Dr. Gharabaghi is a professor of engineering in the School of Engineering at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. His research has primarily been focused on watershed scale water quality models to improve the accuracy of calculations of these management tools for protection of source waters from further degradation and to develop effective strategies for improvement of the quality of impaired water bodies in Ontario. He has more than twenty years of experience in research and development in hydrologic modelling and non-point source pollution control in Canada and internationally. Dr. Gharabaghi is currently leading several research projects in collaboration with Conservation Authorities, Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Natural Resources, and Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.