The 10th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences

Department of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece;Athanasios Loukas is a Professor of Engineering Hydrology-Management and Development of Water Resources, Head of the Transportation and Hydraulic Engineering Department, Director of the “Hydraulic Works and Environmental Management” Lab, and Director of the Master’s Program “Water Resources” at the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2018–today). Previously, he was affiliated with the University of Thessaly, where he served as a Professor, Head of the Department of Civil Engineering (2008-2012), Dean of the Faculty of Engineering (2015-2018), Laboratory Director, and Director of an international Master’s Program (2010-2018). He is a visiting professor in the U.S.A. and at European universities. Loukas is Section Editor-in-Chief of “Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance” within Water, Editor-in-Chief of European Water, and an Editorial Board Member of Water Resources Management and Scientific Review Engineering and Environmental Sciences. He has been an active reviewer for many international journals in the fields of hydrology, water resources management, GIS and remote sensing applications, environmental modeling and management, and others. He is a regular reviewer of national and European research proposals as well as an evaluator, and he is responsible for research project certification. He is affiliated with national and international scientific organizations such as EWRA and EGU. His research activity focuses on hydrology, hydrological hazards, and risks (droughts and floods); climate change impacts; and water resources management. He coordinated and participated in numerous national and international research programs. In addition to his research activity, he participates in consistent outreach, and acts as a mentor of a high number of post-graduate and Ph.D. students.

School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University, LA, USA;YiJun Xu is a Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources in the School of Renewable Natural Resources at Louisiana State University. Over the past 30 years, Dr. Xu has participated in more than 70 research projects conducted across North America, Western Europe, and Southeast Asia. These studies span a wide range of climatic zones, from tropical to tundra environments, and encompass diverse geomorphological settings, including rugged terrains, fluvial floodplains, backwater swamps, and coastal estuaries. Dr. Xu’s research has addressed a broad spectrum of topics, including freshwater resources; the impacts of management practices on the physical, chemical, and biological conditions of water; riverine transport of nutrients and sediment; the application of spatial techniques in water resources and water quality; and the effects of atmospheric pollution and global climate change on water resources, biogeochemical cycles, and fluvial geomorphology. Dr. Xu has published one book, edited three volumes, and authored or co-authored more than 20 book chapters and over 300 peer-reviewed articles. He has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in watershed hydrology, potamology, limnology, floodplain analysis and modeling, watershed biogeochemistry, and water quality and management. In addition, he has chaired/co-chaired 42 graduate committees. Dr. Xu has been recognized as a ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholar and is currently ranked #26 among the top 0.05% of global scholars based on his contributions over the past five years to the study of rivers (https://scholargps.com/scholars/93493111678399/y-jun-xu).