PEOPLE

Get to know the passionate experts driving our mission forward. Our team is a diverse group of scientists, researchers, and innovators, each bringing unique skills and perspectives to our work. United by a shared commitment to excellence and impact, we collaborate to push boundaries, solve challenges, and make a difference. Meet the people who are turning ideas into breakthroughs.

FACULTY

Sami Al-Ghamdi, PhD

Associate Professor of Sustainable Urban Systems

Research Interests: Sustainability, Livability, Resilience, Built Environment, LCA, Climate Change

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Safi Ullah

Postdoctoral Fellow

(May 2023 - Present)

Research Interests: Climate Change, Regional Climate Modeling, Weather and climate extremes, Land-Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions

Qudsia Kanwal

Postdoctoral Fellow

(May 2024 - Present)

Research Interests: Circular Economy, Urban Mining, Material Flow Analysis, Waste management, LCA, Industrial Ecology

Anissa Nurdiawati

Postdoctoral Fellow

(Aug 2023 - Present)

Research Interests: Energy system transformation, Industrial Decarbonisation, Sustainable Construction, Sustainanbility Assessment, LCA, Techno-economics

Furqan Tahir

Postdoctoral Fellow

(Nov 2020 - Present)

Research Interests: LCA, Desalination, Clean Energy, Energy System Modeling, Climate change impact, Resilience, Water Resource Management

Muhammad Imran Khan

Postdoctoral Fellow

(Oct 2021 - Jun 2023)

Research Interests: Sustainable Energy, Energy Systems, Hydrogen Economy, LCA, Energy Transition, Techno-economics, Energy and Water

Mohammed Al-Humaiqani

Postdoctoral Fellow

(Mar 2024 - Sep 2024)

Research Interests: Sustainability, Resilience, Built Environment, Climate change impact, Policy Analysis, Green Construction, Circular Economy

Shoukat Alim Khan

Post Doctoral Fellow - HBKU

(Jun 2019 — Jul 2021)

Research Interests: Built Environment, LCA, 3D Printing, Sustainable Construction, Sustainable Energy, Building Design, Manufacturing

Ivan Andric

Post Doctoral Fellow - HBKU

(April 2018 — April 2019)

Research Interests: Building Energy Simulations, Built Environment, Climate Risk, Sustainable Finance, Green Infrastructure, Building Design

Snigdhendubala Pradhan

Post Doctoral Fellow - HBKU

(April 2018 — April 2019)

Research Interests: Greywater Recycling, Organic Waste Recycling, Optimization, Pyrolysis, Green Infrastructure, Biochar, Biofuels

Yemane W. Weldu

Postdoctoral Fellow

(May 2017 - Dec 2018)

Research Interests: LCA, Sustainability, Building Energy Simulations, Transportation, Life Cycle Costing, Carbon Capture

RESEARCH STAFF

Erica Dell’Amico

Research Specialist (May 2025-May 2026)

Athira Unnikrishnan Nambeesan

Research Specialist

(May 2024 - Present)

Research Interests: Weather and climate extremes, Climate Change, Regional Climate Modeling, WRF, Urban Climate, Climate Risks

Vinodh Kumar Buri

Research Specialist

( July 2024 - Present)

Research Interests: Land-Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions, Regional Climate Modeling, Land Surface Modelling, WRF, Urban Climate, Climate Change

Shahul H Thavalamparambil

Research Computing Specialist

(Jan 2024 - June 2024)

Research Interests: IT Systems, Linux, Windows, Mac, IT Administration, Desktop Support, High Performance Commuting

Verina Cristie

Research Specialist

(Feb 2024 - June 2024)

Research Interests: 3D Visualization, Data Visualization, Visual Analytics, Urban Design, Dashboard Development, User Interface Design

PhD STUDENTS

Sami Sbahieh

PhD Student, Environmental Science and Engineering (Jan 2022 — May 2025)

Research Interests: LCA, Geopolymers, Cement, Concrete, Green Infrastructure, Sustainable Construction, Supplementary Cementitious Materials

Shaikha Al-Nuaimi

PhD Student, Sustainable Environment - HBKU (Sep 2021 - 2024)

Eman Alrehaili

PhD Student, Environmental Science and Engineering (Nov 2024 - Present)

Research Interests: Decarbonization, Sustainability, LCA, Energy and Environment, Ecofriendly Materials, Transition Materials

Basit Afaq Mir

PhD Student, Environmental Science and Engineering (Sep 2023 - Present)

Research Interests: Sustainability, LCA, Sustainable Construction, Waste management, Carbon footprint, GHG accounting

Soud K. Al-Thani

PhD Student, Sustainable Environment – HBKU (Dec 2016 - April 2019)

Research Interests: Sustainability, Sustainable Economy, Livability, Circular Design, Waste management, Urban Infrastructure, Climate Change

Zheng Cong

PhD Student, Environmental Science and Engineering (Aug 2024 - Present)

Research Interests: Green Infrastructure, Sustainability, Urban Climate, Water Resource Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Stormwater Management

Glenda Teran Cuadrado

PhD Student, Chemical Engineering

(Jul 2023 — Present)

Research Interests: Green Construction, LCA, Cement, Clean Energy, Sustainanbility Assessment, Decarbonization

Haytham Salim

PhD Student, Environmental Science and Engineering (Feb2025 - Present)

Research Interests: LCA, Water Management, Climate Change, Water Resource Management

Amjad Azmeer

PhD Student, Environmental Sciences and Engineering (Sep 2023 - Present)

Research Interests: Urban Climate, Environmental Modelling, Policy Analysis, Climate change impact, Green Infrastructure

Nisreen Abu Waer

PhD Student, Environmental Science and Engineering (Mar 2023 - Present)

Research Interests: Urban Climate, Resilience, Climate change impact, Walkability, Digital Twins, Thermal Comfort, Biometeorology

Mohammed Al-Humaiqani

PhD Student, Sustainable Environment – HBKU (Nov 2019 - Apr 2023)

Research Interests: Sustainability, Resilience, Built Environment, Climate change impact, Policy Analysis, Green Construction, Circular Economy

Omar F. Alrawi

PhD Student, Sustainable Energy – HBKU (Nov 2019 - Apr 2023)

Research Interests: Clean Energy, Photovoltaic, Solar energy, Sustainability, Energy Economics, Building Energy, Energy Modeling

Salah Ajjur

PhD Student, Sustainable Environment – HBKU (Aug 2019 - Dec 2022)

Research Interests: Urban Climate, Weather and climate extremes, Flood analysis, Climate change impact, Climate Risk, Hydrological Modeling

Mohammad Zaher Serdar

PhD Student, Sustainable Environment – HBKU (Aug 2019 - Dec 2022)

Research Interests: Climate Change, Resilience, Weather and climate extremes, Stormwater Management, Urban Climate, Building Design

Malek Mohammad

PhD Student, Sustainable Environment – HBKU (Jan 2018 - April 2021)

Research Interests: LCA, Concrete, Carbon footprint, Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, 3D Printing, Building Information Modeling

Abdulla Al-Shaiba

PhD Student, Sustainable Energy – HBKU (Apr 2018 - December 2020)

Research Interests: Sustainability, Sustainanbility Assessment, Policy Analysis, Energy Economics, Resource Economics

Mehzabeen Mannan

PhD Student, Sustainable Environment – HBKU (Sep 2018 - Dec 2022)

Research Interests: LCA, Air Pollution, Climate Change, Air Quality, Machine Learning, Desalination, Water Management

Athar Kamal

PhD Student, Sustainable Energy – HBKU (Apr 2017 - April 2020)

Research Interests: LCA, Energy Economics, System Dynamics Modeling, Energy and Environment, Climate Change, Sustainability

Ayman Raouf

PhD Student, Sustainable Environment – HBKU (Apr 2017 - April 2020)

Research Interests: Green Buildings, Sustainability, Built Environment, Building Information Modeling, Sustainable Construction

Mohamed Atta Alhaj

PhD Student, in Sustainable Energy – HBKU (Dec 2016 - April 2019)

Research Interests: Concentrated Solar Power, Solar Energy, LCA, Clean Energy, Desalination, Water Management, Environment

MASTERS STUDENTS

Naushin Yasmin

MSc Student, Environmental Science and Engineering (Sep 2023 - Present)

Research Interests: Urban Climate, Climate change impact, Regional Climate Modeling, Weather and climate extremes, Air Pollution, GHG accounting, Built Environment, Resilience, Water Resource Management

Charles Edward Sexton

MSc Student, Mechanical Engineering (Aug 2022 - Dec 2024)

Research Interests: Built Environment, Building Energy Simulations, Clean Energy, Building Design

Gehan Alamri

MSc Student, Environmental Science and Engineering (Aug 2024- Present)

Research Interests: LCA, Sustainability, Environmental Modelling, Public Policy

Mehzabeen Mannan

MSc Student, Sustainable Environment – HBKU (Sep 2017 - Dec 2020)

Research Interests: LCA, Air Pollution, Climate Change, Air Quality, Machine Learning, Desalination

Muhammad Salman Afzal

MSc Student, Sustainable Environment – HBKU (Jan 2021 — Apr 2022)

Firas Hilaloglu

MSc Student, Environmental Science and Engineering (Aug 2024- Present)

Research Interests: LCA, Sustainability, Green Construction, Climate change impact

Ammar M. Khourchid

MSc Student, Sustainable Energy – HBKU (Aug 2021 - Apr 2023)

Abdulrahman Al-Tamimi

MSc Student,

Sustainable Environment – HBKU (Jan2017 - Dec 2019)

Abdulla Baobeid

MSc Student, Sustainable Energy – HBKU (Apr 2020 - Apr 2021)

Amzan A. Al-Sabri

MSc Student, Sustainable Energy – HBKU (Jan 2019 - Dec 2020)

Abdulhameed Al-Siddiqi

MSc Student, Energy and Resources – HBKU (Jan 2018 - Dec 2019)

Saoud A. Al-Janahi

MSc Student, Sustainable Energy – HBKU (Jan 2019 - Dec 2020)

Salma M. Habib

MSc Student, Sustainable Environment – HBKU (Jan 2019 - Dec 2020)

Maryam A. Al-Jaber

MSc Student, Sustainable Environment – HBKU (Jan 2019 - Dec 2020)

Nadine Macauley

MSc Student, Energy Engineering – University of Gävle (Sep 2019 - Aug 2020)

Ali Al-Mohannadi

MSc Student, Energy and Resources – HBKU (Jan 2018 — Dec 2019)

Fatima Al-Thawadi

MSc Student, Sustainable Environment – HBKU (Dec 2017 - Dec 2019)

Talal Al-Siddiqi

MSc Student, Energy and Resources – HBKU (Jan 2018 — Dec 2019)

Saad Hafiz

MSc Student, Sustainable Environment – HBKU (Dec 2017 - Dec 2019)

Dana I. Al-Huneidi

MSc Student, Sustainable Energy – HBKU (Jan 2021 - Apr 2022)

VISITING RESEARCHERS

Ghaida A. Alenazi

Research Assistant (Jan 2025-June 2025)

Prabhath H. Kurup

Visiting PhD Student, Atmospheric Sciences (May 2025-November 2025)

Research Interests: WRF Model Applications, Advanced Data Assimilation and Ensemble Forecasting, Dynamical Downscaling of Climate Projections

Lakshman Kesireddy

Visiting PhD Student, Atmospheric Sciences (June 2025 - November 2025)

Research Interests: Numerical Weather Prediction,, Extreme weather events, Mesoscale Modeling, urban climate

Deepak Kumar

Visiting PhD Student, Architecture and Planning (Nov 2024 - April 2025)

Research Interests: LCA, Building Information Modeling, Climate Change

Ream S. Alhusainan

Visiting Highschool Student (July 2024-Aug 2024)

Yazeed A Aljohani

Visiting BS Student (June 15–August 15, 2025)

Mirza Waleed

Visiting PhD Student, Geography (Sep 2024 - Feb 2024)

Yu Zhonghan

Visiting PhD Student, Sustainable Development Management (Oct 2023 - Oct 2024)

Research Interests: Green Construction, Policy Analysis, Sustainability, Climate Change, Carbon footprint, Carbon accounting

Ziad H. Gari

Visiting BS Student (June 2024 - Aug 2024)

Nandini Halder

Visiting PhD Student, Architecture and Planning (Nov 2024 - April 2025)

Pavel Putintsev

MSc Student, Computer Science (June 2024 - Oct 2024)

Research Interests: GHG accounting

Sabrina Alzahrani

Visiting Research Student (June 2023 - Aug 2023)

Research Interests: LCA

Muhammed Madandola

Visiting MSc Student (Sep 2021 - Apr 2022)

Fama N. Dieng

Visiting MSc Student (Sep 2021 - Apr 2022)

Abdullah Aldossary

Visiting BSc Student (Jun 2023 - Aug 2023)

Hamad Yoonus

Visiting MSc Student (Aug 2019 — Jan 2020)

Yousef H. Noori

Visiting BSc Student (June 2023 - Aug 2023)

Mohsen Salimi

Visiting Postdoc (Mar 2019 — April 2020)

Ali H. Alsadah

Visiting BSc Student

Fabiha Hussain

Visiting MSc Student

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