Dr Mohammad Hassan Roozitalab was awarded a Ph.D (Soil Science) 1978, from Oklahoma State University, USA. His Msc (Agronomy (Soil Science)) is from the same university. His B.Sc (Soil Science) is from University of Tehran, Iran. Academic and Professional Contribution: Dr Mohammad Hassan Roozitalab held the position of President of the Soil Science Society of Iran, from 1992 to continue (elected 4 terms), 2 Director General of Soil and Water Research Institute , Tehran, Iran, 1983-1995 , 3 –Project leader, Land Reclamation and Rehabilitation Project in Golpayegan Plain , Central Iran, 1980-1985. 4- Has been involved in teaching graduate courses at Colleges of Agriculture in Iran from 1985 to continue, 3-Has supervised 27 MSc. theses and 7 PhD dissertations at various universities on areas of soil management, land suitability evaluation, land use planning, soil genesis and classification, soil fertility and plant nutrition, soil pollution andclay mineralogy, from 1985. He has published more that 40 research and scientific papers in refereed journals in Iran and outside and is the co- author of a university text book. He has held international and regional positions, including, Chairman of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), October 2002 to June 2006, President of the Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa (AARINENA), May 1998 to March 2000, Vice-President of AARINENA, 1996 to 1998 and from 2002 to 2004, Member of the Board of Directors, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), 2003 to 2005, Member of Consultative and Executive Council of CGIAR from 1998 to 2006, and Member of Interim Panel of Eminent Expert on Global Crop Diversity Trust, FAO/IPGRI, from 2003-2006. Vision and Plan of Work: Soil is an intricate part of environment and plays a unique role in sustaining life on the Earth. Without soil, our beautiful planet could not have had the same destiny. While much of our concern as soil scientists rests with the practical and pragmatic attempts to obtain human nourishment and raw materials needed by increasing population, we should also pay attention to land use changes such as organic and conservation agriculture, afforestation, restoring wetland, wild life rehabilitation and others to improve our knowledge on such alterations and avoid adverse effects on ecosystem. As soil scientists, we are also expected to play a very important role to propose scenarios on land use changes needed to increase carbon sequestration alleviating the impact of climate change. Therefore, I will be involved with other colleagues to focus on emerging needs of our changing society and environment on land use changes and their innovative management which are sustainable and economically viable.