Spyros Beltaos is a Research Scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada in Burlington, where he is leading research programs on the hydro-climatic and socio-ecological impacts of river ice processes and ice jams. He has written over 300 journal/conference papers, book chapters, and technical reports, dealing primarily with river ice processes, but also with turbulent jet flows, sedimentation, ice bearing capacity, and mixing processes in rivers. The books River Ice Jams (1995), River Ice Breakup (2008) and River Ice Formation (2013), edited and co-written by Dr. Beltaos, are used by scientists, academics, engineers, and students in Canada and the US, as well as in northern Europe and Asia. He has served on many national and international societies and committees and received numerous best-paper medals and lifetime-contribution awards (most recently: Ice Research and Engineering award of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research, 2022).