Meet Our Speakers

Ihab Jnad is the Director of the Water Resources Department at the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD) in Damascus, Syria since 2015. He previously served as the head of the Water Resources Development Program at ACSAD from 2002 to 2015. He also currently acts as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Agriculture, Damascus University in Syria since 2001. He specializes in water resources management using mathematical modeling, impact assessments of climate change on water resources, and estimations of crop water requirements from satellite images. His areas of expertise also include rainwater harvesting and irrigation management. He holds a Ph.D in water resources engineering from Texas A&M University, U.S.A.