Musharraf Zaman holds the Aaron Alexander Professorship and David Ross Professorship in Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and the Alumni Chair Professor in Petroleum and Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He serves as director of Southern Plains Transportation Center, a Regional University Transportation Center funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation. He earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Arizona in 1982. He is a fellow and life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). His research interests include pavement materials and systems, laboratory and field testing, forensic investigations, geotechnical engineering, soil–structure interaction, and rock mechanics.