Education

Degrees: 

• Ph.D. in Geography, August 2018: Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences - Kansas State University, USA

• M.A. in Geography and Environmental Planning, August 2014: Department of Geography and Environmental Planning - Towson University, USA

• B.A. in Geography, June 2008: Department of Geography - King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Graduate Diplomas/Professional Certifications (Sample):

• Climate Emergency, November 2022: Saïd Business School & Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment - University of Oxford, UK

• Air Quality, May 2017: Department of Chemical Engineering - Kansas State University, USA

• Geographic Information Science, December 2016: Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences - Kansas State University, USA

Research and Academic Interests

• Climate Action and Planning
• Urban Air Quality
• Urban Thermal Climate
• Climate Change in Subtropical Regions
• Climate Informatics
• Extreme Weather and Climate
• Climate Risks
• Climate Data Quality
• Environmental Monitoring
• Spatial Statistics
• Climate Services
• Environmental Remote Sensing
• Machine Learning Applications in Climate and Spatial Studies
• Eager to Learn More...

Scientific Publications (Sample)

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Professional Experience

• Associate Professor of Climatology and Climate Hazards, King Saud University (11/2023 – Present)
• Associate Editor for Climate Science, Arabian Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, Arabian Gulf University (2025 – Present)
• Member of the Programs, Plans, and Initiatives Taskforce in the Permanent Committee for Sustainability of Environment and Renewable Energy, King Saud University (2024 – Present)
• Environmental Ambassador, Environmental Awareness Initiative – Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture (2024 – Present)
• Member of the Governance Implementation Taskforce for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, King Saud University (2024 – Present)
• Supervisory Committee Member for the Executive Master's Program in GIS, King Saud University (2024 – Present)
• Environmental Awareness Lecturer, Environmental Awareness Initiative – Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture (9/2023 – 2/2024)
• Research Team Member – Pastoral Plants Field Experiments Project, King Saud University & National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification (10/2023 – Present)
• Research Team Member – Saudi Arabia Encyclopedia Update (Climate Chapter), King Abdulaziz Public Library (2023 – 2024)
• Supervisor of the Administrative, Financial, and Technical Affairs Unit, Department of Geography, King Saud University (2022 – 2024)
• Committee Chair – Human Resources Committee, Department of Geography, King Saud University (2020 – Present)
• Leader of Multiple Research Groups, Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University (2020, 2021, 2023)
• Assistant Professor of Climatology, King Saud University (2018 – 2023)
• Member of Various University Committees

Peer Reviewer for Scientific Journals

• Scientific Reports – Nature
• International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
• International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology
• Journal of Thermal Biology
• International Journal of Climatology
• Atmospheric Research
• Remote Sensing
• Atmosphere
• International Journal of Geo-Information
• Sustainability
• Urban Climate
• Climate
• Security Research Journal (King Fahd Security College)
• Hajj and Umrah Research Institute (King Abdulaziz Universit)

Awards

• Graduate Student Paper Award, American Association of Geographers, 2017
• Outstanding Contribution in Peer Review, Urban Climate Journal, 2016
• King Saud University Award for Scientific Excellence, 2016

Research Grants and Funding

• Targeted Research Program (Principal Investigator), King Saud University, 2023
• Research Group Program (Principal Investigator), King Saud University, 2021
• Research Group Program (Principal Investigator), King Saud University, 2020
• Publication Support Initiative for Scholarship Theses, King Saud University, 2019
• Publication Support Initiative for Scholarship Students, King Saud University, 2018 & 2019
• Travel Grant, Graduate Student Council and Graduate School, Kansas State University, 2016 & 2018
• Travel Grant, Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, Kansas State University, 2017 & 2018
• Research Travel Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University, 2017