UNU Experts

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Berna Akcali Gur

Berna Akcali Gur is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS within the Digital Governance Cluster

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Abdulhakeem Amer Abdulhafed Al-Qubati is a Doctoral Researcher in the project “Resource Nexus Issues Revealed by COVID-19 for Professional Communities in the Agri-Food Supply Chain” at UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden since November 2021.

Expert Emeritus Professor

Prof. Dr. Ludovico Alcorta

Ludovico Alcorta is Professorial Fellow on "Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development" at UNU MERIT, School of Business and Economics, University of Maastricht.

Expert PhD Fellow

Daniel Alejo

Daniel Alejo is a PhD Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Expert Head of the Resource Nexus Laboratory in Lusatia

Dr. Alexey Alekseenko

Alexey V. Alekseenko is the Head of Resource Nexus Laboratory in Lusatia at UNU-FLORES.

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 Modeling

Dr Mohammad Reza Alizadeh

Dr. Mohammad Reza Alizadeh’s research bridges the critical gap between fundamental hydro-climatology and applied engineering solutions in the human-environment systems analytics space.

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 Associate Expert

Mohammed Mahmoud Alokshiya

Mohammed M. Alokshiya is a sustainability and humanitarian logistics professional serving with the World Food Programme in Gaza and an Associate Expert affiliated with UNU-FLORES. His work integrates sustainable construction, life cycle assessment, and infrastructure resilience within the Resource Nexus framework.

Expert Research Fellow

Mohammed Alotaibi

Mohammed Alotaibi is a Visiting Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS.

Expert Associate Research Fellow

Ana Amaya

Ana B. Amaya has been an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS since 2017

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 Student Assistant

Abbie Amundsen

Abbie Belle Amundsen

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.