific Model Development<\/em>, 11<\/em>(4), 1627\u20131639. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/gmd-11-1627-2018<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Benettin<\/strong>, P., & van Breukelen, B. M. (2017). Decomposing the Bulk Electrical Conductivity of Streamflow To Recover Individual Solute Concentrations at High Frequency. Environmental Science & Technology Letters<\/em>, 4<\/em>(12), 518\u2013522. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.estlett.7b00472<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Benettin<\/strong>, P., Bailey, S. W., Rinaldo, A., Likens, G. E., McGuire, K. J., & Botter, G. (2017). Young runoff fractions control streamwater age and solute concentration dynamics. Hydrological Processes<\/em>, 31<\/em>(16), 2982\u20132986. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.11243<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Benettin<\/strong>, P., Soulsby, C., Birkel, C., Tetzlaff, D., Botter, G., & Rinaldo, A. (2017). Using SAS functions and high-resolution isotope data to unravel travel time distributions in headwater catchments. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 53<\/em>(3), 1864\u20131878. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2016WR020117<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hrachowitz, M., Benettin<\/strong>, P., van Breukelen, B. M., Fovet, O., Howden, N. J. K., Ruiz, L., van der Velde, Y., & Wade, A. J. (2016). Transit times-the link between hydrology and water quality at the catchment scale. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water<\/em>, 3<\/em>(5), 629\u2013657. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/wat2.1155<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rinaldo, A., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Harman, C. J., Hrachowitz, M., McGuire, K. J., van der Velde, Y., Bertuzzo, E., & Botter, G. (2016). Reply to comment by Porporato and Calabrese on \u201cStorage selection functions: A coherent framework for quantifying how catchments store and release water and solutes\u201d. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 52<\/em>(1), 616\u2013618. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2015WR018045<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Benettin<\/strong>, P., Rinaldo, A., & Botter, G. (2015). Tracking residence times in hydrological systems: Forward and backward formulations. Hydrological Processes<\/em>, 29<\/em>(25), 5203\u20135213. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.10513<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Benettin<\/strong>, P., Bailey, S. W., Campbell, J. L., Green, M. B., Rinaldo, A., Likens, G. E., McGuire, K. J., & Botter, G. (2015). Linking water age and solute dynamics in streamflow at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, NH, USA. Water Resources Research<\/em>, 51<\/em>(11), 9256\u20139272. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2015WR017552<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rinaldo, A., Benettin<\/strong>, P., Harman, C. J., Hrachowitz, M., McGuire, K. 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