Dr Gokhan Yildirim completed his PhD study at Western Sydney University (School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment) in 2021. He completed his MSc from Texas A & M University (Biological & Agricultural Engineering), USA, and his BScEng (Civil) and BScEng (Environmental) from Selcuk University, Turkey. His research area includes surface-water hydrology, groundwater hydrology, floods, drought, water quality, climate change, rainwater harvesting, catchment/watershed modelling, hydraulics, statistical analysis, modelling and forecasting.