Erhu Du is a Professor at Yangtze Institute for Conservation and Development at Hohai University. He holds a Ph.D. (2017) in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a M.S. (2011) and B.S. (2009) from Southeast University. Dr. Du’s research interests include river basin management, integrated surface water-groundwater simulation, urban flood management, machine learning in environmental data analysis, water market and environmental policy.