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Dr. Mohammedrami Alfarra
Research Director
Joint Professor
Dr. Mohammedrami Alfarra
Research Director
Joint Professor
Educational Qualifications
PhD in Chemical Engineering (Atmospheric Science)
Entity
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute
College of Science and Engineering
Division
Division of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Biography
Dr. Alfarra is a jointly appointed professor of air quality and atmospheric composition in the division of chemical and environmental engineering. And the Environment Research Director and Air Quality Lead at the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Hamad bin Khalifa University. He has over two and a half decades of international experience in atmospheric aerosols and their impact on air quality, climate change, and human health. Dr. Alfarra leads applied research at the interface between science and policymaking, focusing on air quality assessment, source attribution of air pollution and their health impacts.
Dr. Alfarra completed a PhD degree in atmospheric science at the University of Manchester UK in 2004 and received the 2008 Swiss Academy of Sciences Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Award. He is a member of the Global Steering Committee of the WMO's Sand and Dust Storm Warning and Advisory System (SDS-WAS), and a member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project (IGAC).
PhD in Chemical Engineering (Atmospheric Science)
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), UK
2004
- Drivers of air pollution in urbanised arid regions and impacts on human health
- Source apportionment of air pollution and dust characterisation
- Impacts of natural dust on air quality, climate and human health
- Indoor air quality assessment and solutions
- Heat mitigation strategies and climate resilience of the built environment in arid regions
Research Director
Environment Center, Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2025 - Present
Joint Professor
Division of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2024 - Present
Principal Scientist
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2021 – 2025
Scientist (NCAS) & Fellow (Uman)
Air Quality Directorate & School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) & The University of Manchester, UK
2009 – 2021
Research Scientist
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry (LAC), Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland
2005 – 2008
Jimenez, J. L., et al. (2009). Evolution of organic aerosols in the atmosphere. Science, 326(5959), 1525–1529.
McFiggans, G., et al. (2019). Secondary organic aerosol reduced by mixture of atmospheric vapours. Nature, 565(7741), 587–593.
Liu, L., et al. (2017). Black-carbon absorption enhancement in the atmosphere determined by particle mixing state. Nature Geoscience, 10(3), 184–188.
Alfarra, M. R., et al. (2004). Characterisation of urban and rural organic particulate in the Lower Fraser Valley using two Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometers. Atmospheric Environment, 38(34), 5745–5758.
Alfarra, M. R., et al. (2007). Identification of the mass spectral signature of organic aerosols from wood burning emissions. Environmental Science & Technology, 41, 5770–5777.
Complete Publication Listing(s): Google Scholar
- Member of the Global Steering Committee of the WMO's Sand and Dust Storm Warning and Advisory System (SDS-WAS)
- Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project (IGAC)
- The 2008 Swiss Academy of Sciences Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Award