Dr. Zahidul Islam(Ph.D., PEng.) is a Senior Manager at River Engineering and Technical Services section, Environmental Knowledge and Prediction branch, Department of Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta. He leads the River Hazard Management unit, a team of professional engineers and geoscientists responsible for contributing to provincial flood response and recovery efforts, providing river engineering expertise to internal and external clients, and leading provincial flood and fluvial hazard identification initiatives. Dr. Islam is the current Chair of Hydrotechnical Division Council of Canadian Society for Civil Engineering and a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) Practice Review Board.