Dr. Sanaz Moghim

Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering Department
Sharif University of Technology
Tehran, Iran

Contact Information


Room: #518- Civil Department Office

Phone: +98 (21) 6616- 4216

Address: P.O.Box 11155-4313
Azadi Ave
431 Civil Engineering Department
Sharif University of Technology
Tehran, Iran 1458889696

Email: moghim@sharif.edu

Home Page: http://sharif.edu/~moghim

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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND


PHD (major in CEE)2015Georgia Institute of TechnologyGA, USA.
PHD (minor in ESS)2014Georgia Institute of TechnologyGA, USA.
MSC2007Sharif University of TechnologyTehran, Iran.
BSC2005Isfahan University of TechnologyIsfahan, Iran.




Positions


2016-2019Director of Outreach and International Programs of the UNESCO Chair in Water and Environment Management for Sustainable Cities,SUT
Summer 2019Visiting Researcher in Wageningen University and Research, Working on Climate Change in Europe
2019Expert Reviewer, IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land (IPCC SRCCL)
2016-present Editoril Board Member, The Science and Technology Magazine (Fanaavard, Cutting Edge of Technology)

Research Interests


Hydrometeorology
Climate change
Extreme weather events
Adaptation and mitigation plans
Environmental sustainability
Remote sensing in hydroclimatology
Anthropogenic forcing




Journals


  • Moghim, S., V. Alexander, M. Sinha, R. Valentyn, L.N. Fukey, 2022: "Resilience to COVID-19 pandemic" in Chapter of the Book titled "The Science behind the COVID Pandemic and Healthcare Technology Solutions", Springer Nature.

  • Moghim, S. and M. Ahmadi, 2022: Downscaling of the flood discharge in a probabilistic framework, J. Hydro-Environ. Res., 43, 10-21, DOI: 10.1016/j.jher.2022.06.001.

  • Moghim, S., A.J. Teuling, R. Uijlenhoet, 2022: A probabilistic climate change assessment for Europe, Int. J. Climatol., DOI: 10.1002/joc.7604.

  • Moghim, S. and M.S. Jahangir, 2022: Reliability framework for characterizing heat wave and cold spell events, Nat. Hazards, DOI: 10.1007/s11069-022-05236-8.

  • Ghorbanpour, A.K., T. Hessels, S. Moghim, A. Afshar, 2021: Comparison and assessment of spatial downscaling methods for enhancing the accuracy of satellite-based precipitation over Lake Urmia Basin, J. Hydrology, 596, 126055, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126055.

  • Moghim, S., and J. Rahmani, 2021: Efficient Water Management under Climate Change in Urmia Plain, Journal of Water and Soil Science (JWSS), 25, 129-140 [in Persian].

  • Moghim, S., 2021: Reliability assessment of the wind power density using uncertainty analysis, Sustain. Energy Technol. Assess., 44, 100964, DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2020.100964.

  • Moghim, S., M. Khosravi, A. Molajou, A. Afshar, 2021: Assessing Sustainable Groundwater Management Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation: Comparison of Cyclic and Non-Cyclic Conjunctive Use Approaches, Iran-Water Resources Research (IWRR), 16, 143-153 [in Persian].

  • Moghim, S., 2021: Land subsidence, Landslide and Flood, The Science and Technology Magazine (Fanaavard, Cutting Edge of Technology), No.5, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, [in Persian].

  • Abbasian, M., A. Abrishamchi, M.R. Najafi, S. Moghim, 2020: Multi-site statistical downscaling of precipitation using generalized hierarchical linear models: a case study of the imperilled Lake Urmia basin. Hydrolog. Sci. J., 65, 2466-2481, DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2020.1810255.

  • Moghim, S., 2020: Assessment of water storage changes using GRACE and GLDAS, Water Resour. Manag., 34, 685-697, DOI: 10.1007/s11269-019-02468-5

  • Moghim, S., 2019: Anthropogenic forcing is hidden in the climate change, eLetter to Science Advances, https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/11/e1700954/tab-e-letters.

  • Moghim, S., 2019: Particulate Matters, Dust, Air Pollution: Suspending the Breath or Resolving the Threat?!, The Science and Technology Magazine (Fanaavard, Cutting Edge of Technology), No.4, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

  • Jahangir, M. S. and S. Moghim, 2019: Assessment of the urban heat island in the city of Tehran using reliability Methods, Atmos. Res., 225, 144-156, DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.03.038.

  • Moghim, S and R. Ramezanpoor, 2019: Characterization of aerosol types over Lake Urmia Basin, Central Asian DUst Conference (CADUC 2019), E3S Web Conf., 99, https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199901006.

  • Moghim, S. and R. L. Bras, 2019: Regression-Based Regionalization for Bias Correction of Temperature and Precipitation. Int. J. Climatol., DOI: 10.1002/joc.6020.

  • Kayhanian, M. and G. Tchobanoglous, 2019: Technical Paper. Reclaimed water as a potential source of potable water supply in Iran and the region. [Moghim, S. (ed.)]. UNESCO Chair in Water and Environment Management for Sustainable Cities, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 62 pp.

  • Moghim, S. and R. Kaveh Garna, 2019: Countries' Classification by Environmental Resilience. J. Environ. Manage., 230, 345-354.

  • Moghim, S., 2018: Impact of Climate Change on Hydrometeorology in Iran. J. Glob. Planet. Change, 170, 93-105, DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.08.013.

  • Moghim, S., 2018: Water Crisis; Challenges and Solutions. The Science and Technology Magazine (Fanaavard, Cutting Edge of Technology), No.2, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

  • Abbasian, M, S. Moghim, and A. Abrishamchi, 2018: Performance of the General Circulation Models in Simulating Temperature and Precipitation over Iran. Theor. Appl. Climatol., DOI: 10.1007/s00704-018- 2456-y.

  • Moghim, S., 2017: Resilience in the Face of Climate Extreme Events (Flood and Storm), Resilient Cities. The Science and Technology Magazine (Fanaavard, Cutting Edge of Technology), No.1, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

  • Moghim, S. and R. L. Bras, 2017: Bias Correction of Climate Modeled Temperature and Precipitation Using Artificial Neural Networks. J. Hydrometeor., 18, 1867-1884.

  • Moghim, S., et al., 2016: Bias-corrected data sets of climate model outputs at uniform space-time resolution for land surface modelling over Amazonia. Int. J. Climatol. 37, 621-636, DOI: 10.1002/joc.4728.

  • Moghim, S., A. J. Bowen, S, Sarachi, and J. Wang, 2015: Retrieval of Hourly Records of Surface Hydrometeorological Variables Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data. J. Hydrometeor., 16, 147-157.

  • Zhang, K., A. D de A. Castanho, D. R. Galbraith, S. Moghim, N. Levine, R. Bras, M. Coe, M. H. Costa, Y. Malhi, M. Longo, R. G. Knox, S. McKnight, J. Wang, and P. R. Moorcroft, 2015: The Fate of Amazonian Ecosystems over the Coming Century Arising from Changes in Climate, Land-use and CO2. Glob. Chang. Biol., 21, DOI: 10.1111/gcb. 12903.




Presentation and Workshops


  • "Resilience and Sustainability Assessment in Climate Change", 1st International Conference on Sustainable Design and Construction Management (SDCM), Kish Island, Iran, Feb 2-3, 2022.

  • Conducting literature assessment and provide a synthesis for Dust Storms in Asia, Chapter 12, IPCC, Working Group I, Sixth Assessment Report, 2019.

  • "Characterization of aerosol types over Lake Urmia Basin", Central Asian DUst Conference (CADUC), Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan, Apr 8-12, 2019.

  • "Sustainable Management for Efficient Agriculture", Middle East-Europe Forum, Kish Island, Iran, Oct 19-21, 2018.

  • "Improving Quality, Use, and Analysis of Data", RDA-BSC Workshop on Data Provenance Approaches, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain, Jan 15-16, 2018.

  • "Sustainable Water and Environment Management", Leibniz Association and DAAD Scientific Match Making, Berlin, Germany, Oct 9-10, 2017.

  • "Blue-Green Water and Environment Link SDGs", Mobilising UNESCO Chairs in Natural Science for policy action towards the 2030 Agenda Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, July 5-7, 2017.

  • Reported conclusions of the session "Water Resources, Climate Change and Hydrological Hazards" during roundtable organized by the representatives of International Organizations and Permanent Missions, "Mobilising UNESCO Chairs in Natural Science for policy action towards the 2030 Agenda" Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, July 5-7, 2017.

  • "Remote sensing and its application in hydrology and climate change studies", Workshop Instructor, Presented at 10th National Congress on Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, April 19-20, 2017.

  • "Spatial and temporal change of reference evapotranspiration and its relationship with meteorological parameters over Urmia Lake Basin", 10th National Congress on Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2017.

  • "A stochastic Study of Lake Urmia Water's Level using Hurst Index and ARMA models", 3th International Conference on New Research Achievements in Civil, Architectural & Urban Management, Tehran, Iran, 2016.

  • "A Space-Time Unified Data Set of General Circulation Model Outputs for Land Surface Modeling Over Amazonia", American Geophysical Union meeting, SF, CA, Fall 2014.

  • "The Fate of Amazonian Ecosystems over the Coming Century Arising from Changes in Climate, Atmospheric CO2 and Land-use", American Geophysical Union meeting, SF, CA, Fall 2014

  • "Bias Correction of Temperature Produced by the Community Climate System Model Using Artificial Neural Networks", American Geophysical Union meeting, SF, CA, Fall 2013.

  • "Exploring eco-hydrological consequences of the Amazonian ecosystems under climate and land-use changes in the 21st century", American Geophysical Union meeting, SF, CA, Fall 2012.

  • "Retrieval of Hourly Records of Surface Hydrometeorological Variables Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data", American Geophysical Union meeting, SF, CA, Fall 2010.

  • "Decreasing the Trend of Groundwater in Turkey", American Geophysical Union meeting, SF, CA, Fall 2010.

  • "Equivalent Hydraulic and Porosity Coefficients in Aquifer Layers", 8th International Congress on Civil Engineering at Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, Spring 2009.

  • "Study of Effects of Different Factors on the Water Height on Underground Dams and the Reservoir Volume", 4th National Congress on Civil Engineering at Tehran University, Tehran, Iran, Spring 2008.







Honors


  • Invited to the "Central Asian DUst Conference (CADUC)", Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan, Apr 8-12, 2019.

  • Invited to the "23rd session of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP)" from Iran, Representative of the UNESCO Chair in Sharif University of Technology, Paris, France, Jun 11-15, 2018.

  • Invited and gave a presentation in the "RDA-Europe meeting on data provenance approaches" from Iran, Representative of Sharif University of Technology, Barcelona, Spain, Jan 15-16, 2018.

  • An invited speaker in the "Mustafa Prize, Science and Technology Award" event, Water and Environment field, KANS (Knowledge Application and Nation for Society) Forum, Dec 4, 2017.

  • Invited and gave a presentation in the "Leibniz Association and DAAD Scientific Match Making" Workshop (a platform for German and Iranian scientists to improve research collaboration) from Iran, Representative of Sharif University of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Oct 9-10, 2017.

  • Representative of Sharif University of Technology in Bosch Foundation (A New Framework for Cross-Border Research and Innovation Collaboration) to work on a joint project between Iran, selected countries in the Middle East, Germany, Austria, and other European countries.

  • Invited and participated in the first UNESCO Chairs conference "Mobilising UNESCO Chairs in Natural Science for policy action towards the 2030 Agenda", Geneva, Switzerland, July 5-7, 2017.

  • Selected as a moderator in the session "Water Resources, Climate Change and Hydrological Hazards" in "Mobilising UNESCO Chairs in Natural Science for policy action towards the 2030 Agenda" Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, July 5-7, 2017.

  • Awarded Dr. Kazemi Ashtiani's Prize, National Elite Foundation (2017).

  • Selected as an Iran's elite national talent in Iran's National Elites Foundation (2016).

  • Ranked the best student among the accepted students in the entrance exam of the M.S. degree at the Sharif University of Technology (2005).

  • Awarded student prize by head of Isfahan University of Technology for my B.S. (2005)

Teaching


Hydrology
Remote sensing
Climate change and global warming
Advanced math
Stochastic hydrology

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Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ixoK_CIAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID: 0000-0002-6320-1374
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sanaz_Moghim
Scopus ID: 56518024500