UNU Experts

Expert Lead, Critical Minerals and Inclusive Energy Transition

Prof. Saleem Ali

Professor Saleem H. Ali is an environmental security scholar

Expert Associate Research Professor, Health, Humanitarian and Disaster Response

Dr. Osama Ali Maher

Dr. Osama Ali Maher is a public health expert and a dedicated advocate for communities in crisis.

Expert Research Fellow, Human-Environment Systems Analytics

Dr. Mohammad Reza Alizadeh

Dr. Mohammad Reza Alizadeh's research addresses global warming and environmental changes using multidisciplinary approaches.

Expert Research Fellow, Sustainable Future

Dr. Deema Almasri is a policy researcher and environmental scientist with specialization in sustainability, environmental studies, water resources, and water treatment technologies, including wastewater treatment and reuse.

Expert Research Fellow, Artificial Intelligence and Disaster Risk Analytics

Dr. Mohammad Alobaidi

Dr. Mohammad Alobaidi specializes in developing scalable AI frameworks and tensor informatics for robust modeling, extreme event analytics, and decision making in natural and built infrastructure systems under uncertainty.

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Ghada Amin

Before joining UNU-FLORES, Ghada worked with GIZ on nexus integration policies and ESG reporting. Her current research focuses on corporate biodiversity management in the MENA region.

Expert PhD Fellow

Louise Amoris

Louise Amoris is a PhD Fellow at UNU-CRIS with UNU-CRIS label.

Expert Student Assistant

Abbie Amundsen

Abbie Belle Amundsen

Expert Consultant Researcher

Valérie Andriamanga

Valérie is a consultant in the EMIC Division working on human mobility linked to climate change in Madagascar. She specializes in urban agriculture, land use planning and urban governance. She is particularly interested in land use change and how it relates to migration.

Expert Coordinator, UNU-CRIS Brussels Campus

Anthony Antoine

Anthony Antoine is Executive Director of the Brussels School of Governance (VUB) and is coordinator of the UNU-CRIS Campus in Brussels.

Expert Researcher

Cara Antonaccio

Cara Antonaccio is a researcher at the UNU Institute in Macau.

Expert Researcher in Ethnobiology and molecular plant biology

Dr. Yani Aranguren Díaz

Dr. Yani Cristina Aranguren Díaz

Expert Senior Project Associate

Teresa Arce Mojica

Teresa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Financial Administration and Systems from the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, and a dual Master’s in Science on Technology and Natural Resources Management in the Tropics & Subtropics from TH Cologne, Germany, and the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Anthony Arundel

Anthony Arundel is a Professor of Innovation at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia and concurrently a Professorial Fellow at UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Centre on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT).

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Waseem Ashraf

Waseem Ashraf is part of the Joint PhD Programme of UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden.

Expert Diaster Risk Modelling & Capacity Building Expert

Muhammad Azmat

Expert Adjunct Professor

Mukand Babel

Mukand Babel is adjunct professor at UNU-FLORES and a full professor at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand, and the Director of the Centre for Water and Climate Adaptation at AIT.

Expert Research Assistant

Uzabi Baidar

Uzabi is a researcher specializing in Environment Management and Integrated Water Resources Management. She is working as a researcher with the Climate Risk Analytics team of the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII). She specializes in water resources management, climate adaptations, disaster risk financing and nature-based solutions.

Expert Research Associate

Jana Balzer

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Carlo Angelo Barace

Carlo is part of the Joint PhD Programme of UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden.