The AquaCrop Extended Core Group is composed of the internationally recognized experts in the fields of crop physiology, agriculture and water management:

Gabrielle J. M. de Lannoy

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Soil and Water Management Division

KU Leuven University, Belgium

Elias Fereres

President of the “Real Academia de Ingenierìa”

Madrid, Spain

Tim Foster

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Water-Food Security

Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

University of Manchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Margarita Garcia-Vila

Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (IAS), CSIC

Cordoba, Spain

Lee Heng

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition Section

Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture

Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications

Vienna, Austria

Theodore C. Hsiao

Professor Emeritus

Department of Land, Air and Water Resources

University of California, Davis

Davis, United States of America

Dirk Raes

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Division of Soil and Water Management

KU Leuven University, Belgium

Maher Salman

Senior Land and Water Officer

Land and Water Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Rome, Italy

Pasquale Steduto

Former Chief

Land and Water Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Rome, Italy

Joost Wellens

Associate Professor - Water, Soil & Plant Exchanges - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech

IWRM Team leader - Water, Environment & Development - Arlon Environmental Campus

University of Liège, Belgium