Dr. Khalifa Al-Kindi has more than 17 years of experience in remote sensing and geographical information systems. He successfully defended his dissertation and graduated on 31th August 2019 from the University of New England, Australia. Khalifa’s doctoral research was focused on modelling the habitat and population densities of Dubas bug, a very important invasive insect pest affecting date palm in the Sultanate of Oman. This study (1) develops and models the habitat, population density, and presence/absence of Dubas bug (DB) in Oman based on the interactions between various environmental, climatological, and human factors and (2) predicts the potential geographic distribution of parasitic natural enemies of the DB using spatial techniques. His articles have appeared in such peer-reviewed journals as Elsevier, Springer, PeerJ, Geo-Spatial Health, Willey, Plos One, SCI, etc. His Master’s degree was in geographical information systems from the University of New England, Australia. Before moving to the University of Nizwa, he was a guest lecturer and researcher at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), where he conducted a research project on a real-time GIS model for Spatio-temporal prediction of COVID-19 hotspots in the Sultanate of Oman. At SQU, he has taught GIS courses. He is a reviewer for a number of scientific journals, on topics such as remote sensing, water, and climate change.