Prof. Fucang Zhang received his B.Sc. in soil science from the Beijing Agricultural University in 1985. earned, from the Northwest Agricultural University, an M.S. in Soil Physics (1993). He completed his PhD studies in Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering at the Northwest A&F University (NWAU) in 2001. From 1985 to 1992, he worked as a research and teaching assistant at the Northwest Agricultural University. From 1992 to 1997, he served as a research associate at the same affiliation. From 1997 to 2003, he moved to the Key Laboratory of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering in Arid and Semiarid Areas of the Ministry of Education and was promoted to Associate Research Professor. Now, he is a full professor. Professor Zhang is also the director of the Institute of Crop Water Demand and Regulation of the Institute of Water-Saving Agriculture in Arid Areas, a member of the Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, the vice chairman of the National Water-Fertilizer Integration Industry Alliance, and the deputy director of the Agronomy Branch of the China Agricultural Water-Saving and Rural Water Supply Technology Association. His research areas include soil water and solute transport, crop water and nutrient management in arid and semiarid areas, and crop water use and irrigation management in the arid areas of Northwest China.