Demetrius David da Silva is a Full Professor of the Department of Agricultural Engineering of the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Brazil, and a Research Productivity Fellow of Cnpq with a BSc in Agronomy (1987), master’s degree (1990) and Ph.D. (1994) in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal University of Viçosa. He was the President of the Federal University of Viçosa - UFV (2019–2023). He has experience in the area of Agricultural Engineering, with an emphasis on Planning and Management of Water Resources, and Soil and Water Conservation, working mainly on the following topics: water resources management, ecohydrological modeling, surface runoff, water erosion, and modeling.