Lloyd Chua is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at the School of Engineering at Deakin University, Australia. He teaches subjects related to hydraulics, hydrology, and numerical and water quality modelling. Besides teaching, he also holds the position of Associate Head of School (International), where he is in charge of international activities related to the School. Lloyd is/was also holding research positions in other institutions, including Adjunct Professor at Universiti Tenaga, Malaysia and a Research Affiliate at the School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, U.S. He collaborates extensively in research with universities and organisations internationally. Before coming to Deakin, he held teaching positions at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and research positions at the Department of Informatics (LFB), Brandenburg Technical University, Germany and at the Department of Hydrodynamics and Water Resources (ISVA), Technical University of Denmark. He holds a PhD (Civil Engineering) and M. Eng (Civil Engineering) from the Nanyang Technological University and a Bachelor Eng. (Civil Engineering) from the National University of Singapore. He is the recipient of the 2005 Hilgard Hydraulic Prize (ASCE) and has won best paper awards in 2003, 2013 and 2014. He is a reviewer for numerous journals, has published more than 100 papers in refereed journals and conference papers, and has research interests in water quality monitoring, modelling and management, and flood modelling. He also widely consults with consultants on interesting industry and applied engineering projects.