Dr. Fouad Jaber is a professor and integrated water resources management extension specialist with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. Dr. Jaber received BSc and MSc in agriculture and irrigation engineering from the American University of Beirut in 1992 and 1995. He received his Ph.D. in 2001 in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Purdue University with emphasis in Natural and Environmental Resources Engineering. Dr. Jaber worked as a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Florida from 2002 to 2007, after which he joined Texas A&M AgriLife. He has received the 2016 Standards Development Award from ASABE, the 2014 Blue Ribbon Award from The American Society for Horticultural Sciences Southern Region, and the 2011 Blue Ribbon Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.