Helena M. Ramos is a full professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico—IST—of the Engineering Faculty of the University of Lisbon, and is an effective member of CERIS, the University Research Center for Civil Engineering Innovation and Sustainability. She got her MSc degree in 1987, her PhD in 1995, and her Habilitation degree in 2005. She has been a professor at IST in several courses (covering several domains: hydraulics, fluid mechanics, hydropower, hydraulic transients, and pump systems) during her long career at IST. She belongs to the World’s Top 2% of Scientists from Stanford University, and was ranked in the Top Engineering and Technology Scientists list published by Research.com. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Water and a member of the editorial boards of several other journals. She has received four awards from scientific societies and has been a member/collaborator of several international scientific committees, including IAHR, SEREA, IWEH, SURGE NET, APRH, BHR Group, and WREC. Her activity is mainly in the following areas of research: Hydraulics, Hydropower and Pumping Systems; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)-Hydrodynamic, Mathematical Modelling and Fluid Mechanics; Hydraulic transients and Surge control, Safety and Operation-Dynamic Effects; Water and Energy Efficiency; Hybrid Energy Solutions; Water and Energy nexus.