Anne Verhoef

Professor of Soil Physics and Micrometeorology in the School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Sciences (SAGES), University of Reading

Anne Verhoef is Professor of Environmental Physics at the University of Reading, UK. She researches the interactions and feedbacks in the soil-vegetation-atmosphere system, under a range of drivers and pressures, and as a result of interventions relating to Nature-based Solutions. She has strong expertise and a broad interest in Environmental Sciences, including Soil Science, Meteorology, Hydrology, Plant Physiology & Ecology and Remote Sensing. She has extensive expertise in Land Surface Modelling (LSM) and experimental campaigns relating to water, heat, and gas transfer in soils, as well as to the land surface water-, energy- and carbon balance. She has a strong interest in the synergistic use of LSM, field observations and remote sensing data. Over the years, she has built up a large portfolio of research grants broadly in the context of water-, food- and energy security, and related impacts of weather extremes (flooding, droughts, heatwaves). She collaborates widely with researchers from e.g. the British Geological Survey, the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, the UK Met Office, and various UK and overseas Universities and Institutions, as well as a range of stakeholders in relation to her research projects. She co-led the Hydrology science module for the JULES land surface model – between 2015-2021, is an executive board member of the International Soil Modelling Consortium (and leads and collaborates in various Working Groups) – since 2017, and currently co-chairs the GEWEX (Global Energy and Water Cycle Exchanges) project’s GLASS (Global Land Atmosphere System Study) panel – since 2020 of, where she guides international developments relating to land surface and hydrological modelling (e.g., in the context of IPCC model intercomparison projects). She is also a member of the Hydro-JULES International Advisory Panel.