Dr. Ammar Abulibdeh is an associate professor of geography and environmental management. He received his PhD in Geography and Environmental Management from the University of Waterloo in Canada. Dr. Abulibdeh completed two Master's degrees at the University of Waterloo: a Master of Civil Engineering in 2006 and a Master of Economic Development and Innovation in 2007. His bachelor's degree is in Civil Engineering. Dr. Abulibdeh was the head of the Humanities Department and the department coordinator. He has advanced spatial analysis skills and uses geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) in his teaching and research. Dr. Abulibdeh's research focuses on climate change and environmental sustainability, land-use and land-cover (LULC) dynamics, water–energy–food (WEF) nexus modelling, geo-environmental monitoring, policy integration, and ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation. With over 12 years of higher education experience across North America and the Gulf States, he has authored more than 80 scientific publications in Top Tier 1 scientific journals indexed by Scopus and Web of Science (WoS). In recognition of his contributions, Dr. Abulibdeh was named in 2023, 2024, and 2025 as a World Top 2% of Scientists as ranked by Elsevier and Stanford University. He also received the 2023 Research Excellence Award from Qatar University. D