Dr. Md. Zillur Rahman is a Professor and the Chairman of the Department of Disaster Science and Climate Resilience, and the Dean of the Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering, specialization in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Canada. He completed his M. Sc. in Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation, specialization in Geological Engineering at ITC, University of Twente, Netherlands. He obtained his B. Sc. (Honors) and M. Sc. in Geology from University of Dhaka. His research interests lie in the fields of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Engineering Geophysics, Engineering Seismology, and GIS & Remote Sensing. He has been awarded several scholarships and fellowships during his studies in University of Dhaka, ITC, and University of British Columbia. Prior to joining this department, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Geology, University of Dhaka. He had the privilege to work for more than 8 years as an Engineering Geologist in Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB) where he acquired the basic professional experience in the fields of Geology and Engineering Geology. He worked as a Local Coordinator of Eurasian University Network for International Cooperation in Earthquakes (EU-NICE) funded by Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Partnership (EMA2) and coordinated by the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.