Val Snow
President at iEMSs - The International Environmental Modelling & Software Society
Canterbury, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolVal Snow is a scientist-turned-systems modeller with 15+ years applying soil physics and agroecosystem modelling to sustainable pastoral agriculture from New Zealand’s Canterbury. As Principal Scientist at AgResearch and long-serving Editor-in-Chief of Agricultural Systems, he blends deep academic rigour (PhD in Soil Physics) with editorial leadership and practical land-use impact. He contributes code to ApsimX, improving the AgPasture model, bridging research and open-source simulation tools used widely by the crop and pasture modelling community. His work spans soil–root interactions, reuse of effluents, and whole-farm system modelling, informing both policy and on-farm decision support. Now President of iEMSs, he champions environmental modelling best practice and interdisciplinary collaboration. Colleagues describe him as a methodical modeller who translates complex field physics into usable tools for sustainable land management.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Soil Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Soil Physics at Massey University
Github Skills (8)
model-building10
csharp10
modeling10
model-driven10
model-driven-development10
dotnet-core10
testing9
git9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
APSIMInitiative/ApsimX
Feb 2014 - Nov 2022
ApsimX is the next generation of APSIM
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:297 commits, 73 PRs, 11 pushes in 8 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Val's commits focused on modifying the `AgPasture` model within the `apsimx` repository, which is described as a next-generation version of APSIM. Contributions included merging branches, modifying the `AgPasture.cs` file to update parameters, and implementing new tests. The changes demonstrate the user's involvement in improving the model's functionality through code modifications and creating tests.
next-generation
sno036/ApsimX
Aug 2021 - Apr 2025
ApsimX is the next generation of APSIM
Contributions:159 pushes, 39 branches in 3 years 7 months
next-generation
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