He obtained his BS degree in hydraulic engineering from Tsinghua University in 2009, and PhD degree in civil engineering from University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign in 2015. Zhenduo Zhu is interested in understanding the dynamics of flow and transport processes in natural and engineered waterway systems, and how these dynamics relate to environmental problems, by developing and applying integrated hydrological, hydrodynamic, and water quality models. Topics of interest include environmental fluid mechanics, integrated urban water management, water quality modeling, and ecohydraulics.