Dr. Mohammad Reza Nikoo is an Associate Professor of the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman (2021–present), and awarded as Elite by Iranian Federation of Young Elites since 2008. He was awarded the prestigious Oman National Research Award 2024 and was recognized as one of the world’s top 2% scientists in 2024 and 2025, based on Stanford's Top 2% Scientists Ranking. In 2026, he received the Best Researcher Award at Sultan Qaboos University (26th University Day, Oman) and the Best Research Paper Award from the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) for his journal paper published in the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (ASCE) and presented at the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2026, Alabama, USA. He is also the top-ranked Civil Engineer in Oman (https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist/mohammad-reza-nikoo/419647) in the 2024 Scientists Ranking. Dr. Nikoo has served as an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, for four consecutive years (2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025). Previously, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, from 2017–2021. During his tenure at Shiraz University, he was selected as the Top Young Researcher for three consecutive years (2018–2020) and Iran’s Eminent Young Scientist in 2020. He has supervised 14 Ph.D. and 50 MSc theses and published over 240 journa