Professor Jeffery McDonnell of the Global Institute for Water Security, Saskatchewan University, Canada, presented an insightful webinar for graduate students and early career researchers on 15th June, invited by Professor Zhiqiang Zhang, dean of Soil and Water Conservation Institute in Beijing Forestry University. This lecture attracted graduate students, technical staff and early career researchers from universities and research institutes across China. More than 100 people joined this webinar.

Professor Jeffery McDonnell was appointed as the Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of Water and Soil Conservation, Beijing Forestry University in 2019. He was the Winner of the Dalton Medal of the European Geophysical Union, the Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer Award of geology of the United States and the chairman of the Hydrology Division of the American Geophysical Union. He has published over 300 Research papers in authoritative journals such as Nature, Science and Water Resources Research.