Dr. Ranjan Sarukkalige is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Curtin University, Australia. He earned his PhD from Tohoku University, Japan and specialises in water resources engineering. His research interests and experiences are in civil engineering, hydrology, and hydraulics, including modelling, development and management, with particular focus on urban hydrology, stormwater management, and groundwater systems. Dr. Sarukkalige leads the Urban Hydrology Research Team at Curtin University, conducting demand-driven research projects in collaboration with government agencies and local city councils. He is also actively involved in national and international research partnerships. He has successfully supervised 15 PhD and MPhil students to completion and is currently supervising eight PhD candidates. Dr. Sarukkalige has an outstanding academic record, having published over 100 peer-reviewed publications, and his publications have been cited over 3000 times (Google Scholar, h-index 26).