Education

Degrees: 

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (Climatology and climate hazards), Aug 2018

Department of Geography and Geospatial Sciences, Kansas State University (USA)

Master of Art in Geography and Environmental Planning (Urban Climate planning), Aug 2014

Department of Geography and Environmental Planning, Towson University (USA)

Bachelor of Art in Geography, June 2008

Department of Geography, King Saud University (KSA)

Graduate Diplomas/Professional Certifications:

Corporate Climate Change Risk Management, May-2025 (mini-certificate)

      Yale School of Management Executive Education, Yale University (USA)

Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence, Aug-2024 (mini-certificate)

       Climate Change AI Organization (USA)

Oxford Climate Emergency Programme, Nov 2022 (mini-certificate)

       Saïd Business School & Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford (UK)

The Health Effects of Climate Change, July 2022 (mini-certificate)

      HarvardX, Harvard University (USA)

Air Quality, May 2017 (grad-certificate)

     Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University (USA)

Geographic Information Science, Dec 2016 (grad-certificate)

     Department of Geography and Geospatial 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  Environmental Planning (King Saud University): 2023 – present
• Member of the Programs, Plans and Initiatives Working Group, Permanent Committee for Environmental Sustainability and Renewable Energy (King Saud University): 2024 – present
• Associate Editor for Climate Science – Arabian Gulf Journal of Scientific Research (Arabian Gulf University): 2025 – Present.
• Member of the working team for the implementation committees of governance mechanisms, College of Humanities and Social Sciences (King Saud University): 2024 – present.
•  Member of the Supervisory Committee for Master Program in Geographic Information Systems (King Saud University): 2024 – Present.
• A local expert interviewee for a climate adaptation research project on Riyadh City led by Manchester Metropolitan University: 2025.
• A local expert interviewee for the FAO’s Regional Mapping of Anticipatory Action Capacities in the NENA Agriculture Sector: 2024.
• Volunteer– UNCCD COP16 Riyadh, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Riyadh: 2024.
• Lecturer in the Local Knowledge Transfer Workshops – UNCCD COP16 Riyadh: 2024.
• Environmental Ambassador (Environmental Awareness Initiative – Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture): 2023 – 2025.
• Lecturer in the Environmental Regulations Awareness Project (Environmental Awareness Initiative - Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, SA): 2023-09 – 2024-02
• Member of the field experiments project for pastoral plants – a climate data and spatial analysis specialist (King Saud University & the National Center for Vegetation Development and Combating Desertification, SA): 2023 – present.
• Member of the Saudi Arabia Encyclopedia Update Project Team –Climate Chapters– (King Abdulaziz Public Library, SA): 2023 – 2024.
• Supervisor of the Administrative, Financial and Technical Affairs Unit (Department of Geography, King Saud University): 2022 – present.
• Leader of a number of climate research groups (Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University): 2020 & 2021 & 2023
• Assistant Professor of Climatology and Climate hazards, King Saud University: 2018 – 2023
• Lecturer (Department of Geography, King Saud University): 2017 – 2018
• Teaching Assistant (Department of Geography, King Saud University): 2010 – 2017
• Cartographer (Department of Geography, King Saud University): 2008 – 2010

Peer Reviewer for Scientific Journals (examples)

• 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