Chair of the Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Department of Environmental Sciences. Ancillary activities: - Honorary Professorship, Russian State Agrarian University (RSAU, formerly MSUEE), Oct. 2009–present. - Stimulating scientific cooperation between RSAU and WU. - Member of the Advisory Board of CERNAS and ESAC, Jun. 2004–present. - Advising on the long-term strategy of the Center of Studies in Natural Resources, Environment, and Society (CERNAS) in collaboration with ESAC, Coimbra, Portugal. Expertise: Soil management, soil protection, soil degradation, soil physics, ecohydrology, international cooperation, land degradation, and land use.