Zaman Sajid is trained as an engineer and specializes in systems analysis and risk assessment, working at the intersection of ocean change, cumulative risk impacts, and coastal industries. He received his Ph.D. in Process Engineering from Memorial University, Canada, and has conducted research to develop dynamic environmental risk models for oil spills and offshore industries. Sajid has an interest and experience working on sustainability, life cycle assessment, and energy and environmental policymaking. He also holds a Master of Engineering degree from the University of Strathclyde, UK. He is currently leading a large interdisciplinary, international team to understand how ocean change contributes to the risk of mass die-off events in salmon aquaculture systems. As a Research Associate at Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center at the University of Washington, USA, he works on a collaborative project titled ‘Global Change and Risk in Ocean Decisions’. In this project, he is investigating the impacts of climate change on the blue economy and how small climate change events can lead to catastrophic disasters for the blue economy and its habitats. This work also provides a better understanding of contextual relationships of various environmental risk factors that can aid in the risk-based decision-making process.