Bram Droppers was born on February 23rd 1992 in Hengelo (Overijssel), the Netherlands. He started in 2011 with his bachelor (BSc) International Land and Water Management at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. This BSc combines the natural and social sciences to improve (agricultural) land and water management, especially in developing regions. His BSc thesis focused on "Assessing the impact of hydropower tunneling on springs and spring-dependent communities in the Himalayas" and was conducted at Karfectar and Pune in India. Although his social sciences background has been invaluable throughout his career, Bram's interest was mostly in the natural sciences. Therefore, after his BSc graduation in 2014, he started his master (MSc) Earth and Environment with the specialization Water Systems and Global Change at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. This MSc specialization increases understanding of hydrological processes and the effect of climate change on these processes. His MSc thesis focused on "Modelling the effect of irrigation on the Mekong river streamflow" by expanding upon and using a macro-scale hydrological model. He graduated his MSc in 2017.

To continue the work of his MSc thesis, Bram submitted his PhD proposal to an open call of the Wageningen Institute for Environment and Climate Research (WIMEK). He was awarded a PhD grant, and started his PhD at the Water Systems and Global Change group at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. The next five years were dedicated to his PhD work, which culminates in this PhD thesis titled "Modelling agricultural production under sustainable water management, climate change and agricultural adaptation" in 2022. In the next few years, Bram will continue working on developing macro-scale hydrological models to more accurately quantify water resources and to better incorporate the effects of hydrological changes on other water-use sectors. He will do so in the department of Physical Geography at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.