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

Qudsia Kanwal

Postdoctoral Fellow

(May 2024 - Present)

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

Mohammed Al-Humaiqani

Postdoctoral Fellow

(Mar 2024 - Sep 2024)

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

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

Safi Ullah

Postdoctoral Fellow

(May 2023 - Present)

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

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

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

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

Athira Unnikrishnan Nambeesan

Research Specialist

(May 2024 - Present)

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

Verina Cristie

Research Specialist

(Feb 2024 - June 2024)

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

Shahul H Thavalamparambil

Research Computing Specialist

(Jan 2024 - June 2024)

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

PhD STUDENTS

Eman Alrehaili

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

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

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

Basit Afaq Mir

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

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

Amjad Azmeer

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

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

Glenda Teran Cuadrado

PhD Student, Chemical Engineering

(Jul 2023 — Present)

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

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

Sami Sbahieh

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

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

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

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

MASTERS STUDENTS

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)

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

Shaikha Al-Nuaimi

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

Charles Edward Sexton

MSc Student, Mechanical Engineering (Aug 2022 - Present)

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

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

Ream S. Alhusainan

Visiting Highschool Student

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)

Pavel Putintsev

MSc Student, Computer Science (June 2024 - Present)

Research Interests: GHG accounting

Yu Zhonghan

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

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

Hamad Yoonus

Visiting MSc Student (Aug 2019 — Jan 2020)

Yousef H. Noori

Visiting BSc Student (June 2023 - Aug 2023)

Ziad H. Gari

Visiting BSc Student

Mohsen Salimi

Visiting Postdoc (Mar 2019 — April 2020)

Ali H. Alsadah

Visiting BSc Student

Fabiha Hussain

Visiting MSc Student

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