Program: Water and Environmental Engineering
Phone number : +971 2 810 9114

Laboratory Website:  www.b2el.com

Dr. Ahmad holds undergraduate degrees in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Rice University. Prior to joining Masdar Institute, Dr. Ahmad taught at the University of Houston and Rice University, and held the position of Sr. Environmental Engineer at the environmental risk management firm, GSI Environmental, in Houston, USA. He is a licensed Professional Chemical and Environmental Engineer in the State of Texas, USA. As Principal Investigator of several federal research grants in the US, Dr. Ahmad has led multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional teams to address environmental contamination and cleanup problems in the US. 
 

Courses/Teaching Interests

• Contaminants in the Environment: Fate and Transport 
• Groundwater Hydrology 
• Applied Environmental Chemistry and Biotechnology
• Remediation Engineering 

Advisor to current Masdar Institute students

• Oluwajinmi Daniel Aina, adaniel@masdar.ac.ae
• Wan Abdul Matiin, wmatiin@masdar.ac.ae
• Filmon Habte, fhabte@masdar.ac.ae
• Qinqian Ning, qning@masdar.ac.ae 
• Qammer Zaib, qzaib@masdar.ac.ae

Advisor to former Masdar Institute students: 

• Ali Farhat , afarhat@masdar.ac.ae
• Mays Atiyeh , matiyeh@masdar.ac.ae
• Nour Mezher, nmezher@masdar.ac.ae