Introduction
Dr. Filali-Meknassi holds a Ph.D. degree in hydrology from the INRS in partnership with the “École Polytechnique de Montréal”. At the end of his studies, he completed his first Pos-doc at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and a second Post-doc at the Missouri University of S&T. Dr. Filali then was promoted to Research Assistant Professor in 2005 due to his great contributions to the Environmental Research Center. In 2007, he got the Wesley W. Horner Award from the ASCE. He joined UNESCO in September 2006 and spent 10 years working in Africa. Since January 2016 he joined UNESCO HQ in Paris and launched the Water Information Network System (WINS). He is actually Senior Programme Specialist & Deputy chief of Groundwater Systems and Settlements section (GSS). Dr. Filali-Meknassi has over 40 per-reviewed papers, around 200 reads and 700 citations.
Expert
Dr. Filali-Meknassi holds a Ph.D. degree in hydrology from the INRS in partnership with the “École Polytechnique de Montréal”. At the end of his studies, he completed his first Pos-doc at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and a second Post-doc at the Missouri University of S&T. Dr. Filali then was promoted to Research Assistant Professor in 2005 due to his great contributions to the Environmental Research Center. In 2007, he got the Wesley W. Horner Award from the ASCE. He joined UNESCO in September 2006 and spent 10 years working in Africa. Since January 2016 he joined UNESCO HQ in Paris and launched the Water Information Network System (WINS). He is actually Senior Programme Specialist & Deputy chief of Groundwater Systems and Settlements section (GSS). Dr. Filali-Meknassi has over 40 per-reviewed papers, around 200 reads and 700 citations.
Fields of expertise: Water and sanitation