M. Shadi Mohamed is an Associate Professor at the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University. He received his B.Sc. at the University of Aleppo, his M.Sc. at the Ruhr University Bochum, and his Ph.D. at the Heriot-Watt University. Before his current appointment, he was a Civil Engineer at The City of Aleppo Council (2000–2003), a Civil Engineer at the Iklassi Construction Ltd. (2005–2006), and a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Durham University (2010–2013). His main research interests lie in computational modeling, with applications in transportation, renewable energy, and disaster management.