Background
Römkens, Mathias Joseph Marie was born on February 7, 1937 in Heerlen, Limburg, the Netherlands. Son of Paulus Hubert and Maria Christina (Luchtman) Römkens. came to the United States, 1960.
soil physicist agricultural engineer
Römkens, Mathias Joseph Marie was born on February 7, 1937 in Heerlen, Limburg, the Netherlands. Son of Paulus Hubert and Maria Christina (Luchtman) Römkens. came to the United States, 1960.
Candidaat Ingenieur cum laude, Agricultural University, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 1959. Ingenieur cum laude, Agricultural University, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 1964. Master of Science, Mississippi State University, 1963.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1968.
Soil physicist United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1968-1973, Oxford, Mississippi, since 1973. Director United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service National Sedimentation Laboratory. Adjunct assistan professor Purdue University, West Lafayette, 1968-1973.
Adjunct associate professor Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, 1974-1983, adjunct professor, since 1983. Adjunct professor University Mississippi, Oxford, since 1989.
Fellow American Society Agronomy, Soil Science Society of America. Member American Society Agricultural Engineers, Soil Conservation Society of America, Netherlands Institute Agricultural Engineers, Royal Dutch Society Agricultural Society, European Soil Conservation Society.
Married Ling Tijang Thung, August 27, 1966.