Dr. Krishna R. Reddy is University Scholar, Distinguished Researcher, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of both the Sustainable Engineering Research Laboratory (SERL) and the Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Engineering Laboratory (GAGEL) in the Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering (CME) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He has received Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. He has over 28 years of research, teaching, and consulting experience in civil, geotechnical, materials, environmental, and sustainable/resilient engineering, addressing the nexus of sustainability, resiliency, infrastructure, water, energy, and the environment. His research is funded by the US National Science Foundation, the US Environmental Protection Agency, several prominent state and local government agencies, and industries. He is Author of four books, 297 journal papers, 32edited books/conference proceedings