Menna Allah Farag Zaki Ahmed

                 

Biography

Menna is currently pursuing my Ph.D. at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University. she is an Assistant Director of Works at Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation. She has over a decade of experience in water diplomacy, hydraulics, hydrology, irrigation systems, river morphology, and numerical modeling. Her main research theme focuses on river hydro-morphodynamics and risk management in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta, aiming to support sustainable river management and disaster mitigation strategies.

Education

• a Master’s degree in Water Resources and Hydraulics from Benha University 

• a Bachelor’s in Irrigation and Hydraulics from Cairo University. 

Research Interests

• Water diplomacy,
• Hydraulics, Hydrology,
• Irrigation systems,
• River engineering,
• Numerical modeling,
• Social studies.

Skills

• Engineering & Design Software: AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Tekla Structures (XSteel).
• Hydraulic & Water Resources Modeling: TELEMAC-MASCARET-2D, HAMMER (Bentley), WATERGEMS, RIBASIM, Rainfall-Runoff Inundation (RRI).
• GIS & Spatial Analysis: ArcGIS, QGIS, Global Mapper.
• Programming & Scripting: Python, Fortran, MATLAB.
• Project Management Tools: Primavera P6.

Publications

1. Ahmed, M. F., Van Binh, D., Kantoush, S. A., Park, E., Doan, N. L. P., Tuan, L. A., ... & Sumi, T. (2025). Intensified susceptibility to riverbed incisions under sand mining impacts in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: A long-term spatiotemporal analysis. Geomorphology, 470, 109535.‏