Assefa M. MelesseDr. Assefa M. Melesse is a Distinguished University Professor of Water Resources Engineering at Florida International University. He earned his ME (2000) and PhD (2002) from the University of Florida in Agricultural Engineering. His ares of research and experience include climate change impact modeling, watershed modeling, ecohydrology, sediment transport, surface and groundwater interactions modeling, water–energy–carbon fluxes coupling and simulations, remote sensing hydrology, river basin management, and land cover change detection and scaling. Dr. Melesse is a registered Professional Engineer (PE), Board Certified Enviromental Engineer (BCEE) and also a Board Certified Water Resources Engineer (BC.WRE) with over 30 years of teaching and research experience, and has authored/edited 11 books, over 230 journal articles, and over 100 book chapters. Read More Read Less