Kim-Dan Nguyen was awarded a Ph.D. by the University Pierre and Marie Curie (France) in 1988 and named Doctor “Habilité à Diriger de Recherche” by the University of Lille I in 1993. He became a full Professor in 1993 at the University of Caen-Normandy (France). From August 2001 to July 2002, he was a visiting professor at the National Center for Computational Hydro-sciences and Engineering (NCCHE-University of Mississippi, USA). Since 2008, he has joined the Laboratory for Hydraulics Saint-Venant. K. Dan Nguyen has more than 30 years of experience in 2D and 3D modelling for water flows and for sediment transport via single- and two-phase approaches and coastal engineering. He is the author and co-author of more than 150 publications in international journals and conferences. He has been the Manager-Editor of the book” Estuaries and Coastal Zones in times of Global Change”, published by Springer in 2020.