Prof. Hamid R. Habibi is a Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary. Prof. Hamid R. Habibi received his B.Sc. degree and Ph.D. from Birmingham, United Kingdom, followed by postdoctoral training from St. Francis Xavier University and the University of Alberta, Canada. He joined the University of Calgary as an Assistant Professor and NSERC Scholar in 1988 and went through the ranks as an academic member. He is a founding co-principle investigator and former acting executive director of the Advances in Canadian Wastewater Asset (ACWA). He has served as chair of the NSERC Network Strategic Research Grant Site Visit Committee, a member of NSERC Grant Selection Committee, a member of the University of Calgary Board of Governors, and on the Board of Directors of University Technologies International. He received a number of international awards including the Grace Pickford Medal from the International Federation of Comparative Endocrinological Societies and a professorship/lectureship in Science and Sustainable Development from UNESCO and the World Academy of Science. His research contributed to the understanding of the mechanisms of endocrine disruption by environmental contaminants.