ABE BioComplexity Seminar – Dr. Hiba Baroud

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Speaker:
Dr. Hiba Baroud
Title:
A data-driven approach to assess the impact of climate change on the agriculture sector in Jordan
Bio:
Dr. Hiba Baroud is an associate professor and the associate chair in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Vanderbilt University. She holds secondary appointments in Computer Science and Earth and Environmental Science. Her research is interdisciplinary in data analytics and risk analysis with applications to disaster management and climate adaptation. Her work particularly focuses on network interdependencies across infrastructure, social, and environmental systems. Hiba is the co-chair of the Risk and Resilience Measurements Committee of the Infrastructure Resilience Division in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). She serves on the editorial board of the ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems and as Associate Editor of the ASCE Natural Hazards Review. Hiba is the recipient of the Global Voices Fellowship, the National Science Foundation Early CAREER award, 2022 National Academy of Sciences Arab-American Frontiers Fellowship. Recently, she was selected as a member of the Global Young Academy and named a Fellow of the International Science Council in 2024.