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Professor of Water Resources Management, Arabian Gulf University
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Prof. Alaa El-Sadek holds the academic position of Professor of Water Resources Management at the National Water Research Center, Egypt and at the Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain. He obtained his PhD degree in 2001 in the field of surface water modeling from Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. He held a postdoctoral position at Catholic University of Leuven, where he worked on applying his developed models to water management and validating it using the most recent data from three catchments in Belgium and Egypt. He has published more than 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and seminars. In 2002, he received the Award of UNESCO-MAB young scientists and in 2004, he received the Encouragement State Prize in Engineering from Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt. Since 2006, Prof. El-Sadek has been the president of the Arab World Academy of Young Scientists. His research interests include but are not limited to Water Resources Management; Virtual Water; Project Management and Environmental Impact Assessment. He serves as a consultant for many international and regional organizations.