**Oscar Link**

Dr. Oscar Link is a Professor in the Civil Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering at Universidad de Concepcion in Chile. He is interested in the broad field of river engineering, focusing ´ on the development of practical solutions to complex problems, such as bridge scour, fish passages through hydropower dams, and flood risk management in unregulated rivers. In his twenty-years career, Dr. Link has authored 50 peer-reviewed SCI journal paper publications in his areas of expertise and acted as a specialist consultant to numerous international and local companies as well as governmental organizations, including the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank. He is co-author of design guidelines for the estimation of bridge scour recently published by the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste, DWA. Currently, Dr. Link is an Associate Editor of the Hydrological Sciences Journal.