Dr. Paulin Coulibaly is a Professor at the School of Earth, Environment and Society/Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University. He completed his Ph.D. studies in Civil Engineering at Laval University. He joined McMaster University in 2001 from the National Research Institute in Quebec. He has been involved in developing hydrologic modeling and forecasting tools for hydropower companies in the public and private sectors. He is internationally known as an expert in Hydroinformatics (Data-Driven Methods developments and applications in Hydrology).His research interests include Hydro-climatic modeling; Climate Change and Water Resources Vulnerability; and Hydrologic Data Assimilation/Remote Sensing Hydrology. He is Associate Editor of the ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering and is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Hydroinformatics. He is an active member of Professional Engineers Ontario.