Prof. Rafal Wawer, Professor, inventor and policy analyst. ICT, smart irrigation, water management, soil, space.

About

25+ R&D&I experience at the junction of agriculture, environment and ICT:

ICT-driven precision irrigation: ENORASIS, Aquastatus, AquaPlant DSS for preciison irrigaiton using sensor network, remote sensing and AI
Country-level water management in farming - inspiring and co-piloting Local Water Partnership reform in Poland.
adaptaiton to climate change: numerous publications on catchment modelling. Developing adaptation of agriculture to climate change for the Rep. of Belarus in 2017. NAtional planning.
Policy support and evaluation - CAP 2014-2025
Dozens of publicaitons and projects i.a. Soil Mission, Europenan Commission contracts

I am interested in adapting water management at farm, landscape and catchment level to changing climate using ICT.

Founder of 3 enterprizes, coach for innovation, expert in UNEP/GRIS Climate Leadership

Education: PhD

Seniority: Manager, Director, Professor

Years of experience: 20 years or above

PostDoc
R&D in GHG emissions, WebGIS development
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
2004-10 - 2005-07
senior researcher
soil science, soil erosion, watershed modelling
Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation - State Research Institute
2003-04 - 2007-08
project manager, assistant professor
Managing CASCADOSS project, R&D in projects: SPATIALIST, NAtureSDIplus, NESIS, INSPIRE SoP2011.
Spatial Appliacaitons Division Leuven, KULeuven R&D
2007-09 - 2010-03
R&D Manager
Managing R&D in FoodPass project.
AgriSolutions
2021-09 - Present
Assistant Professor
Research in soil scicnce. R&D in irrigaiton, watersched modelling, adaptation to climate change, ICT in agriculture, DSS
Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation - State Research Institute
2010-05 - 2019-03
Professor
Professor in soil science, water management, ICT in Agriculture
Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation - State Research Institute
2019-04 - Present