SAHAR ABIDI

Hydrologist and water resources specialist with a Ph.D. in Rural Engineering focused on Water and Forest Management. Currently an Associate Professor at the Silvo-Pastoral Institute of Tabarka, teaching courses in Bioclimatology, Hydrology, Water and Soil conservation, and GIS applications. Expertise in watershed management, flood modeling, and studying the effects of climate change on water resources. Extensive experience supervising student research projects and utilizing advanced modeling tools to address real-world water management challenges. Recognized for dedication to international collaboration and continuous learning in the field through the Agnese Haury Visiting Scholar Fellowship at the University of Arizona's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research.

• Editor of « Decolonization and the Nigerian Agricultural sector» Book for ADIAHA M.S. (January,2022) DECOLONIZATION AND THE NIGERIAN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR: ADIAHA, M. S., ABIDI, SAHAR, UBI, Benjamin:9798797459842: Amazon.com: Books
• Member of the Piloting Committee, responsible for Training and Employability, in the project “PAQ-Development of the Strategic Management of Universities, PAQ-ISPT
• Reviewer on « Journal of Hydrology, Elsevier » from 2016 (26 articles).
• Reviewer in Universal Journal of Agricultural Research (ISSN:2332-2284) indexed by Scopus from 2023 (6 articles).
• Director of the Career Center and Competences Certification of Silvo-Pastoral Institute of Tabarka, 4C-ISPT ».
• Organization of national or international congresses and symposia
• Organization of 3rd F2C Meeting “Forest dieback and tree mortality under climate change observations, causes and mechanisms”, Forest and Climate Change Club, ISPT, Tabarka, 13 December 2023.
• Organization of 2nd F2C Meeting “ Influence of Global Warming on Tunisian Forest and Future Challenge”. Forest and Climate Change Club, ISPT, Tabarka, 15 March 2023.
• Participation in the organization of the 2nd International Symposium on Sylvo-Pastoral Resources and Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean (CIRS2), 18-20 October 2018 in Tabarka, Tunisia.
• Presidency of the oral session under the theme “Technology and valorisation of Sylvo-Pastoral resources” in the 2nd International Symposium on Sylvo-Pastoral Resources and Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean (CIRS2), 18-20 October 2018 at Tabarka, Tunisia.

• Software of Geographical system of Data processing (SIG): Arc view, ArcGis, Surfer, Variowin, Global Mapper, Qgis, Envi
• Programming software: R.
• Statistical software: StatLab, Statistica, SPSS, EasyFit.
• Software of hydraulics modeling: Epanet, Hydrus, Swimm
• Software Hydrogeological & hydrological modeling: Erosion models: MYDHAS, OpenFluid, Kineros, RUSLE P.I.S.A.
• Models of flow simulation, routing, and forecasting: Hec-Ras & Hec-GeoRas, ATHYS, Modèle hydrologique maillé MHM, Autoregressiv model ARM, Transfert function model TFM, CREST (Coupled Routing and Excess Storage model), iRIC (International River Interface Cooperative).
• Software of drawing and mapping: AutoCAD, Covadis.
• Software of hydro-pluviometric processing data: Hydraccess
• Tree ring software: xDaterR, COFECHA, ARSTAN, Seascorr.

Mentored 25+ students at all academic levels, including:

• 2 Master's theses in hydrological systems and environmental mapping (2022-2024)
• 10+ Engineering capstone projects in flood modeling, watershed analysis, and water resource management
• 15+ Undergraduate research projects in hydrology and environmental impact studies

1st January to 28 February 2025: Agnese Haury Visiting Scholar Fellowship, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research (LTRR), University of Arizona, USA.

17-21/06/2019: International Mobility for Staff teaching and training activities from Erasmus+ on the Research Department of Irrigation and Water Management (ÖVKI)/National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre (NAIK), Szarvas-Hungary.

Chapter Book

1. Sahar Abidi, Nasr Souid, Toubal Abderrezak Kamel, Mohammed Achite, Lamia Lâajili Ghezal,2023. Sediment Assessment of Medjerda High Valley Dams (Tunisia) Using PISA Model. Water Resources Management and Sustainability Book-Springer, DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-25406-0_23, pp347-360.

2. Abidi S., Hajji O., Hannachi B., Habaieb H.,2019. Mean rainfall variability effects on the hydrological response of Medjerda High Valley. Advances in Sustainable and Environmental Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Hydrochemistry and Water Resources, Proceedings of the1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-1). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01572-5 . pp21-24

3. ABIDI S., HAJJI O. and HABAIEB H.,2017. Study of Rainfall Variations in Tessa Subwatershed of Medjerda River in Tunisia. Water Resources in Arid Areas: The Way Forward, Springer Water Book. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51856-5_4 . pp59-74.

Scientific Publications in International Journal

4. John Risley, Dalila Kherchouche, Said Slimani, Mehvish Majeed, Sahar Abidi, Safia Belhadj, Ammar Menasri, Sobhi Muhammad, Fadwa Y., A-Khawaldah, Ramzi Touchan, and David M. Meko "Precipitation Reconstruction Using Tree-Ring Chronologies from Jordan and the Eastern Mediterranean Region", Tree-Ring Research,80(2),2024). https://doi.org/10.3959/TRR2023-09

5. Sahar Abidi, Olfa Hajji, Wael Esseah, Ahmed Ezzine et Taoufik Hermassi, Cartographie du risque d’inondation de la Haute Vallée de Medjerda avec Hec– Ras. Journal International Sciences et Technique de l’Eau et de l’Environnement (JISTEE) ISNN (electronica):1737-9350; ISSN (printed):1737-6688; Volume IV – Numéro1 – Décembre2019. pp223-232. http://jistee.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Journal-ISTEE-VolumeIV-Numéro-1-06-02-2020_1.pdf

6. ABIDI S., EL AYARI M., HAJJI O. and HABAIEB H.,2018. Method of decision making for flood management of Medjerda High Valley, Volume CIRS (19)., Journal of new sciences, Agriculture and Biotechnology, Indexed, E-ISSN2286-5314, pp3413-3422.

7. ABIDI S., HAJJI O. and HABAIEB H.,2015. Spatial and Temporal Variations of Rainfall in a Tributary of Medjerda River in Tunisia (Tessa Watershed), Journal of Remote Sensing and GIS, Vol3, Issue1, ISSN:2052-5583, pp25-31.

8. ABIDI S., HAJJI O. and HABAIEB H.,2015. Application du modèle de Muskingum pour la prévision des crues de la Medjerda en Tunisie, Geo-Sp Publication Mag, Vol.4 N.8, pp.53-61. https://geosp.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ABIDI_Sahar_2.pdf

9. Sahar ABIDI, Olfa HAJJI, and Hamadi HABAIEB, “Flow forecasting by Muskingum model of Medjerda River in Tunisia,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Sciences, vol.10, no.4, pp.1277–1285, March2015. https://ijias.issr-journals.org/abstract.php?article=IJIAS-14-345-03

10. ABIDI S., HAJJI O. and HABAIEB H.,2015. Flood routing with real-time method for flash flood forecasting in the plain Bou Salem-Medjerda River in Tunisia, International Journal of Technical Research and Applications, e-ISSN:2320-8163, Volume3, Issue1, Indexed, pp.75-79. https://www.ijtra.com/ijtraissue51.php.

11. EZZINE A., ABIDI S., LAZREG A., BACHA S., HABAIEB H., BEL HADJ ALI A., POLICELLI F.S., SHAHID H., DAVID J.L.,2014. Sensitivity Analysis of the flood forecasting with Crest model in the upstream of Medjerda River (Tunisia), Journal of Remote Sensing and GIS, ISSN:2052-5583, Vol.2, Issue2, pp.24-27.

12. ABIDI S., HAJJI O., HEMASSI T., HABAIEB H.,2014. Influence of considering tributaries to reconstruct flood hydrograph of an extreme event on the upstream portion of Medjerda River, International Research Journal of Public and Environmental Health, Vol1(3), I.F:2.471, pp.54-62. http://journalissues.org/irjpeh/abstract/abidi/ DOI:10.15739/irjpeh, ISSN:2360-8803(Online) ISSN:2814-3817(Print).

• 15/10-20/11/2024: Research visit activity at Sakarya University-Engineering Faculty.
• 28/8-09/09/2023: Training of trainer’s workshop for the CLE program, project “Strengthening the impact of employment policies and supporting the creation of ICT-based jobs for young people and women”, ILO Office for Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia.
• 23/10/2023: Training course in Integrated Drought Management; Monitoring and Early Warning on CapNet Virtual Campus.
• 30/07-13/08/2023: Dendrochronology international summer course, “Tree Rings, Climate, Natural Resources, and Human Interaction”, ACOR-Amman Jordan.
• 01-03/12/2021: International Workshop on Application of Remote Sensing and GIS; Water, Environment, Land and Society. Organized by IAWEEES & IHE Delft at Bohol India.
• 22-26/03/2021:2nd FASTER Specialized training in Climate change effects on water & Land management in the Mediterranean, „, Farmers’ Adaptation and Sustainability in Tunisia through Excellence in Research coordinated by INRGREF received funding from the European Union´s Horizon2020 research and innovation program, organized by Lund University.
• 12/02/2021: Certificate of successful completion of the “MOOC Des rivières et des hommes: hydrology, hydraulic and geomorphology” offered by University Grenoble Alpes and distributed on the FUN platform.
• 07/01-03/02/2020: IFEL e-learning engineering course, level5; Teaching with Moodle organized by “Virtual University of Tunis”.
• 02-06/11/2020:1st FASTER specialized training in Adaptation to climate change in forest, water and landscape management in the Mediterranean, governance and policy analysis for adaptation organized by CREAF.
• 12/05/2020: Certificate of Completion of Session1 of CABI webinar Journey to Publish; Publishing motivations, Journal selection & Research question.
• 06/05/2020: Course Certificate “Water Resources Management and Policy”, a non-credit online course authorized by the University of Geneva and offered through Coursera.
• 30/04/2020: Certificate of Attendance for “Introduction to ScienceDirect, Mendeley and the Elsevier Academy Researcher”, presented by Lucia Schoombee (Client Consultant Sub-Saharan Africa) and Daneshree Moodley (Client Consultant Sub-Saharan Africa).
• 28/04/2020: Attendance certificate for “Introduction to ScienceDirect, Mendeley and Researcher Academy (1.5 hours) at Elsevier”, presented by Daneshree Moodley (Client Consultant Sub-Saharan Africa) and Khalid Shalan (Client Consultant Sub-Saharan Africa).
• 23/04/2020: Certificate of Appreciation by ‘The Web of Science Group-Clarivates Analytics company’ for participating in the JCR (Journal Citation Report) and Incite webinar.
• 27-28/03/2019: Training workshop on Publishing in International Journals (PIJ2019), organized by the Higher Institute of Technological Studies of Sfax and Association of innovation and technology of Sfax-Tunisia.
• 24-25/09/2018: Training in Temporal and spatial data processing and modeling, organized by the Regional Remote Sensing Center of North African States in Tunisia.
• 02-05/05/2017: Pedagogical Training « Design, development and evaluation of a course in agronomic education» in Tunisia organized by the Institute of Research and Higher Agricultural Education (IRESA).
• 19-22/12/2016: Training on Direct and inverse modeling in remote sensing: DART applied in LIDAR in Tunisia, organized by National Center of cartography and Remote Sensing (CNCT) under the research program contract project (CPR).
• 22/06-18/07/2016: Knowledge Co-creation program on Adaptive Watershed Management to climate change: Flood Control and Ecosystem Conservation in Japan, organized by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under the International Cooperation Program of the Government of Japan.
• 31/01-11/02/2016: Specialized Training course on Geoinformatics Applications in Amman-Jordan, organized by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) sponsored by the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD).
• 25-30/05/2015: Training Course on cartography software QGIS – ArcGIS by Science Association and Applications in Tunisia.
• 17-19/02/2015: Training workshop on Flood Modeling and forecasting with remote sensing in remote sensing project for improving water resources management adaption to climate change (LDAS-Tunisia) “Axis flooding” by NASA/CRTEAN/CNCT.
• 19/10/2014: Training Course on the feedback of the water footprint, organized by the Institute of Training and Research: integrated water resources management Arab Network (AWARENET) in Muscat-Oman.
• 11-12 Jun2014: Workshop on the definition of the parameters of CREST model in remote sensing project for improving water resources management (LDAS-Tunisia) “Axis flooding” by NASA/CRTEAN/CNCT.
• 03 -30 Jan2013: Research fellowship in the laboratory of Agricultural Engineering of the Catholic University of Louvain La Neuve in Belgium, project WBI-ESIER “Strengthening of higher education and research in integrated management of water resources Medjerda”.
• 11-15/10/2010 &08-03/11/2010: Training in the modeling of the water and processes of hydrometric, rainfall and climate data “HYDRACCESS” at the Institute of Research for Development (IRD-Tunisia) and the Laboratory of Hydraulics and Environment Modeling (LMHE) ENIT and Hydro Sciences Laboratory Montpellier (HSM).