Experience

  1. Postdoctoral Research Associate

    Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Data-driven parameterization of turbulent atmospheric fluxes with Prof. Elie Bou-Zeid; collaboration with Mitchell Bushuk (NOAA GFDL). AI-enabled human thermal sensation metrics with Prof. Bou-Zeid and Xinjie Huang.

  2. Graduate Research Assistant

    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
    AI for state estimation of chaotic systems with uncertainty (advisors: Prof. Omar Knio, Prof. Edriss S. Titi). Uncertainty-aware ocean color algorithms for remote sensing (with Prof. R. J. W. Brewin, Univ. Exeter / PML, and Prof. Dionysios Raitsos, Univ. Athens). Marine pollution source estimation in uncertain flows.

  3. KAUST Visiting Student Researcher

    KAUST, Earth Sciences and Engineering

Education

  1. PhD, Mechanical Engineering

    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
    Thesis: Artificial Intelligence for Data Assimilation and Downscaling: Application to Uncertain Chaotic Systems. GPA 4.0/4.0. Advisor: Prof. Omar Knio. Co-advisor: Prof. Edriss S. Titi (Cambridge).

  2. MSc, Mechanical Engineering

    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
    Thesis: Moving Source Identification in an Uncertain Marine Flow: Mediterranean Sea Application. GPA 4.0/4.0. Advisor: Prof. Omar Knio.

  3. BEng, Mechanical Engineering

    American University of Beirut
    GPA 4.0/4.0. Dean’s Honor List, all semesters.
Skills & Hobbies
Awards
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation ∙ December 2025
Support for postdoctoral research at Princeton University ($60,000, Jan 2026 – Jan 2027).
NCAR Exploratory Allocation Computing Award (UPRI0030)
NCAR Computational and Information Systems Lab ∙ March 2025
PI, 2,000 GPU-hours (Mar 2025 – Mar 2027).
Princeton University – NOAA GFDL CIMES Fellowship
Princeton CIMES ∙ August 2024
Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System postdoctoral fellowship (2024–2026).
KAUST PSE Dean’s Award, Mechanical Engineering
KAUST Physical Science and Engineering Division ∙ April 2024
Most awarded recipient (2022, 2023, 2024).
KAUST VSRP Undergraduate Fellowship
KAUST ∙ June 2017
Dean’s Honor List Award (all semesters)
American University of Beirut, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture ∙ May 2018
3rd Place, Lebanese Scientific Excellence Exams
Lebanese Ministry of Education ∙ June 2014
Languages