Prof. Nadhir Al-Ansari

Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
Lulea University of Technology, Sweden
Professor for Water Resources and Environment

Email: nadhir.alansari@ltu.se

Qualifications

1973-1976 Ph.D., Dundee University

1971-1973 M.Sc., Baghdad University
1964-1968 B.Sc., Honours Baghdad University

Publications (Selected)

1. Hassan, F. M., Al-Obaidy, A. H. M. J., Noor, A. R., & Alansari, N. (2025). Pathway of total petroleum hydrocarbon in a lotic ecosystem: water and sediment of Tigris River, Iraq. Applied Water Science, 15(8), 1-14.
2. Shivashankar, K., Potdar, M. P., Gawdiya, S., Golshetti, A., Kanade, A. K., Balol, G., ... & Salem, A. (2025). SPAD dynamics in maize crop with precision nitrogen management under rain-fed and irrigated conditions. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 22842.
3. Sharma, A., Chhabra, V., Mehta, S., Bagal, Y. S., Kumar, R., Al-Ansari, N., ... & Salem, A. (2025). Optimizing cultivation practices to enhance growth and yield of Indian mustard. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 11433.
4. Mir, M. S., Raja, W., Kanth, R. H., Dar, E. A., Shah, Z. A., Bhat, M. A., ... & Salem, A. (2025). Optimizing irrigation and nitrogen levels to achieve sustainable rice productivity and profitability. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 6675.
5. Acharki, S., Raza, A., Vishwakarma, D. K., Amharref, M., Bernoussi, A. S., Singh, S. K., ... & Mattar, M. A. (2025). Comparative assessment of empirical and hybrid machine learning models for estimating daily reference evapotranspiration in sub-humid and semi-arid climates. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 2542.
6. Gara, A., Gader, K., Khlifi, S., Bouvier, C., Ouessar, M., Vanclooster, M., ... & Mattar, M. A. (2025). Evaluating the Spatial and Temporal Transferability of Model Parameters of a Distributed Soil Conservation Service–Soil Moisture Antecedent–Simple Lag and Route Model for South Mediterranean Catchments. Water, 17(4), 569-569.
7. Wani, O. A., Mahdi, S. S., Yeasin, M., Kumar, S. S., Gagnon, A. S., Danish, F., ... & Mattar, M. A. (2024). Predicting rainfall using machine learning, deep learning, and time series models across an altitudinal gradient in the North-Western Himalayas. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 27876.
8. Zubaidi, S. L., Al-Bugharbee, H., Alattabi, A. W., Ridha, H. M., Hashim, K., Al-Ansari, N., & Yaseen, Z. M. (2024). Forecasting urban water demand using different hybrid-based metaheuristic algorithms’ inspire for extracting artificial neural network hyperparameters. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 24042.
9. Choudhary, K., Singh, J., Meena, N. K., Al-Ansari, N., Choudhary, S., Tiwari, R. K., ... & Mattar, M. A. (2024). Water volumes and mulches affect plant growth, leaf nutrient status and orchard soil mineral content of sweet orange cv. Mosambi. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 23919.
10. Sheoran, S., Prakash, D., Yadav, P. K., Gupta, R. K., Al-Ansari, N., El-Hendawy, S., & Mattar, M. A. (2024). Long-term application of FYM and fertilizer N improve soil fertility and enzyme activity in 51st wheat cycle under pearl millet-wheat. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 21695.
11. Isam, M., Baloo, L., Chabuk, A., Majdi, A., & Al-Ansari, N. (2024). Optimization and modelling of Pb (II) and Cu (II) adsorption onto red algae (Gracilaria changii)-based activated carbon by using response surface methodology. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 14(15), 16799-16818.
12. Raza, A., Vishwakarma, D. K., Acharki, S., Al-Ansari, N., Alshehri, F., & Elbeltagi, A. (2024). Use of gene expression programming to predict reference evapotranspiration in different climatic conditions. Applied water science, 14(7), 152.
13. Gupta, S., Kumar, P., Kishore, G., Ali, R., Al-Ansari, N., Vishwakarma, D. K., ... & Mattar, M. A. (2024). Sensitivity of daily reference evapotranspiration to weather variables in tropical savanna: a modelling framework based on neural network. Applied Water Science, 14(6), 138.
14. Habeeb, R., Almazah, M. M., Hussain, I., Al-Ansari, N., Al-Rezami, A. Y., & Sammen, S. S. (2023). Modified standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index: Spatiotemporal analysis of drought. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 14(1), 2195532.
15. Tao, H., Aldlemy, M. S., Alawi, O. A., Kamar, H. M., Homod, R. Z., Mohammed, H. A., ... & Yaseen, Z. M. (2023). Energy and cost management of different mixing ratios and morphologies on mono and hybrid nanofluids in collector technologies. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 17(1), 2164620.
16. Tao, H., Alawi, O. A., Hussein, O. A., Ahmed, W., Eltaweel, M., Homod, R. Z., ... & Yaseen, Z. M. (2023). Influence of water based binary composite nanofluids on thermal performance of solar thermal technologies: sustainability assessments. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 17(1), 2159881.
17. Sammen, S. S., Kisi, O., Ehteram, M., El-Shafie, A., Al-Ansari, N., Ghorbani, M. A., ... & Shahid, S. (2023). Rainfall modeling using two different neural networks improved by metaheuristic algorithms. Environmental Sciences Europe, 35(1), 112.

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