Fascination for water

Discussing shrimp monoculture systems with dr. Long, Tra Vinh Mekong Delta

For over 20 years I have been studying water from different angles while maturing from a curious student who is eager to learn more about irrigation, to an interdisciplinary academic who is enthusiastically teaching and studying agricultural water management. My main education and research positions over those years are shown below.

2020 – present: Assistant professor “Agricultural water management” in the Water Resources Management group, at Wageningen University

2019-2020: Agricultural expert in Mekong Delta Integrated Regional Plan, World Bank project led by Royal HaskoningDHV

2018-2020: Researcher “Water in agriculture-forest frontiers” at Freiburg University

2015-2019: Researcher “Strategic delta planning” at IHE Delft

2014-2017: Researcher and consultant “Planning and governance for water systems” at Deltares

2010-2014: PhD “Interactive knowledge development in coastal projects” at University of Twente

2004-2010: Soil, Water, Atmosphere (BSc) and Integrated Water Management (MSc) at Wageningen University