Professor Jeong-Seok Yang is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Kookmin University. He has been a faculty member of Kookmin University since March 2006. He completed his Ph.D. studies in Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He recently led major research projects, including the Water Management Program for Drought, the Smart Water-Supply Service Research Program, and the R&D Program for Innovative Flood Protection Technologies against Climate Crisis. He previously served as a Vice President of the Korea Water Resources Association and is currently the Director of the Water and Environment Research Institute at Kookmin University. He has published more than 30 papers in various journals. His teaching and research interests include groundwater resources management, assessment and prediction of climate change impacts on water resources, flood and drought prediction and assessment, hydrological modeling, and integrated water resources management.