Bassel Daher, Ph.D. is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Texas A&M Energy Institute, where he leads its Convergence Research Incubator. Daher is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering and Research Fellow at the Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy at Texas A&M University.
Daher is dedicated to building bridges between research disciplines and cross sectoral stakeholders with the goal of arriving to a future that is more sustainable, equitable, and resource secure for all. He is particularly interested in bridging science and policy on topics related to water-energy-food nexus, circular economy, and sustainable development. Daher’s research focuses on developing tools to catalyze evidence-based multi-stakeholder dialogue about the trade-offs associated with technological, policy, and social interventions for addressing the interconnected water, energy, and food (WEF) security challenges. He is particularity interested in bridging natural and social sciences methodologies, with the goal of unlocking new potential to address these interconnected WEF challenges. Daher focuses on doing so guided by circular economy principles and in the context of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Applications of Daher’s research include case studies in Texas, Indiana, Lebanon, Qatar, Morocco, Jordan, Turkey, Bangladesh, and the MENA region.