He leads Watershed Systems Analysis and Modelling Lab at the Global Institute for Water Security. He received the PhD degree (2013) in civil engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, and the MSc (2004) and BSc (2002) degrees in civil engineering from Amirkabir University and Iran University of Science and Technology in Iran. Dr. Razavi is an Associate Editor of Journal of Hydrology and an Editorial Board Member of Environmental Modelling & Software. His research interests include environmental and water resources systems analysis, hydrologic modelling, single- and multiple-objective optimization, sensitivity and uncertainty analysis, and climate change and impacts on hydrology and water resources.