Climate Change and the Mediterranean: Strategies for Sustainable Water Management DE

In 1982, Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Gökçekuş received his degree in Geological Engineering Department at Ankara University. Then, in 1984 he commenced his M.Sc. degree at Middle East Technical University. From 1983 to 1990, he was a research assistant in the Geological Engineering Department at METU. In 1990, he received his Ph.D. degree in Geological Engineering Department. In 1992 and 1994, he was promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor and Associate Professor, respectively, and to the rank of Professor in 2001. His research interests include renewable energy, environment, groundwater, rainfall-runoff modelling, and artificial intelligence applications to hydro-environmental engineering, hydro-informatics and computational hydraulics.

Prof. Dr. Youssef Kassem received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Near East University, Cyprus, in 2009 and 2011, respectively. He continued his graduate studies in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in the field of thermo-fluids, at Near East University and completed his Ph.D. in 2017. Prof. Dr. Kassem served as an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at Near East University from 2018 to 2019, as an Associate Professor from 2020 to 2026, and has been a Professor since May 2026. His research interests include renewable energy, climate and energy systems, sustainable development, and artificial intelligence applications in mechanical and environmental engineering.