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Academic Degrees:
Ph.D. 1975 Soil Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA
M.S. 1971 Irrigation and Drainage, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
B.S. 1968 Irrigation and Drainage, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Positions:
2008-present Visiting Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, COPPE/LTTC, Federal University of
Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2003-2008 Senior Scientist, U.S. Salinity Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Riverside, CA, USA
1986-2003 Supervisory Soil Scientist & Research Leader, USDA ARS, U.S. Salinity Laboratory, Riverside, CA
2005-present Professional Research Scientist, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of
California, Riverside, CA
1995-1996 Guest Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland
1987-2005 Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Univ. of California, Riverside
1986-1987 Visiting Scientist, Institut National de la Rechèrche Agronomique, INRA, Montfavet, France
1978-1986 Assistant, Associate and Full Research Soil Scientist, Department of Soil and Environmental
Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA
1975-1978 Research Staff Member, Water Resources Program, Department of Civil Engineering,
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1971-1974 Research Assistant in Soil Physics, Department of Agronomy, New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM
1968-1969 Assistant Hydrologist, Ministère d'État Chargé de l'Agriculture, MAER, Maintirano, Madagascar
Professional Affiliations:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Geophysical Union
American Society of Agronomy
International Society of Ecological Modeling
International Union of Soil Science
Soil Science Society of America
International Association of Hydrological Sciences
Selected Professional Activities:
Associate Editor (1984-1990) and Deputy Editor (1998-2000), Water Resources Research, AGU
Member Editorial Advisory Board, Modelling of Geo Biosphere Processes (1990 1994)
Consulting Editor, Soil Science (1993-present)
Member Editorial Advisory Board, Ecological Modeling (1995-2000)
Member Editorial Board, Advances in Water Resources (1995-present)
Member Editorial Board, J. Hydrology and Hydromechanics, Bratislava (1996-present)
Associate Editor, J. Contaminant Hydrology (1996-present)
Associate Editor, Nordic Hydrology (2003-present)
Founding Editor, Vadose Zone Journal (2001-2006)
Consulting Editor, Vadose Zone Journal (2007-present)
Editor, U.S. National Report (Hydrology Section) to the International Union of Geodesy and
Geophysics, 1987 1990 (1991)
Member Editorial Committee of Drainage Monograph, Am. Soc. of Agronomy (1990 1995)
Member Unsaturated Zone Committee, American Geophysical Union (1984 1988)
Member American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Task Committee on Test Cases for
Evaluation of Numerical Surface Water Contaminant Transport Models (1984 1990)
Member Western Regional Technical Committees W-155, W-188 and W1188 (1978-present)
Member Graduate Program Admissions and Review Committee, University of California, Riverside
(1987 1992)
Member International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) Committee on Atmosphere
Soil Vegetation Relations (1988 1993)
Member Kearny Foundation Technical Committee, University of California (1990 1995)
Member International Scientific Advisory Committee, International Conferences on Groundwater
Pollution, Southampton, England (1991-present)
Member (1990-1991) and Chair (1991-1992), A447 Environmental Quality Research Award
Committee, American Society of Agronomy
Member or Chair of the Don and Betty Kirkham Soil Physics Award Committee, Soil Science
Society of America (1999-2002)
Member Hydrology Section Fellows Nomination Committee, (1992-94; 2001-2004), Water Resources Research,
Editor Search Committee (1992), Water Resources Research Direction and Review Committee (1991-1992),
Robert E. Horton Medal Nomination Committee (1994-1996), American Geophysical Union.
SSSA representative to the American Geophysical Union (1991 1996)
Chair, SSSA Feasibility Committee for new Vadose Zone Hydrology Journal (1992-1996)
Member, Division Review Committee, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory
(1997-2004)
Member Executive Committee and Chair of Physical Processes Work Group of INEEL/DOE Complex-Wide
Vadose Science and Technology Roadmap (2000-2001)
Selected Honors/Awards:
Honorary Citizen, Las Cruces, NM (1974)
Sigma Xi (1974), Phi Kappa Phi (1976), Gamma Sigma Delta (1990)
Certified Professional Hydrologist (invited), American Institute of Hydrology
Elected Chair, Soil Physics (S 1) Division, Soil Science Society of America (1989)
Fellow, Soil Science Society of America, SSSA (1988)
Fellow, American Society of Agronomy, ASA (1991)
Fellow, American Geophysical Union, AGU (1992)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, AAAS (2003)
Soil Science Research Award, Soil Science Society of America (1996)
Outstanding Senior Research Scientist of the Year, USDA, ARS (1996)
Don and Betty Kirkham Soil Physics Award, Soil Science Society of America (1998)
Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering, Institute for Scientific Information, ISI (2001)
Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer (2001)
Technology Transfer Award, USDA, Agricultural Research Service (2001)
Honorary Doctorate Degree, University of Hannover, Germany (2004)
Dionys Štur Medal of Honor for Outstanding Achievements in the Natural Sciences, Slovak
Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia (2005)
Research Interests:
Water flow and solute transport in variably-saturated soil and groundwater systems; analytical and numerical methods for
simulating water and solute movement in the subsurface; characterization and measurement of the hydraulic properties
of unsaturated porous media; use of inverse methods for estimating unsaturated zone flow and transport parameters;
crop salt tolerance; root water uptake; reclamation of salt-affected soils; preferential flow of water and solutes in
structured media; pesticide transport; nonequilibrium chemical transport; computer software development; technology
transfer.
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Academic Degrees:
Ph.D. 1975 Soil Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA
M.S. 1971 Irrigation and Drainage, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
B.S. 1968 Irrigation and Drainage, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Positions:
2008-present Visiting Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, COPPE/LTTC, Federal University of
Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2003-2008 Senior Scientist, U.S. Salinity Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Riverside, CA, USA
1986-2003 Supervisory Soil Scientist & Research Leader, USDA ARS, U.S. Salinity Laboratory, Riverside, CA
2005-present Professional Research Scientist, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of
California, Riverside, CA
1995-1996 Guest Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland
1987-2005 Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Univ. of California, Riverside
1986-1987 Visiting Scientist, Institut National de la Rechèrche Agronomique, INRA, Montfavet, France
1978-1986 Assistant, Associate and Full Research Soil Scientist, Department of Soil and Environmental
Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA
1975-1978 Research Staff Member, Water Resources Program, Department of Civil Engineering,
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1971-1974 Research Assistant in Soil Physics, Department of Agronomy, New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM
1968-1969 Assistant Hydrologist, Ministère d'État Chargé de l'Agriculture, MAER, Maintirano, Madagascar
Professional Affiliations:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Geophysical Union
American Society of Agronomy
International Society of Ecological Modeling
International Union of Soil Science
Soil Science Society of America
International Association of Hydrological Sciences
Selected Professional Activities:
Associate Editor (1984-1990) and Deputy Editor (1998-2000), Water Resources Research, AGU
Member Editorial Advisory Board, Modelling of Geo Biosphere Processes (1990 1994)
Consulting Editor, Soil Science (1993-present)
Member Editorial Advisory Board, Ecological Modeling (1995-2000)
Member Editorial Board, Advances in Water Resources (1995-present)
Member Editorial Board, J. Hydrology and Hydromechanics, Bratislava (1996-present)
Associate Editor, J. Contaminant Hydrology (1996-present)
Associate Editor, Nordic Hydrology (2003-present)
Founding Editor, Vadose Zone Journal (2001-2006)
Consulting Editor, Vadose Zone Journal (2007-present)
Editor, U.S. National Report (Hydrology Section) to the International Union of Geodesy and
Geophysics, 1987 1990 (1991)
Member Editorial Committee of Drainage Monograph, Am. Soc. of Agronomy (1990 1995)
Member Unsaturated Zone Committee, American Geophysical Union (1984 1988)
Member American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Task Committee on Test Cases for
Evaluation of Numerical Surface Water Contaminant Transport Models (1984 1990)
Member Western Regional Technical Committees W-155, W-188 and W1188 (1978-present)
Member Graduate Program Admissions and Review Committee, University of California, Riverside
(1987 1992)
Member International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) Committee on Atmosphere
Soil Vegetation Relations (1988 1993)
Member Kearny Foundation Technical Committee, University of California (1990 1995)
Member International Scientific Advisory Committee, International Conferences on Groundwater
Pollution, Southampton, England (1991-present)
Member (1990-1991) and Chair (1991-1992), A447 Environmental Quality Research Award
Committee, American Society of Agronomy
Member or Chair of the Don and Betty Kirkham Soil Physics Award Committee, Soil Science
Society of America (1999-2002)
Member Hydrology Section Fellows Nomination Committee, (1992-94; 2001-2004), Water Resources Research,
Editor Search Committee (1992), Water Resources Research Direction and Review Committee (1991-1992),
Robert E. Horton Medal Nomination Committee (1994-1996), American Geophysical Union.
SSSA representative to the American Geophysical Union (1991 1996)
Chair, SSSA Feasibility Committee for new Vadose Zone Hydrology Journal (1992-1996)
Member, Division Review Committee, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory
(1997-2004)
Member Executive Committee and Chair of Physical Processes Work Group of INEEL/DOE Complex-Wide
Vadose Science and Technology Roadmap (2000-2001)
Selected Honors/Awards:
Honorary Citizen, Las Cruces, NM (1974)
Sigma Xi (1974), Phi Kappa Phi (1976), Gamma Sigma Delta (1990)
Certified Professional Hydrologist (invited), American Institute of Hydrology
Elected Chair, Soil Physics (S 1) Division, Soil Science Society of America (1989)
Fellow, Soil Science Society of America, SSSA (1988)
Fellow, American Society of Agronomy, ASA (1991)
Fellow, American Geophysical Union, AGU (1992)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, AAAS (2003)
Soil Science Research Award, Soil Science Society of America (1996)
Outstanding Senior Research Scientist of the Year, USDA, ARS (1996)
Don and Betty Kirkham Soil Physics Award, Soil Science Society of America (1998)
Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering, Institute for Scientific Information, ISI (2001)
Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer (2001)
Technology Transfer Award, USDA, Agricultural Research Service (2001)
Honorary Doctorate Degree, University of Hannover, Germany (2004)
Dionys Štur Medal of Honor for Outstanding Achievements in the Natural Sciences, Slovak
Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia (2005)
Research Interests:
Water flow and solute transport in variably-saturated soil and groundwater systems; analytical and numerical methods for
simulating water and solute movement in the subsurface; characterization and measurement of the hydraulic properties
of unsaturated porous media; use of inverse methods for estimating unsaturated zone flow and transport parameters;
crop salt tolerance; root water uptake; reclamation of salt-affected soils; preferential flow of water and solutes in
structured media; pesticide transport; nonequilibrium chemical transport; computer software development; technology
transfer.
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