Dr. Victor Miguel Ponce  is an expert in the field of hydrological engineering, with 40 years of experience in engineering education, research, consulting, and service.

His areas of expertise are: surface-water hydrology, computational hydrology, environmental hydrology, hydroclimatology, hydrosedimentology, and hydroecology. Specific areas of current interest are: sustainability of groundwater resources, online hydraulic and hydrologic engineering, dam-breach modeling, hydrologic and environmental impact of development projects, interdisciplinary studies, and sustainable development.

Dr. Ponce has 32 years of experience as a university professor in Colorado and California. He is the author of a popular textbook (Engineering Hydrology, Principles and Practices, Prentice Hall, 1989), an online Fortran textbook, and more than 480 publications, including 49 refereed journal papers and 93 online computer programs. He is an active researcher and consultant in his field, and is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.