Associate Professor Dr Sharareh Pourebrahim
- Associate Professor
Biography
Dr Sharareh Pourebrahim is an accomplished educator and researcher with expertise in sustainable land-use dynamics, ecosystem services, ecosystem resilience, and nature-based solutions. With over 20 years of academic experience, she has made significant contributions to sustainability science, particularly in addressing challenges related to clean water and sanitation (SDG 6), climate action (SDG 13), and life below water (SDG 14).
Dr. Sharareh earned her PhD in Environmental Management and Planning from Universiti Putra Malaysia. Her academic journey also includes an MSc in Environmental Planning and Management from the University of Tehran, along with numerous postdoctoral certifications emphasizing sustainable development practices and interdisciplinary research methods. Her groundbreaking research on decision support systems for spatial land-use planning earned her the prestigious UNESCO-Keizo Obuchi Award in 2009.
Dr. Sharareh’s research intersects biocapacity, ecological footprint, and integrated water management in sensitive ecosystems such as the Lake Urmia Basin and urban wetlands in Southeast Asia. Dr. Sharareh’s scholarly output includes publication in top-tier scientific journals, addressing topics such as ecosystem service valuation, strategic spatial planning, and community-based conservation. She has led numerous national and international research projects focused on enhancing ecosystem resilience and implementing nature-based solutions to sustainability challenges.
As an educator and mentor, Dr. Sharareh has supervised over 50 master’s and 20 doctoral students, fostering future leaders in sustainability. She is also a sought-after speaker at global conferences and high-level forums, where she shares her expertise in ecosystem service accounting, sustainable forestry, and strategic environmental assessments.
Her ongoing research projects focus on evaluating the ecosystem services of urban wetlands in Southeast Asia and integrating community-based approaches into water and biodiversity conservation strategies.
Academic & Professional Qualifications
- Phd, University Putra Malaysia (UPM)
- Masters, University of Tehran
Research Interests
- Ecosystem Services Accounting
- Spatial Land-Use Planning
- Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus
- Life cycle assessment and environmental impacts
- Sustainable Forest Management
- AI for Sustainable Agriculture
Notable Publications
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Seifi, A., Pourebrahim, S., Ehteram, M., & Shabanian, H. (2024). A robust multi-model framework for groundwater level prediction: The BFSA-MVMD-GRU-RVM model. Results in Engineering, 103250.
- Hadipour, M., Pourebrahim, S., Heidari, H., Nikooy, F., Ahmed, A. N., & Ern, C. J. (2024). Evaluation of water resource balance in the Urmia Lake Basin: Integrating carrying capacity and water footprint model for sustainable management. Ecological Indicators, 166, 112464.
- Rezaie, H., Pourebrahim, S., & Karimadini, M. (2024). A robust approach for predicting land use/cover changes through integrated LSTM neural networks and cellular automata. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1–22.
- Fayyaz, S., Moeinaddini, M., Pourebrahim, Sh., Benyamin Khoshnevisan, Ali Kazemi, Seyed Pendar Toufighi, Mias Sommer Schnberg, Morten Birkved. (2024). Assessing environmental enhancement scenarios in a petrochemical port: A comprehensive comparison using a hybrid LCA-GRM model. Journal of Cleaner Production. 141079.
- Emlai, Z., Pourebrahim, S., Hamidreza Heidari, & Lee, Khai Ern. (2022). The Impact of Climate Change as well as Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes on Water Yield Services in Haraz Basin. Sustainability, 14(13), 7578.
- Mahmudi, M., Pourebrahim, S., Khorasani, N., Danehkar, A., Etemadi, H., & Moeinaddini, M. (2022). Carbon stock in three mangrove forests in north Persian Gulf. Environmental Earth Sciences, 81(1).
