Dalal Matar Al Shamsi

Associate Professor at Geosciences Department, and Director of National Water and Energy Center

Area of research: Dr. Dalal focuses on the radioactive isotopes’ behavior and environmental impact in the different aquifers with respect to climatic conditions, lithology, and geochemical properties.  The outcomes of the research enrich the achievements of SDG# 6 and SDG#13. 

Drive behind work: Dr. Dalal has designed her aims towards the United Arab Emirates visions and strategies which are perfectly aligned with living sustainable. She appreciates being a faculty member at UAEU, where the higher management and research affairs put sustainability goals as a priority. Living in an arid region makes the climate change impact as double as the other regions, and thus intensive research work is needed to sustain the access to the suitable quantity of clean water for the coming generations.  

Journey to UAEU:

• United Arab Emirates
• BSc at UAEU, Petroleum and Water Geology
• PhD at UAEU, with experimental work at Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
• Joined UAEU in 2014

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The United Arab Emirates is a leader in proactive solutions, and would face the expected challenges before it happen, and here the research role appears to support the efficient access to clean water for everyone all the time in the country.