Anton Schleiss graduated in Civil Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland and obtained a PhD on the topic of pressure tunnel design in 1986. After that he worked for 11 years for Electrowatt Engineering Ltd. (now AFRY) in Zurich and was involved in the design of many hydropower projects around the world. In 1997, he was nominated full professor and Director of the Laboratory of Hydraulic Constructions (LCH) at the Ecole Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and became honorary professor in May 2018. After having served as vice-president between 2012 and 2015 he was president of the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) from 2015 to 2018. For his outstanding contributions to advance the art and science of hydraulic structures engineering he obtained in 2015 the ASCE-EWRI Hydraulic Structures Medal. The French Hydro Society (SHF) awarded him with the Grand Prix SHF 2018 and IAHR as honorary member in 2021. In 2024 he was listed by Int. Water Power & Dam Construction presents among the 75 most influential individuals in the hydropower industry. With more than 40 years of experience he is regularly involved as a consultant and expert in large water infrastructures projects including hydropower and dams all over the world. On behalf of ICOLD he is the scientific coordinator of the ETIP HYDROPOWER project funded by the EU Horizon Europe research and innovation program.