Bassel Daher, Ph.D. is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Texas A&M Energy Institute, where he leads its Convergence Research Incubator. He is also Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering and Research Fellow at the Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy at Texas A&M University. Daher is dedicated to building bridges between research disciplines and cross sectoral stakeholders with the goal of arriving to a future that is more sustainable, equitable, and resource secure for all. Daher’s research builds on systems thinking to develop analytics that catalyze an evidence-based, multi-stakeholder dialogue around trade-offs associated with technological, policy, and social interventions to address the interconnected water, energy, and food security challenges. Applications of Daher’s research include case studies in Texas, Indiana, Lebanon, Qatar, Morocco, Jordan, Turkey, Bangladesh, and the MENA region. Daher has co-authored over 50 journal articles, book chapters, and policy briefs related to the interconnected water-energy-food challenges, nexus assessment tools, and sustainable development.
Daher serves as an Executive Board Member of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA), and co-chairs the “Zero-Hunger Pathways” project with the Sustainable Development Solutions Network USA. He has consulted on projects with UNFAO, GIZ, IRENA, Waterlution, IWRA, Union for the Mediterranean, and Penn State University. Bassel was Research Associate at Texas &M’s Water-Energy-Food Nexus Research Group at the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering (2014-2020) and served as Project Coordinator at Texas A&M’s Water-Energy-Food Nexus Initiative (2015-2018). He was Research Associate at Qatar Foundation’s Environment and Energy Research Institute (2012-2014).
Daher holds a PhD in Water Management and Hydrologic Sciences from Texas A&M University (2019), an MS in Biological and Agricultural Engineering from Purdue University (2012), and a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the American University of Beirut (2010).
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