Roger Mollot has a professional background and expertise in aquatic science and watershed management.

He has worked on biodiversity conservation and watershed management projects in East Africa and Southeast Asia for a range of organizations including the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the World Wildlife Fund, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

He began his professional career as a summer student and research technician at the Experimental Lakes Area before heading overseas to work on research projects on Lake Malawi, Lake Victoria, and the Mekong River Basin. He now applies this research and program management experience back at IISD-ELA where he returned to work in 2014.