Research management

Supported Portuguese Government for the proposal of the implementation of a new UNESCO Centre: the International Centre for Coastal Ecohydrology – ICCE.

Appointed as Deputy Director of the UNESCO-ICCE Centre.

Program development

Co-launched the EU – Erasmus Mundus on Ecohydrology between 6 EU Universities.

Ecohydrology Demo-site Global Network.

Research outcomes

Authored 90+ peer-reviewed publications in international venues (47 in last 8 years). Secured funding for 19 international and national research projects in the last 8 years College Research Excellence Award (AY 2015-16)

Teaching performance

Graduate faculty member since 2007

Outstanding” evaluation by students

Supervision

Supervised 14 MSc and 5 PhD thesis.

Professional networking

President of the SETAC Arabian Gulf Branch (2014-2016). SETAC is the largest Environment-related professional society.

Founder and Vice-President of the International Society of Ecohydrology.

Founder and coordinator of the GCC – Algae Technology Platform (GCC-ATP)