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Dennis Wichelns Visiting Professor and Director, Institute of Water Policy Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University of Singapore 469C Bukit Timah Road Singapore 259772 DID: (65) 6516 2087 Email: Dennis Wichelns — CV Profile: Dennis Wichelns is an agricultural and natural resource economist. Dennis obtained his undergraduate degree in Horticulture from the University of Maryland, where he served later as Manager of the University's Plant Research Farm. After obtaining a Master's Degree in Agricultural Economics from the Univ. of Maryland, Dennis undertook his doctoral research at the University of California, Davis, where he received his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics. Dennis has served in teaching and research positions at the University of Rhode Island, California State University in Fresno, and Hanover College in southern Indiana. He has served also as Chief Economist with the California Water Institute, as Executive Director of the Rivers Institute at Hanover College, and as Dean of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Northwest. Most recently, Dennis has served as Principal Economist and Senior Fellow with the International Water Management Institute, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. While in that position, he has worked closely with many international colleagues on a wide range of research projects involving water resources, agriculture, poverty, and livelihoods in several countries across Africa and Asia. Throughout his career, Dennis has worked as a consultant with several international organizations, with assignments ranging from a few weeks to several months, on location in a variety of developing countries. In addition, he has served for many years as one of the Editors in Chief of Agricultural Water Management, and he will serve as the founding Editor in Chief of the new journal, Water Resources and Rural Development, which will be launched by Elsevier during the 2012 edition of the Stockholm International Water Week.