Name: Yousef Abu asad
Date of Bith: 25/08/1962
Place of Birth: Idna- Hebron
Married ,4 daughters and one sun
Address: Ramallah - Almasyoun
Tel & Fax: +97022403103
Mobile: +970599257513
E-mail: yabuasad
yahoo.com
Education:
- 2000 MSc in Hydrology and Water Resources from IHE- Delft – Netherlands .
- 1996 Diloma in Hydrological Engineering from IHE- Delft – Netherlands .
- 1987 BSc meteorological Engineering from Istanbul Technical University Istanbul – Turkey .
Job Title: Director General of Palestinian Meteorological Office
Supervision of all acts of meteorology in Palestine from 2005 till now
Work Experience:
1- Jordan Meteorological department in Jordan National Centre for weather Forecasting ( Amman Airport) duration one year .
2- Applied research institute-Jerusalem as ( ARIJ ) a researcher in water research unit ( duration 5 years ) and Agrometeorology as estimating the crop water requirements in various parts in the West Bank through the irrigation efficiency study .
3- Participation in preparing environmental profiles for different districts of the West Bank (ARIJ ).
4- Participation in preparing book for Irrigated Agriculture in the West Bank (ARIJ ).
5- Participation in preparing environmental awareness ( water sector ) in the West Bank (ARIJ ).
6- A manager of projects in Palestinian Environmental Authority (one year 1997 ) .
7- Participation in the preparation of the Palestine Climate Data Hand Book 1998.
8- Participation in the preparation of the national plan for the drought in Palestine in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, Environmental Quality Authority and Water Authority (2014-2016).
Memberships:
1- Founding Member of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society Idna Branch 1999. And The Secretary of the society till now.
2- Member of the Engineering Association from 1990.
3- President of the Higher Education Society Idna (1992-1996).
4- Representative of Palestine in the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)..
5- The representative of Palestine in the Arab permanent Committee for Meteorology for Arab League .
6- Member of the National Committee on Climate Change.
7- Member of the National Committee of Desertification
8- Member of the Supreme Council of Civil Defense