Zoran Kapelan is Professor of Urban Water Infrastructure in the Department of Water Management at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands where he is leading a research group working on different aspects of urban water systems. Prior to joining TU Delft he was an Academic Lead of the Water and Environment group at the University of Exeter in the UK. And before joining academia he worked as a consultant in the water industry for 10 years.

Prof. Kapelan is an International Water Association (IWA) Fellow with over 30 years of experience in water engineering. His research interests and expertise are centred on the development of novel engineering and informatics / artificial intelligence-based methodologies addressing a wide range of issues in urban water management (both water and wastewater systems). He is/was the principal/co-investigator on more than 50 EU, UK, NL and industry funded projects with over €11 million personal funding received. He pioneered several award-winning technologies that are used in engineering practice. Prof Kapelan has honorary professorial positions at two other universities (Exeter and Belgrade). He is a member of External Science Advisory Council of KWR in the Netherlands. He is also a member of several specialist groups within major professional water engineering organisations such as IWA and EWRI. He served as a member of over 60 scientific committees at major water conferences and has given over 80 invited talks around the world including 25 keynotes. As part of his academic work he (co)supervise(d) 59 PhD students and 28 postdocs since 2005 and was involved in over 60 PhD committees in 17 countries.

Prof. Kapelan has over 500 publications, including over 200 peer-reviewed journal papers with an H-index of 65 and over 16,000 citations (Google Scholar, Sep 2024). He is serving as an Editor for the Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ASCE) and Associate Editor for the Water Resources Research (AGU).