Xiaotao Cheng

Biography

Mr. Cheng Xiaotao, professor, former director of Research Department of Water Hazards and former vice chief engineer of the Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR) where he has been a researcher from 1985 and retired in 2015. He completed his Ph.D. at DPRI of Kyoto University in 2003. He is now a member of the expert team of China Nation Disaster Reduction Committee, the Chief Editor of Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (CHES, IWHR & CHINCOLD), the director of the Urban Water Management Committee of CHES and member of Flood Risk Management Committee of IAHR. His research interests lie in the area of flood control and flood risk management, ranging from strategy planning to emergency response.