David Dudgeon has spent the last 25 years at The University of Hong Kong researching the ecology, biodiversity and conservation of the animals that inhabit the streams and rivers monsoonal Asia.  He is the author of over 150 articles in international journals, book chapters and books (publications), and has supervised more than 30 research postgraduate students.  Dudgeon is a committee member of the Freshwater Cross-cutting Network of DIVERSITAS, a member of the Scientific Steering committee of the Global Water System Project (GWSP) and he sits on the editorial boards of five international regional journals.  He was awarded the 10th Biwako Prize in Ecology in 2000 in recognition of his contributions to freshwater ecology and conservation in Asia.  Dudgeon is currently Chairman of the Board of the Faculty of Science at Hong Kong University.