Adey Nigatu Mersha is a water systems analysis and management researcher currently working at the Water and Land Resources Centre of Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia – under the UKRI GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub program. Apart from her research, teaching, and development work experience at different capacities, she has been also serving as a joint coordinator of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) Young Professionals e-Forum (IYPeF), and the African Young Water Professionals Forum (Af-YWPF) of the African Regional Working Group of the ICID. Her research interest is in the areas of integrated approaches to water management as well as analysis and evaluation of hydrological systems under uncertainties. She is a Water Systems Research enthusiast, keen about exploring on the interactions between water, society and the environment.