Dr. Shafiqul Islam is a professor of engineering and a professor of water diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He received his B.S. from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, his M.S. from the University of Maine, USA, and his Sc.D. from MIT, USA, in 1991. He is the Director of the Water Diplomacy Program and Data-Driven Decision Making @ Tufts. He maintains a diverse network of national and international partnerships and is engaged in several national and international consulting and training practices in the United States, South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and Editor of Water Resources Research. He is the recipient of the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Water Prize for Creativity. He has authored over a hundred refereed publications and five books on water diplomacy. His first path-breaking book on water diplomacy was translated into Chinese by the Science Press of China. Building on his extensive work in Water Diplomacy, Dr. Islam has started expanding his work into Engineering Diplomacy. He has initiated a Substack Series and writes regularly on related topics. His research and practice have been featured in numerous media outlets including the BBC World Service, Voice of America, NY Times, Boston Globe, The Daily Star, Huffington Post, Nature, and Yale E360.