Mihret Dananto Ulsido, Associate Professor of Water Supply and Environmental Engineering, PhD in Municipal Engineering, MSc in Water Resources Engineering, MSc in Resources Engineering, Researcher and Professor in the Faculty of Biosystems and Water Resources Engineering, Institute of Technology, Hawassa University, Ethiopia, and Biophysical Cluster Coordinator of Center for Ethiopian Rift Valley Studies, has published three books and more than 47 articles in reputable journals. Ulsido is Chief Editor of the Ethiopian Journal of Engineering and Technology (EJET). Ulsido's main research areas are: water supply, sanitation, water quality, system analysis, water resources engineering and management, contaminant transport, environmental quality, and surface and ground water hydrology.