Prof. Alistair Clulow is an associate professor in agrometeorology at the Agriculture Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has a Ph.D. in hydrology, an MSc. in Agrometeorology, a BSc. (honors) in Hydrology, and a BSc. in Hydrology and Soils. He has managed a dairy farm and a trout hatchery and has worked as a process manager for an aerial photography company. He returned to Hydrology via a small consulting firm for a year, after which he spent seven years with the CSIR, first as a field technician, and then after the completion of his MSc., as a researcher in land-use hydrology. UKZN offered an opportunity to complete a Ph.D. in the water use of indigenous vegetation of the Maputaland Coastal Plain, during which he was appointed as a lecturer in Agrometeorology. His research interests include sap flow, soil water, and stomatal conductance.