1) Full name and current position:  Gašper Rak, Associate Professor at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering 2) Education: PhD in 2017 at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, focused on applying new measuring methods for hydraulic phenomena with turbulent, non-stationary, and non-homogeneous free-water-surface flows 3) Professional experience: Experience as a researcher and project manager in research projects on river hydraulics, flood hazard assessment, flood risk management, spatial information systems, hydro projects in design process of HPPs, analysis of the impacts of intermediate phases of construction on the runoff regime and flood hazard, conservation or mitigation of flood risk, an optimization of the HPP chain operation 4) Current and previous research interests: numerical modelling of river hydraulics, flood hazard assessment, flood risk management, spatial information systems, flood hazard, conservation or mitigation of flood risk, an optimization of the HPP chain operation, applying new measuring methods of hydro-engineering 5) Membership and professional societies and awards received: EERA, European Energy Research Alliance, JP Hydropower; Slovenian Society of Water Engineers; Slovenian Society for Hydraulic Research; IAHR (International Association for Hydraulic Research); EGU (European Geophysical Society)