Profile
Associate professor of Groundwater hydraulics, Dept. of Hydrology and Water Resources Management; Former chairman of Hydrology Department; Currently, Director of Water Resources Unit in the Water Research Center. Published several scientific papers in international and regional referenced journals. His particular interest in devoted to Water and Environment studies of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Attended and participated in number of international conferences, workshops, and local symposiums in related fields. Reviewer of selected international journals as well as funded projects in the field of Hydrology and Water Resources. Has recently awarded a prize among Arab scientists for his research as one of the best five studies presented and published in the conference “Emergency management and building safety in Arab countries”. An Associate Editor in the International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Management, Which include in its editorial board well known scientists in the field of Water and Environment from developed countries such as USA, Canada, Europe, and India.
Education
- 1987
Bachelor degree from Department of Hydrology & WateFaculty of Meteorology, Enviro, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية
Research Interests
My main research interests emphasized on groundwater and surface water hydrology in arid land environment, including groundwater resources exploration, evaluation, and management as well as flood prediction and warning plus rainfall harvesting. Several studies of interest belong to this category such as: Strategic water storage in Makkah Al-Mukaramah region; spatial distribution of potential groundwater resources; urban groundwater rise studies; Conditional simulation for aquifer heterogeneity delineation using geostatistics; spatial distribution of environmental pollution in groundwater. Advanced and new technology application in hydrology is also of my interest. Among these, Artificial Intelligence (AI) particularly artificial neural network (ANN), fuzzy logic (FL), and Multi-criterion Decision Making (MCDM) in water resources problems. Recently, special interest has been devoted to 1) Bio-Engineering and Natural Purification techniques for wastewater treatment; 2) Quality production of bottled water in Saudi Arabia.
Scientific interests