Areas of Expertise
- Water Resources Management and Hydrology
- Fractal Analysis in Hydrology
- Arid Region Hydrology
- Water Governance
Education
- PhD in Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Imperial College London, 2018 (Thesis: Temporal scaling of hydrological time series in a shallow responsive aquifer)
- MSc and DIC (Diploma of Imperial College), Hydrology and Water Resources Management, distinction, Imperial College London, 2013 (Thesis: Scaling properties of hydrological time series
- BSc in Civil Engineering, first-degree honours, University of Bahrain, 2010 (Graduation project: Design of a stormwater management system using GIS and mathematical models.
Biography
Dr. Habib is currently an assistant professor in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Bahrain (UOB). She completed both her master's (2013) and doctoral (2018) studies in hydrology and water resources management from Imperial College London, which is ranked among the best 10 universities worldwide in Civil Engineering.
Dr Habib is active in consulting and is the Principal Investigator assigned to the Green Climate Fund project, “Comprehensive Water Use Audit for all non-municipal sectors, with an assessment for water use in the municipal sector.” She has also been nominated in the capacity of leading consultant in the project “Modelling the impact of climate change on Bahrain’s freshwater resources,” funded by the Green Climate Fund. She is assigned the task of developing a hydrologic-hydraulic model for Bahrain.
Dr. Habib has also acquired training in the field of water governance. Before pursuing postgraduate studies, Dr. Habib worked for two years as an engineer at the multinational engineering consultancy COWI, where she was involved in various water-related projects across the GCC.
Achievements
- Appointed as the Hydrological Advisor of the Kingdom of Bahrain with the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), April 2024 to present.
- Awarded a prize for working on the highest monetary-value research grant in the College of Engineering, University of Bahrain, 2022
- Achieved status of Fellow after successful completion of the Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PCAP), Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom, 2019
- Completed the online training course: Water Reform and Governance, International Water Centre, Brisbane, Australia, 2018
Presented my doctoral research in the House of Parliament, Westminster, UK, 2016
Affiliations
GCC Water Science and Technology Association (WSTA)
Grants & Contracts Awarded
- Project: Comprehensive water use audit for all non-municipal sectors, with an assessment of water use in the municipal sector, My Role: Principal Investigator, Submitted to: National Oil and Gas Authority, Funded by: Green Climate Fund (GCF), 2023
- Project: Hydrological modelling study, part of the ‘Modelling the Impacts of Climate Change on Bahrain’s Freshwater Resources’ Project, My Role: Individual Consultant, Submitted to: Arabian Gulf University, Funded by: Green Climate Fund (GCF), 2021
Publications & Presentations
- 2024, Hydrological Processes, “Study of the effect of local forcing on the fractal behavior of shallow groundwater levels in a riparian aquifer”, Authors: Abrar Habib, Athanasios Paschalis, Adrian P. Butler, Christian Onof, John P. Bloomfield, James P. R. Sorensen
- 2024, 15th Gulf Water Conference – Embracing Technological Advancement, “System Dynamics Model to Study the Effect of Different Policies on Bahrain’s Hydrological Processes”, Authors: Raed Aljowdar, Abrar Habib
- 2024, Journal of Water Management Modeling, “Resilient Storm Water Management of a Coastal Catchment”, Authors: Abrar Habib, Dilek Eren Akyuz, Nagib Nasher, Fuad Musleh
- 2023, Proceedings in: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI), Springer, Conference: Intern. Conference of Mediterranean Geosciences Union (MedGU-21), “Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways for a Coastal Catchment in an Arid Climate”, Authors: Abrar Habib, Dilek Eren Akyuz, Qazi Mahmood Alam
- 2022, Hydrological Sciences Journal, “Fractal Domain Refinement of Models Simulating Hydrological Time Series”, Authors: Abrar Habib, Adrian P. Butler, John P. Bloomfield and James P. R. Sorensen
- 2020, Journal of Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, “Exploring the physical interpretation of long-term memory in Hydrology”, Authors: Abrar Habib
- 2017, Journal of Hydrology, “Temporal scaling phenomena in a groundwater-floodplain using robust detrended fluctuation analysis”, Authors: Abrar Habib, James Sorensen, John Bloomfield, Katie Muchan, Andrew Newell, Adrian Butler
