Ali Arkamose Assani is a Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Research Centre for Watershed-Aquatic Ecosystem Interactions (RIVE, UQTR), University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières. He earned a Bachelor of Science (Physical Geography) at the University of Lubumbashi, Congo-Kinshasa, a Master's degree in Surface Geology, and a Doctorate in Science (Physical Geography) at the University of Liège, Belgium. He completed postdoctoral research in physical geography at the University of Montreal, Canada. His research is in the fields of hydrology, climatology, climate change, fluvial geomorphology, and ecohydrology. He is a guest editor of several special journal issues and a reviewer of journal articles.