Dunia Bachour | Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Dr. Dunia Bachour

Senior Scientist

Dr. Dunia Bachour

Senior Scientist

Educational Qualifications

PhD Physics

Qualification Diploma in Medical and Radiological Physics

Entity

Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute

Biography

Dr. Dunia Bachour is a Senior Scientist at the Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute (QEERI), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Doha, Qatar. She currently coordinates the Solar Resource Assessment Project under the Energy Management Program in the Energy Center. She received her doctoral degree in Physics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. Her research in QEERI focuses on solar resource measurements, assessment and analysis. Prior to joining QEERI, she worked as a Scientific Collaborator in several university hospitals in Switzerland and France with the responsibilities of a radiation physicist in a radiooncology department including the commissioning of equipment for radiation therapy, radiation treatment planning and techniques, quality control, radiation measurements and radiation protection.

PhD Physics

Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona UAB, Barcelona, Spain

2015

Qualification Diploma in Medical and Radiological Physics

National Institute of Nuclear & Technical Sciences, Paris, France

2004

Master of Sciences Imaging & Radiation in Radiological Physics

Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France

2003

Bachelor’s Degree General Physics

Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon

2001

  • Solar Energy With Reference to Solar Resource Assessment
  • Solar Radiation Ground Measurements
  • Data Analysis
  • Solar Climate Trends
  • Aerosols Characterization
  • Radiometry

Senior Scientist

Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute, Qatar

2021 - Present

Scientist

Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute, Qatar

2016 - 2021

Research Associate

Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute, Qatar

2011 - 2015

Occupational HS Professional

Qatar Foundation, Qatar

2009 - 2011

Scientific Collaborator

Institut de Radiophysique (IRA), Switzerland

2006 - 2008

Radiation Physicist

Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires (INSTN), France

2004 - 2006