Chair holder of the UNESCO Chair of Aflaj Studies-Archaeohydrology Received Ph.D. in Environmental Resources (water Management) from the university of Hokkaido in 2004, M.Sc in Agricultural Water Management from the university of Hokkaido in 2001 and B.Sc in agricultural Mechanization from university of Sultan Qaboos in 1991. His research interests are Aflaj systems, agricultural water Management and traditional technologies.