Joshua H. Viers

Joshua H. Viers is currently a Professor of Water Resources Management with the School of Engineering, UC Merced, where he also works as the Associate Dean for Research and the Campus Director of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS). Since joining UC Merced, he has led campus efforts to build an experimental smart farm, to develop a joint industry-university consortium on ag-food-tech research, and to convene several universities in developing water accounting methods to secure a climate resilient water future. His research is multi-disciplinary by design, team science-based in execution, and dedicated to innovation in informatics and geospatial analysis in water and land management. He teaches environmental engineering with a focus on water resources management, geospatial analytics, and ecosystem restoration and sustainability.