Jan W. Hopmans is Professor of Vadose Zone Hydrology at the University
of California, Davis. His research and teaching focuses on soil
hydrology, irrigation water and nutrient management, and climate change
impacts on California hydrology. He has about 200 peer-reviewed
publications in soil science and water resources journals. He is Fellow
of the Soil Science Society of America, the American Geophysical Union,
and the American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He
was Chair of the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources and Chief
Editor of Vadose Zone Journal. Since 2009, he has served as Associate
Dean for the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES),
being Director of the CAES International Programs since 2015. He was the
2014 President of the Soil Science Society of America. He was Interim
Associate Vice Provost of Global Affairs in 2015 and served as the
Interim Director of the UC Davis World Food Center in 2016. Since July
2018, he has retired from the University of California.
