Shola Ololade (Ph.D.) is currently an Associate Professor in the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State (Bloemfontein, South Africa). Her research interests include land use/cover analysis, integrated water resources management, water-energy-food nexus, mining and sustainability, and sustainable development. Shola is the author/co-author of several peer-reviewed articles in scholarly journals, book chapters and peer- reviewed conference proceedings. She regularly acts as a reviewer for more than 15 peer-reviewed journals related to her field.