Ali Nazemi

Dr. Ali Nazemi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering at Concordia University, where he joined in 2015 as a Strategic Hire in Water Resources. He holds adjunct appointments at the University of Saskatchewan's School of Environment and Sustainability and is an Associate Member of the Global Institute for Water Security. His foundational education includes a PhD from the University of Birmingham (UK), an MSc from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (Iran), and a BSc from KNT University of Technology (Iran).

Dr. Nazemi's research advances methodologies for water security challenges under climate change, focusing on:

• Hydrological modeling and algorithm development
• Climate change vulnerability assessments
• Coupled human-water systems
• Hydroclimatic data diagnostics

His recent publications predominantly explore climate model integration, uncertainty quantification in water systems, and hybrid modeling approaches, with consistent themes of climate adaptation and risk management across Canadian and international contexts.

He has been recognized with several awards, including:

• Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award (UK government, 2005–2009)
• Best Presentation Award at IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (2006)
• Post Graduate Teaching Award (University of Birmingham, 2004–2007)

Dr. Nazemi actively supervises graduate students through his Water Security and Climate Change (WSCC) lab, with projects on climate downscaling, vulnerability assessment tools, and coupled human-water systems. He leads research collaborations with the Saskatchewan Water Security Agency, NSERC's Changing Cold Region Network, and the Global Water and Energy Cycle Experiment.