Service
Editorial Board, Conference Organization, and Professional Societies
Accreditation
- ABET Program Evaluator (PEV) for Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC)
- ACCE Program Evaluator for Construction Management Programs
Editorial Board
- Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (2013-present)
- Editorial Board Member, Water (2017-present)
- Editorial Board Member, Earth (2021-present)
- Editorial board, Hydroecology and Engineering (2023-present)
Editorial board, Khazar Journal of Water and Environment (2025-present) - Editorial Board Member, Sci (2018-present)
- Editorial Board Member, Pakistan Journal of Engineering (2019-present)
- Editorial Board Member Journal of Sustainability Research (2018- present)
- Review Editor, Frontiers in Public Health (2016 – 2021)
- Associate Editor, Frontiers in Public Health (2021 – Present)
- Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Complexity in Applied Science and Technology (2014-Present)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Computational Environmental Sciences (2013-2015)
- Member Editorial Board, Journal of Arid Lands (2014-2017)
- Associate Editor-in-Chief Journal of Spatial Hydrology (2004-2011)
Conference Committees
- Program Committee Member, International Conference on Time Series Analysis (ITISE 2014-present), Grenada, Spain.
- Program Committee Member, XXV International Scientific Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (FORM-2022) Moscow
- Program Committee Member, 5th International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Management (WREM 2022)
- Program Committee Member, 14th International Conference on Environmental Science and Development(ICESD 2023), Xiamen
- Program Committee Member, The Sixth International Workshop on Environment and Geoscience (IWEG2023), Kunming
- Program Committee Member, 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Development (ICESD 2024), Regina
- Program Committee Member, The 7th International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Management (WREM 2024)
- Program Committee Member, 5th International Conference on Environmental Informatics (ICEI 2024), Calgary, 2024
- Scientific Committee Member, First International Conference on Hydroinformatics and Artificial Intelligence in Water Engineering, Mashhad, Iran. 2025
- Program Committee Member, 7th Conference on Sustainability in Civil Engineering (CSCE), Islamabad, Pakistan, 2025
- Technical Program Co-Chair, ASCE World Environmental and Water Resources Congress (EWRI), Anchorage, AK, 2025
- Technical Program Co-Chair, ASCE World Environmental and Water Resources Congress (EWRI), Henderson, NV, 2023
- Technical Program Co-Chair, ASCE World Environmental and Water Resources Congress (EWRI), Henderson, NV, 2020
- Organizing Committee Member, 2nd International Microfluidics Congress, Las Vegas, May 23-24, 2019.
- Technical Program Committee member, The 1st International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Management (WREM 2018), Kunming, China / November 28-30, 2018
- Member Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Management Engineering and Management Innovation [ICMEMI2015], January 10-11, 2015, in Changsha, Hunan, China.
- Program Committee Member, 3rd International Conference on Civil Engineering and Urban Planning (CEUP 2014), Wuhan, China, June 20-22.
- Track Chair, Emerging and Innovative Technologies Committee (EITC), ASCE-EWRI World Water and Environment Resources Congress, Cincinnati, OH (2013)
- Program Organizer and Session Chair, Climate Change, Sustainability, and Water Resources in the Arid West, 94th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Pacific Division, Las Vegas, NV, June 2013
Professional Societies
- Chair International Council (ASCE-EWRI) 2024-2026
- Member EWRI Technical ExCom 2025-present
- Member EWRI Scholarship Committee 2025-present
- Chair, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE-EWRI) Committee on Emerging and Innovative Technologies (EITC) 2016
- Chair, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE-EWRI) Visiting International Fellow Committee 2017-2019
- Member ASCE-EWRI International Participation Committee (Parent Committee: International Council)
- Member ASCE-EWRI Hydroclimate Technical Committee (Parent Committee: Watershed Council)
- Member ASCE Task Committee for Margaret Petersen Outstanding Woman of the Year Award (2010- present)
- PE review (Hydrology/Open Channel) for ASCE YMF Las Vegas (Fall 2012; Spring 2013; Fall 2013; Spring 2014; Fall 2014; Spring 2015; Fall 2015; Fall 2016; Spring 2017)
University Committees (UNLV):
- Graduate College: Graduate Professional Academy Advisory Board (2024-2026)
- Sustainability Task Force – Transportation Working Group (2024-2025)
- Sustainability Task Force – Academics and Research Working Group (2024-2025)
- Graduate College: Graduate Program Review Committee (2023-2024)
- Rebel Cap Academics and Research working group (2023)
- Rebel CAP Sustainable Transportation Working Group (2023)
- Faculty Senate: University Governance: Research Infrastructure Committee (2023-2025)
- Faculty Senate: Curriculum & Academic Policy: Program Review Committee 2023-2025)
- Top Tier Graduate Pivot Planning Working Group (2022-2024)
- Selection Committee for Harry Reid Silver State Researcher Award.
- Selection Committee for Outstanding Department Chair/Academic Director Award.
- Selection Committee for Barrick Distinguished Scholar Award
- Selection Committee for Barrick Scholar Award
- Selection Committee for Regents Rising Researcher Award
- Member UNLV Research Council (2014-2017)
- Advisory Board Member, Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) 2015-2017
- Member Grievance Committee of University Senate (2013-2016)
- Member Campus Affairs Committee of University Senate (2014-2016)
- Member Special Hearing Committee of University Senate (2012-2013; 2013-2014)
- Member Undergraduate Curriculum Committee of University Senate (2008-2010);
- Member Scholarship Committee of University Senate (2010-2012);
- Member Program Review Committee of University Senate (2010-2012)
- Member Student Conduct Hearing Board (2012- present)
Recruitment committees:
- Professor Environmental Engineering (member) 2017
- Assistant Professor Environmental Engineering (member) 2017
- Faculty Director Undergraduate Research UNLV (member) 2015
- Grant Proposal Coordinator, College of Engineering (member) 2014
- Senior Software Engineer, Transportation Research Center (TRC) 2014
- Associate Dean College of Engineering (member) 2012
- Assistant Professor Environmental Engineering (Chair) 2012
- Department Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering (member) 2011
- Assistant Professor Civil Engineering GIS/Remote Sensing (member) 2011
- Assistant Professor Electrical Engineering Visualization (member) 2011
- Visiting Assistant Professor Environmental Engineering (member) 2010
University System
- UNLV Representative on Las Vegas Wash Coordination Committee (2007-Present).
- Served as Judge (10 times) for Graduate and Professional Student Association, UNLV (2007-present)
- Member UNLV selection committee for Barrick Scholar Award (2010, 2012; 2014)
- Member UNLV selection committee for Regent’s Researcher Award (2012; 2014)
I have served as Reviewer for following agencies
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Agency |
Year |
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1 |
NOAA-SARP |
2006 |
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2 |
Fulbright program for Institute of International Education (IIE) |
2007 |
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3 |
Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan |
2007 |
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4 |
NASA Space Grant Consortium |
2008 |
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5 |
NSF Panel Review CBET |
2008 |
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6 |
Fonds National de la Recherche (National funding agency of) Luxembourg (FNR) |
2009 |
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7 |
NSF Panel Review CMMI |
2009 |
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8 |
NSF Panel Review (multi-directorate) |
2010 |
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9 |
NSF Panel Review CMMI |
2010 |
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10 |
Smithsonian Institution and Indo-US Science & Technology Forum (IUSSTF) |
2011 |
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11 |
NSF Panel Review CMMI |
2011 |
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12 |
NIH Panel Review (System Sciences) |
02/ 2012 |
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13 |
NIH Panel Review (System Sciences) |
06/ 2012 |
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14 |
NSF Panel Review CMMI |
2012 |
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15 |
NIH Panel Review (System Sciences) |
10/ 2012 |
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16 |
NIH Panel Review (System Sciences) |
02/ 2013 |
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17 |
NSF Panel Review (multi-directorate) |
2013 |
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18 |
National Center of Science and Technology Evaluation, Republic of Kazakhstan |
2013 |
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19 |
NIH Panel Review (System Sciences) |
06/ 2013 |
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20 |
NSF Panel Review CMMI |
2013 |
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21 |
NIH Panel Review (System Sciences) |
11/2013 |
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22 |
NSERC Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada |
2014 |
| 23 | NSF Panel Review | 2014 |
| 24 | National Center of Science and Technology Evaluation, Republic of Kazakhstan | 2014- 2020 |
| 25 | NIH Panel Review | 6 & 10/ 2014 |
| 26 | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) | 2014; 2016 |
| 27 | Reviewer for National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowships | 2015 |
| 28 | NIH Panel Review | 1 & 3 2015 |
| 29 | Panelist for National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) | 2014-2018; 2016-2019; 2018-2021 |
| 30 | NSF Panel Review | 2015 |
| 31 | NIH Panel Review | 6/2015 |
| 32 | Qatar National Research Fund | 2017-2020 |
| 33 | Swiss National Science Foundation | 2018 |
| 34 | Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) |
2016-2020 |

