R. Edward Beighley is the COE Distinguished Professor and Interim Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University. He received his B.S. and M.S., both in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, in 1995 and 1996, respectively, and earned his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Maryland in 2001. He is also a member of the American Geophysical Union, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Environmental and Water Resources Institute. His research is focused on Hydrologic and hydraulic modeling; remote sensing of the hydrologic cycle; hydrologic impacts of climate and/or land use change; flood hazard and risk assessment.