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Maximising the benefits of desalinated seawater supply networks for agricultural sustainability

Babak Zolghadr-Asli is deeply engaged in advancing research at the intersection of computational and artificial intelligence, specifically focusing on optimization, data mining, and machine learning. His primary objective is to apply these technologies to address challenges in sustainable water resource management, including the potential impacts of climate change. By integrating cutting-edge AI techniques into decision-making paradigms, he aims to establish robust frameworks capable of addressing economic, environmental, and technical aspects of water engineering, thereby illuminating the role of water in the energy-water-food nexus.   Currently, as a joint researcher under the QUEX program, Babak works collaboratively at the Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia, and The Centre for Water Systems (CWS), The University of Exeter, UK. A prolific author, he has penned two books, one published by John Wiley & Sons and another by CRC Press. Additionally, he served as the editor for another book published by Springer. In total, to this day, Babak has contributed to over 50 scientific works, showcasing his significant impact on the field.

Biography

Babak started his education in water engineering back in 2009 and received his B.Sc. in 2013 from Shiraz University, Iran. He then pursued his education as a water resources engineer and obtained his master's degree from the University of Tehran, Iran in 2017. To this day, he has published more than 30 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters in renowned scientific journals including Nature's Scientific Reports. He also co-authored a book entitled "A Handbook on Multi-Attribute Decision-Making Methods." His most recent project entitled "Computational Intelligence for Water and Environmental Sciences" has been published by Springer in mid-2022 where he served as a co-editor of a book series for "Studies in Computational Intelligence." He also authered a book entitled: "Computational Intelligence-based Optimization Algorithms From Theory to Practice" by CRC Press in 2023. 
Babak has received the outstanding researcher award in “the 26th Research Festival”, University of Tehran (2017); Outstanding student award in “the 8th International Festival and Exhibition”, University of Tehran (2018); Outstanding M.Sc. thesis award in “the 5th National Festival of Environment”, Tehran Iran (2018); Winner of the “Prof. Alireza Sepaskhah” 1st Scientific Award in water engineering [Shiraz University] (2019). In addition to these, he has been awarded the Excellent Reviewer, Journal of Hydro Science & Marine Engineering (2020). 

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Babak has helped the Faculty of university of Tehran's water resources engineering department as Research and teaching assistant from Sep. 2016 to March 2021.

Funding

QUEX

Supervisors

Professor Neil McIntyre, Dr Liliana Pagliero, Raziyeh Farmani (Exeter University); and Slobodan Djordjević (Exeter University).

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Publications

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2024

• Zolghadr-Asli B, Ferdowsi A, Savić D. (2024) A call for a fundamental shift from model-centric to data-centric approaches in hydroinformatics, Cambridge Prisms: Water, volume 2, article no. e7, DOI:10.1017/wat.2024.5. [PDF]

2023

• Zolghadr-Asli B, McIntyre N, Djordjevic S, Farmani R, Pagliero L, Aitken D. (2023) Discourse over the sustainability of irrigation with desalinated water in light of the water-energy-food nexus, Managing Water-Energy-Land-Food under Climatic, Environmental and Social Instability, Thessaloniki, Greece, 27th Jun - 1st Jul 2023, The 12th World Congress of the European Water Resources Association.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, McIntyre N, Djordjevic S, Farmani R, Pagliero L, Martínez-Alvarez V, Maestre-Valero JF. (2023) A review of limitations and potentials of desalination as a sustainable source of water, Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, volume 30, no. 56, pages 118161-118174, DOI:10.1007/s11356-023-30662-x. [PDF]
• Zolghadr-Asli B. (2023) Computational Intelligence-based Optimization Algorithms, From Theory to Practice, Taylor & Francis, DOI:10.1201/9781003424765.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, McIntyre N, Djordjevic S, Farmani R, Pagliero L. (2023) The sustainability of desalination as a remedy to the water crisis in the agriculture sector: An analysis from the climate-water-energy-food nexus perspective, Agricultural Water Management, volume 286, pages 108407-108407, article no. 108407, DOI:10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108407. [PDF]
• Zolghadr-Asli B, McIntyre N, Djordjević S, Farmani R, Pagliero L. (2023) A closer look at the history of the desalination industry: the evolution of the practice of desalination through the course of time, Water Supply, volume 23, no. 6, pages 2517-2526, DOI:10.2166/ws.2023.135. [PDF]
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Naghdyzadegan Jahromi M, Wan X, Enayati M, Naghdizadegan Jahromi M, Tahmasebi Nasab M, Tiefenbacher JP, Pourghasemi HR. (2023) Uncovering the Depletion Patterns of Inland Water Bodies via Remote Sensing, Data Mining, and Statistical Analysis, Water, volume 15, no. 8, pages 1508-1508, DOI:10.3390/w15081508. [PDF]
• Zolghadr-Asli B. (2023) No-free-lunch-theorem: a page taken from the computational intelligence for water resources planning and management, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, volume 30, no. 20, pages 57212-57218, DOI:10.1007/s11356-023-26300-1.

2022

• Ferdowsi A, Zolghadr-Asli B, Mousavi S-F, Behzadian K. (2022) Flood Risk Management Through Multi-Criteria Decision-Making, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, Taylor & Francis, 43-54, DOI:10.1201/9781003212904-4.
• Bozorg-Haddad O, Zolghadr-Asli B. (2022) Preface, DOI:10.2166/9781789062144_xvii.
• Arefinia A, Bozorg-Haddad O, Ahmadaali K, Zolghadr-Asli B, Loáiciga HA. (2022) Cropping patterns based on virtual water content considering water and food security under climate change conditions, Natural Hazards, volume 114, no. 2, pages 1709-1721, DOI:10.1007/s11069-022-05443-3. [PDF]
• Yaghoubzadeh-Bavandpour A, Bozorg-Haddad O, Zolghadr-Asli B, Gandomi AH. (2022) Improving Approaches for Meta-heuristic Algorithms: A Brief Overview, Computational Intelligence for Water and Environmental Sciences, Springer Nature Singapore, 35-61, DOI:10.1007/978-981-19-2519-1_2. [PDF]
• Arefinia A, Bozorg-Haddad O, Oliazadeh A, Zolghadr-Asli B, Keller AA. (2022) Firefly Algorithms (FAs): Application in Water Resource Systems, Computational Intelligence for Water and Environmental Sciences, Springer Nature Singapore, 103-118, DOI:10.1007/978-981-19-2519-1_5. [PDF]
• Enayati M, Bozorg-Haddad O, Pourgholam-Amiji M, Zolghadr-Asli B, Tahmasebi Nasab M. (2022) Decision Tree (DT): A Valuable Tool for Water Resources Engineering, Computational Intelligence for Water and Environmental Sciences, Springer Nature Singapore, 201-223, DOI:10.1007/978-981-19-2519-1_10. [PDF]
• Yaghoubzadeh-Bavandpour A, Bozorg-Haddad O, Zolghadr-Asli B, Reza Nikoo M. (2022) Multi-Objective Optimization Application in Water and Environmental Sciences, Computational Intelligence for Water and Environmental Sciences, Springer Nature Singapore, 63-83, DOI:10.1007/978-981-19-2519-1_3. [PDF]
• Arefinia A, Bozorg-Haddad O, Akhavan M, Baghbani R, Heidary A, Zolghadr-Asli B, Chang H. (2022) Using Support Vector Machine (SVM) in Modeling Water Resources Systems, Computational Intelligence for Water and Environmental Sciences, Springer Nature Singapore, 179-199, DOI:10.1007/978-981-19-2519-1_9. [PDF]
• Yaghoubzadeh-Bavandpour A, Bozorg-Haddad O, Zolghadr-Asli B, Martínez-Álvarez F. (2022) Deep Learning Application in Water and Environmental Sciences, Computational Intelligence for Water and Environmental Sciences, Springer Nature Singapore, 273-290, DOI:10.1007/978-981-19-2519-1_13. [PDF]
• Yaghoubzadeh-Bavandpour A, Bozorg-Haddad O, Zolghadr-Asli B, Singh VP. (2022) Computational Intelligence: An Introduction, Computational Intelligence for Water and Environmental Sciences, Springer Nature Singapore, 411-427, DOI:10.1007/978-981-19-2519-1_19. [PDF]
• Bozorg-Haddad O, Dehghan P, Zolghadr-Asli B, Singh VP, Chu X, Loáiciga HA. (2022) System dynamics modeling of lake water management under climate change, Scientific Reports, volume 12, no. 1, DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-09212-x.
• Yaghoubzadeh-Bavandpour A, Bozorg-Haddad O, Rajabi M, Zolghadr-Asli B, Chu X. (2022) Application of Swarm Intelligence and Evolutionary Computation Algorithms for Optimal Reservoir Operation, Water Resources Management, volume 36, no. 7, pages 2275-2292, DOI:10.1007/s11269-022-03141-0.
• Arefinia A, Bozorg-Haddad O, Ahmadaali K, Bazrafshan J, Zolghadr-Asli B, Chu X. (2022) Estimation of geographical variations in virtual water content and crop yield under climate change: comparison of three data mining approaches, Environment, Development and Sustainability, volume 24, no. 6, pages 8378-8396, DOI:10.1007/s10668-021-01788-0.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Bozorg-Haddad O, Enayati M, Loáiciga HA. (2022) Sensitivity of non-conditional climatic variables to climate-change deep uncertainty using Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulation, Scientific Reports, volume 12, no. 1, DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-05643-8.

2021

• Jahromi MN, Jahromi MN, Zolghadr-Asli B, Pourghasemi HR, Alavipanah SK. (2021) Google earth engine and its application in forest sciences, Environmental Science and Engineering, 629-649, DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-56542-8_27.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Enayati M, Pourghasemi HR, Jahromi MN, Tiefenbacher JP. (2021) A linear/non-linear hybrid time-series model to investigate the depletion of inland water bodies, Environment, Development and Sustainability, volume 23, no. 7, pages 10727-10742, DOI:10.1007/s10668-020-01081-6.
• Bozorg-Haddad O, Zolghadr-Asli B, Loáiciga HA. (2021) A Handbook on multi-attribute decision-making methods, DOI:10.1002/9781119563501.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Bozorg-Haddad O, Enayati M, Goharian E. (2021) Developing a Robust Multi-Attribute Decision-Making Framework to Evaluate Performance of Water System Design and Planning under Climate Change, Water Resources Management, volume 35, no. 1, pages 279-298, DOI:10.1007/s11269-020-02725-y.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Bozorg-Haddad O, Enayati M, Chu X. (2021) A review of 20-year applications of multi-attribute decision-making in environmental and water resources planning and management, Environment, Development and Sustainability, volume 23, no. 10, pages 14379-14404, DOI:10.1007/s10668-021-01278-3.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Enayati M, Pourghasemi HR, Naghdyzadegan Jahromi M, Tiefenbacher JP. (2021) Application of Granger-causality to study the climate change impacts on depletion patterns of inland water bodies, Hydrological Sciences Journal, volume 66, no. 12, pages 1767-1776, DOI:10.1080/02626667.2021.1944633.
• Bozorg-Haddad O, Zolghadr-Asli B, Chu X, Loáiciga HA. (2021) Intense extreme hydro-climatic events take a toll on society, Natural Hazards, volume 108, no. 2, pages 2385-2391, DOI:10.1007/s11069-021-04749-y.
• Enayati M, Bozorg-Haddad O, Fallah-Mehdipour E, Zolghadr-Asli B, Chu X. (2021) A robust multiple-objective decision-making paradigm based on the water–energy–food security nexus under changing climate uncertainties, Scientific Reports, volume 11, no. 1, DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-99637-7.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Bozorg-Haddad O, van Cauwenbergh N. (2021) Multi-attribute Decision-Making: A View of the World of Decision-Making, Springer Water, 305-322, DOI:10.1007/978-981-33-4295-8_12.

2020

• Zolghadr-Asli B, Behrooz-Koohenjani S. (2020) Adverse impacts of climate change in Maharlou Lake Basin, Iran, Hydro Science & Marine Engineering, volume 2, no. 1, DOI:10.30564/hsme.v2i1.1507.
• Bozorg-Haddad O, Zolghadr-Asli B, Sarzaeim P, Aboutalebi M, Chu X, Loáiciga HA. (2020) Evaluation of water shortage crisis in the Middle East and possible remedies, Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA, volume 69, no. 1, pages 85-98, DOI:10.2166/aqua.2019.049.

2019

• Zolghadr‐Asli B, Bozorg‐Haddad O, Chu X. (2019) Hydropower in Climate Change, Encyclopedia of Water, Wiley, 1-5, DOI:10.1002/9781119300762.wsts0089.
• Zolghadr‐Asli B, Bozorg‐Haddad O, Chu X. (2019) Hot Hand Fallacy: A Contagious Misinterpretation in Water Resources Sectors, Encyclopedia of Water, Wiley, 1-5, DOI:10.1002/9781119300762.wsts0088.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Bozorg-Haddad O, Chu X. (2019) Effects of the uncertainties of climate change on the performance of hydropower systems, Journal of Water and Climate Change, volume 10, no. 3, pages 591-609, DOI:10.2166/wcc.2018.120.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Bozorg-Haddad O, Sarzaeim P, Chu X. (2019) Investigating the variability of gcms’ simulations using time series analysis, Journal of Water and Climate Change, volume 10, no. 3, pages 449-463, DOI:10.2166/wcc.2018.099.

2018

• Zolghadr-Asli B, Loáiciga HA. (2018) Discussion of “Design and Evaluation of Irrigation Water Pricing Policies for Enhanced Water Use Efficiency” by Sayed Ali Ohab-Yazdi and Azadeh Ahmadi, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, volume 144, no. 4, DOI:10.1061/(asce)wr.1943-5452.0000872.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Bozorg-Haddad O, Chu X. (2018) Krill herd algorithm (KHA), Studies in Computational Intelligence, 69-79, DOI:10.1007/978-981-10-5221-7_8.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Bozorg-Haddad O, Chu X. (2018) Introduction, Studies in Computational Intelligence, 1-8, DOI:10.1007/978-981-10-5221-7_1.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Bozorg-Haddad O, Chu X. (2018) Dragonfly algorithm (DA), Studies in Computational Intelligence, 151-159, DOI:10.1007/978-981-10-5221-7_15.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Bozorg-Haddad O, Chu X. (2018) Crow search algorithm (CSA), Studies in Computational Intelligence, 143-149, DOI:10.1007/978-981-10-5221-7_14.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Loáiciga HA. (2018) Discussion of "design and evaluation of irrigation water pricing policies for enhanced water use efficiency" by Sayed Ali Ohab-Yazdi and Azadeh Ahmadi, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, volume 144, no. 4, DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000610.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Bozorg-Haddad O, Loáiciga HA. (2018) Stiffness and sensitivity criteria and their application to water resources assessment, Journal of Hydro-Environment Research, volume 20, pages 93-100, DOI:10.1016/j.jher.2018.05.005.
• Sarzaeim P, Bozorg-Haddad O, Zolghadr-Asli B, Fallah-Mehdipour E, Loáiciga HA. (2018) Optimization of Run-of-River Hydropower Plant Design under Climate Change Conditions, Water Resources Management, volume 32, no. 12, pages 3919-3934, DOI:10.1007/s11269-018-2027-0.

2017

• Zolghadr-Asli B, Bozorg-Haddad O, Chu X. (2017) Introduction, Advanced Optimization by Nature-Inspired Algorithms, Springer Singapore, 1-8, DOI:10.1007/978-981-10-5221-7_1. [PDF]
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Bozorg-Haddad O, Chu X. (2017) Introduction, Advanced Optimization by Nature-Inspired Algorithms, Springer Nature, 1-8, DOI:10.1007/978-981-10-5221-7_1.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Bozorg-Haddad O, Loáiciga HA. (2017) Discussion of "optimization of Phenol Removal Using Ti / PbO2 Anode with Response Surface Methodology" by C. García-Gómez, J. A. Vidales-Contreras, J. Nápoles-Armenta, and P. Gortáres-Moroyoqui, Journal of Environmental Engineering (United States), volume 143, no. 9, DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001264.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Bozorg-Haddad O, Loáiciga HA. (2017) Unionism and water resources management, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, volume 143, no. 4, DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001151.
• Zolghadr-Asli B. (2017) Discussion of "Conjunctive management of surface and ground water resources using conflict resolution approach" by Hamid R. Safavi, Milad Mehrparvar, and Ferenc Szidarovszky, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, volume 143, no. 5, DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001164.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Bozorg-Haddad O, Chu X. (2017) Strategic Importance and Safety of Water Resources, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, volume 143, no. 7, DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001181.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Bozorg-Haddad O, Chu X. (2017) Brief chronicle of water wars: Search for global peace, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, volume 143, no. 7, DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001186.
• Zolghadr-Asli B. (2017) Discussion of "Multiscale Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in Tanzania" by Umesh Adhikari, A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Matthew R. Herman, and Joseph P. Messina, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, volume 22, no. 8, DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001553.

2016

• Zolghadr-Asli B. (2016) Discussion of "Investigation of reservoir qualitative behavior resulting from sudden entry of biological pollutant" by Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Parisa-Sadat Ashofteh, Mohsen Ali-Hamzeh, and Miguel A. Mariño, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, volume 142, no. 7, DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001056.
• Zolghadr-Asli B, Bozorg-Haddad O, Loáiciga HA. (2016) Time-based vulnerability: A step forward to operate water resources systems, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, volume 142, no. 11, DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001098.

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