A Ph.D.-level engineer specializing in watershed hydrology and management, this expert has more than 18 years of professional experience in hydrological processes, erosion and sediment processes and control, land restoration, stormwater management, post-fire rehabilitation, and climate change mitigation. He serves as a researcher, professor, consultant, and expert witness in matters involving surface hydrology, stormwater management, erosion and sediment processes and control, water quality, land restoration, climate change, water resources planning, wildfire hydrology, and arid land management.

His professional appointments include research professorships and faculty roles in civil, environmental, hydrology, and forest engineering disciplines, as well as founding and directing an international hydrology research group. His consulting experience includes watershed restoration, mine site restoration, forestry hydrology, wetland management, soil and water conservation practices, and post-fire rehabilitation projects. He has served as an editor for peer-reviewed water resources journals and as Scientific Advisor to the International Erosion Control Association. His academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, a Master of Science in Watershed Management, and a Bachelor of Science in Forest Engineering. Fluent in English and Spanish, he integrates research-based analysis with applied watershed management expertise in complex environmental matters.