Introduction   /   Investigators

Prof. Dr. Sonja Nebel (Gutech)
Principle Investigator
Focus: urban development and management

Prof. Dr. Awni Shabaan (SQU)
Co-Principle Investigator
Focus: climate responsive urban development and design

Prof. Dr. Alaa Mandour (SQU)
Co-Investigator
Focus: planning law, building regulations, urban design

Assist. Prof. M. Arch. Aurel von Richthofen (GUtech)
Co-Investigator
Focus: urban modeling and simulation, conference organization, head of publication team

Dipl. Ing. Anne Eaton (RWTH Aachen)
Focus: rural development and planning, feld studies, surveys, head of exhibition team

M. Arch. Hamad Al Gharibi (Ministry of Housing), Research Assistant
Focus: surveys, field studies, governance and planning

B. Arch. Haitham Al Busafi, Research Technician
Focus: mapping, visualization, publication lay-out

B. Arch. Maryam Zargar Yaghoubi, Research Assistant
Focus: sustainable urbanism, analysis and data processing, conference assistant

B. Arch. Aysha Farooq, Research Technician
Focus: publication lay-out

M. Sc. Sara Mohamed Abdelaal, Research Technician
Focus: research assistance, mapping, analysis and data processing

B. Sc. Sebastian Langer, Geographer
Focus: urban geography, GIS mapping

B. Sc. Rafal Korzeniewski, Computer Science
Focus: Conference Website Programming

Ahmed Al Amri, Talal Al Omairi, Aysha Farooq, Rania Ezzat, Nushrat Jahan, Romana Othman, Ruaa El Zain, Maysai Al Mandhari, Maryam Al Taei, Talal Al Haremi, Kinan Marei; Student Technical Assistants (GUtech) 2010 — 2013
Focus: assisting field work, mapping, interviews

Consultants:

Dr. Marike Bontenbal GUtech
Focus: Urban Geography

Dr. Claudia Kruschwitz RWTH Aachen
Focus: Urban Infrastructure

Dr. Astrid Ley TU Berlin
Focus: Urban Governance

Dr. Slim Zekry SQU
Focus: Economy and Agriculture

Hassan Al Salmi, Asst. D.G of Town Planning at Ministry of Housing
Focus: Urban Planning and Governance

Alessia Pegorin, M. Arch
Focus: Mapping, analytical drawings, urban design

Riccardo del Fabbro, M. Arch
Focus: Mapping, analytical drawings, urban design

Independent studies and design projects:

Sara Mohamed Abdelaal, Carolina Hernandez, Sam Solomon
TU Berlin M. Sc. Candidates 2013

Sandra Schilling, Stephie Pfenninger
ETH Zurich Dipl.-Arch. Candidates 2013

Julia Haun, Elvir Kastrati, Aleksandar Klisarov, Polina Nyagolova, Roman Claudio Schmitt, Linda Joana Merk, Zubair Roia Zabuly, Sofiya Vancheva
RWTH Aachen M. Sc. / Dipl.-Ing. Candidates, 2014