Basic Information

Email Address

• Email Address

  mohamedmd.saber.3ukyoto-u.ac.jp

Academic Degree

• 01 Mar. 2003

  MSc(Assiut University)
• 23 Sep. 2010

  京都大学博士（工学）

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• Assiut University, Faculty of Science Geology Department, 卒業

Research History

• From Apr. 2022, To Present

  Water Resources Research Center Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan, Associate Professor (Specific-Program)
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Water Resources Research Center Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan, Associate Professor (Specially Appointed)
• From May 2016, To Mar. 2021

  Water Resources Research Center Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan, Senior Researcher
• From Sep. 2015, To May 2016

  Geological Eng., Middle East Technical Univ., Turkey, Visiting Professor
• From Dec. 2010, To Dec. 2015

  Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt, Assistant Professor
• From Dec. 2013, To Sep. 2015

  The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA, USA, Postdoctoral Researcher
• From May 2012, To Jul. 2012

  Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), ENTRO, Ethiopia., Visiting Researcher
• From Sep. 2011, To Dec. 2011

  WRRC, DPRI, Kyoto University, Japan, Postdoctoral Researcher
• From Oct. 2010, To Nov. 2010

  WRRC, DPRI, Kyoto University, Japan, Postdoctoral Researcher
• From Jul. 2006, To Oct. 2010

  Kyoto University, DPRI, WRRC, Japan., PhD Student
• From Jan. 2010, To Mar. 2010

  DPRI, Kyoto University, Japan., Research Assistant
• From Nov. 1997, To Jun. 2006

  Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt, Geology Department, Lecturer Assistant and researcher, Lecturer Assistant and researcher

ID,URL

• ORCID ID

  0000-0003-2420-8132

• J-Global ID

  202201015981952624

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/Saber

Research

Research Interests

• Machine learning techniques in flash flood risk assessment
• Remote sensing and GIS applications
• Reservoir sedimentation management
• Water resources management
• Hydrometeorological analysis and climate change
• Flood forecasting and risk management

Research Areas

• Social infrastructure (civil Engineering, architecture, disaster prevention), Disaster prevention engineering, Wadi Hydrology, Disaster Risk reduction, Risk assessment, Water Management, Climate change and meteorology, RS and GIS Applications

Papers

• Innovative polygon trend analysis application for rainfall trends analysis in the Mekerra watershed (Northwest of Algeria)

  M. A. Benabdelkrim; A. N. Ghenim; A. Megnounif; H. Abida; C. Abdelbaki; O. Ghenim; S. Kantoush; M. Saber; T. Sumi

  Interpretation, 01 Aug. 2025

  
• Hybrid rainfall–runoff model with continuous infiltration experiments: a Mediterranean coastal basin of Madjez Ressoul in Algeria

  Asma Dahak; Hamouda Boutaghane; Tarek Merabtene; Sameh Ahmed Kantoush; Tayeb Boulmaiz; Mohamed Saber; Tetsuya Sumi

  Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, Apr. 2025

  
• Application of the Rainfall–Runoff–Inundation Model for Flood Risk Assessment in the Mekerra Basin, Algeria

  Abdallah AFRA; Yacine Abdelbaset Berrezel; ABDELBAKI Chérifa; Abdeslam Megnounif; Mohamed Saber; Mohammed El Amin Benabdelkrim; Navneet Kumar

  GeoHazards, Jan. 2025

  
• Machine learning approach for 2D abrasion mapping in Sediment Bypass Tunnels: a case study of Koshibu SBT, Japan

  Ahmed Emara; Sameh A. Kantoush; Mohamed Saber; Tetsuya Sumi; Vahid Nourani; Emad Mabrouk

  Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 2025

  
• FLOOD HAZARD ASSESSMENT USING RRI MODEL OVER SAUDI ARABIA UNDER DIFFERENT CLIMATIC SCENARIOS OF D4PDF

  Fahad Alamoudi; Mohamed Saber; Sameh A. Kantoush; Hadir Abdelmoneim; Tetsuya Sumi

  Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2025

  
• REAL-TIME PREDICTION OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION USING MACHINE LEARNING: CASE STUDY OF MIWA RESERVOIR, TENRYU RIVER IN JAPAN

  Mohamed Saber; Ryoya Furuie; Ahmed Emara; Sameh A. Kantoush; Tetsuya Sumi; Sohei Kobayashi; Emad Mabrouk

  Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2025

  
• Urban Flood Vulnerability Assessment in Freetown, Sierra Leone: AHP Approach

  Abdulai Koroma; Mohamed Saber; ABDELBAKI Chérifa

  Hydrology, Sep. 2024

  
• Recent progresses in dam reservoir sediment estimation and control

  Tayeb Boulmaiz; Mohammed Tahar Fortas; Asma Bouamrane; Hamouda Boutaghane; Mohamed Saber; Sameh A. Kantoush; Saeid Eslamian

  Handbook of Climate Change Impacts on River Basin Management: Technology, Innovations and Management Practices, 29 Aug. 2024

  
• Spatial–Temporal Analysis of Impacts of Climate Variability on Maize Yield in Kenya

  Renish Awuor Ondiek; Mohamed Saber; Mohammed Abdel-Fattah

  Agriculture, Aug. 2024

  
• Modeling Spatio-Temporal Rainfall Distribution in Beni–Irumu, Democratic Republic of Congo: Insights from CHIRPS and CMIP6 under the SSP5-8.5 Scenario

  Vithundwa Richard Posite; Mohamed Saber; AHANA BAYONGWA Samuel; ABDELBAKI Chérifa; Enoch Bessah; Bright Danso Appiagyei; Djessy Karl Maouly; Jones Abrefa Danquah

  Remote Sensing, Jul. 2024

  
• Comprehensive environmental impact assessment and irrigation wastewater suitability of the Arab El-Madabegh wastewater treatment plant, ASSIUT CITY, EGYPT

  Ahmed M. El-Feky; Mohamed Saber; Mahmoud M. Abd-El-Kader; Sameh A. Kantoush; Tetsuya Sumi; Faisal Alfaisal; Amal Abdelhaleem

  PLoS ONE, Feb. 2024

  
• Mapping COVID-19's potential infection risk based on land use characteristics: A case study of commercial activities in two Egyptian cities

  Karim I. Abdrabo; Mahmoud Mabrouk; Haoying Han; Mohamed Saber; Sameh A. Kantoush; Tetsuya Sumi

  Heliyon, 30 Jan. 2024

  
• Pre-processing satellite rainfall products improves hydrological simulations with machine learning

  Tayeb Boulmaiz; Radia Hafsi; Mawloud Guermoui; Hamouda Boutaghane; Habib Abida; Mohamed Saber; Sameh A. Kantoush; Khaled Ferkous; Yves Tramblay

  Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2024

  
• Detection of morphological changes for Wadi channel bed in the arid region using SFM Photogrammetry

  M. M. Al-Mamari; S. A. Kantoush; T. Sumi; M. Saber

  River Flow - Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, 2022, 2024

  
• Soil erosion susceptibility prediction using ensemble hybrid models with multicriteria decision-making analysis: Case study of the Medjerda basin, northern Africa

  Asma Bouamrane; Hamouda Boutaghane; Ali Bouamrane; Noura Dahri; Habib Abida; Mohamed Saber; Sameh A. Kantoush; Tetsuya Sumi

  International Journal of Sediment Research, 2024

  
• Spatially quantifying and mapping the riverbed roughness of a tropical river via acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) measurements to develop a 2-D numerical model

  Binh Quang Nguyen; Sameh Ahmed Kantoush; Doan Van Binh; Mohamed Saber; Ngoc Duong Vo; Tetsuya Sumi

  Journal of Hydraulic Research, 2024

  
• Impacts of climate change on drought and its consequences on the agricultural crop under worst-case scenario over the Godavari River Basin, India

  Khagendra P. Bharambe; Yoshihisa Shimizu; Sameh A. Kantoush; Tetsuya Sumi; Mohamed Saber

  Climate Services, Dec. 2023

  
• Climate change impacts on spatiotemporal variation of extreme weather and its consequences on dam optimisation and risk management in the Cagayan basin, Philippines

  Khagendra P. Bharambe; Sameh Kantoush; Hikaru Goto; Tetsuya Sumi; Mohamed Saber

  APN Science Bulletin, 31 Oct. 2023

  
• Assessing the effectiveness of nature-based solutions-strengthened urban planning mechanisms in forming flood-resilient cities

  Mahmoud Mabrouk; Haoying Han; Chao Fan; Karim I. Abdrabo; Guoqiang Shen; Mohamed Saber; Sameh A. Kantoush; Tetsuya Sumi

  Journal of Environmental Management, 15 Oct. 2023

  
• Urban flood numerical modeling and hydraulic performance of a drainage network: A case study in Algiers, Algeria

  El khansa Lameche; Hamouda Boutaghane; Mohamed Saber; Karim I. Abdrabo; A. Malek Bermad; Messsoud Djeddou; Tayeb Boulmaiz; Sameh A. Kantoush; Tetsuya Sumi

  Water Science and Technology, 01 Oct. 2023

  
• Optimization-Based Prediction Uncertainty Qualification of Climatic Parameters

  Vahid Nourani; Mina Sayyah-Fard; Sameh A. Kantoush; Khagendra P. Bharambe; Tetsuya Sumi; Mohamed Saber

  Journal of Hydrometeorology, Oct. 2023

  
• Reservoir operation impacts on streamflow and sediment dynamics in the transboundary river basin, Vietnam

  Thao T.P. Bui; Samehahmed Kantoush; Akira Kawamura; Tien L.T. Du; Nuong Thi Bui; René Capell; Ngoc T. Nguyen; Duong Du Bui; Mohamed Saber; Sumi Tetsuya; Hyongki Lee; Ali Saleh; Venkataraman Lakshmi; Alena Bartosova; Doan Van Binh; Binh Quang Nguyen; Tra T.T. Nguyen

  Hydrological Processes, Sep. 2023

  
• Enhancing flood risk assessment through integration of ensemble learning approaches and physical-based hydrological modeling

  Mohamed Saber; Tayeb Boulmaiz; Mawloud Guermoui; Karim I. Abdrabo; Sameh A. Kantoush; Tetsuya Sumi; Hamouda Boutaghane; Tomoharu Hori; Doan Van Binh; Binh Quang Nguyen; Thao T. P. Bui; Ngoc Duong Vo; Emad Habib; Emad Mabrouk

  Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 04 May 2023

  
• Integrating multi-sensor observations and rainfall-runoff inundation modeling for mapping flood extents over the Nile River basin: example from the 2020 flooding in Sudan

  Hadir Abdelmoneim; Hisham Eldardiry; Mohamed Saber; Sameh A. Kantoush; Hossam M. Moghazy; Tetsuya Sumi

  Geocarto International, 29 Mar. 2023

  
• An integrated indicator-based approach for constructing an urban flood vulnerability index as an urban decision-making tool using the PCA and AHP techniques: A case study of Alexandria, Egypt

  Karim I. Abdrabo; Sameh A. Kantoush; Aly Esmaiel; Mohamed Saber; Tetsuya Sumi; Mahmood Almamari; Bahaa Elboshy; Safaa Ghoniem

  Urban Climate, Mar. 2023

  
• Quantifying the impacts of hydraulic infrastructure on tropical streamflows

  Binh Quang Nguyen; Sameh A. Kantoush; Mohamed Saber; Doan Van Binh; Ngoc Duong Vo; Tetsuya Sumi

  Hydrological Processes, Mar. 2023

  
• Assessment of sediment yield and deposition in a dry reservoir using field observations, RUSLE and remote sensing: Wadi Assarin, Oman

  Mahmood M. Al-Mamari; Sameh A. Kantoush; Tahani M. Al-Harrasi; Ali Al-Maktoumi; Karim I. Abdrabo; Mohamed Saber; Tetsuya Sumi

  Journal of Hydrology, Feb. 2023

  
• Understanding the anthropogenic development impacts on long-term flow regimes in a tropical river basin, Central Vietnam

  Binh Quang Nguyen; Sameh Kantoush; Doan Van Binh; Mohamed Saber; Duong Ngoc Vo; Tetsuya Sumi

  HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL, Jan. 2023

  
• Hydrogeophysical and Hydrochemical Assessment of the Northeastern Coastal Aquifer of Egypt for Desalination Suitability

  Mohamed Abdelfattah; Heba Abdel-Aziz Abu-Bakr; Farag Mewafy; Taher Mohammed Hassan; Mohamed H. Geriesh; Mohamed Saber; ahmed gaber

  Water, Jan. 2023

  
• Stormwater management modeling and machine learning for flash flood susceptibility prediction in Wadi Qows, Saudi Arabia

  Alamoudi, F.; Saber, M.; Kantoush, S.A.; Boulmaiz, T.; Abdrabo, K.I.; Abdelmoneim, H.; Sumi, T.

  Hydrological Research Letters, 2023

  
• Evaluation of WRF Microphysics Schemes Performance Forced by Reanalysis and Satellite-Based Precipitation Datasets for Early Warning System of Extreme Storms in Hyper Arid Environment

  Mohamed Mekawy; Mohamed Saber; Sayed A. Mekhaimar; Ashraf Saber Zakey; Prof. Dr. El-Sayed Robaa; Mohamed magdy Abdel wahab

  Climate, Dec. 2022

  
• Integration of flood risk assessment and spatial planning for disaster management in Egypt

  Aly Esmaiel; Karim I. Abdrabo; Mohamed Saber; Richard V. Sliuzas; Funda Atun; Sameh A. Kantoush; Tetsuya Sumi

  Progress in Disaster Science, Oct. 2022

  
• Reconstructing Daily Discharge in a Megadelta Using Machine Learning Techniques

  Hung Vo Thanh; Doan Van Binh; Sameh A. Kantoush; Vahid Nourani; Mohamed Saber; Kang Kun Lee; Tetsuya Sumi

  Water Resources Research, May 2022

  
• An integrated assessment approach for fossil groundwater quality and crop water requirements in the El-Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt

  Mohamed Saber; Mohamed Mokhtar; Abudeif Bakheit; Ahmed M. Elfeky; Mohsen Gameh; Ashraf Mostafa; Ahmed Sefelnasr; Sameh A. Kantoush; Tetsuya Sumi; Tomoharu Hori; Alhosein Hamada

  Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Apr. 2022

  
• Exploring the Spatio-Temporal Variability of Precipitation over the Medjerda Transboundary Basin in North Africa

  Tayeb Boulmaiz; BOUTAGHANE Hamouda; Habib Abida; Mohamed Saber; Sameh Ahmed KANTOUSH; Yves Tramblay

  Water, Jan. 2022

  
• A Predictive Study of the Redistribution of Some Bread Wheat Genotypes in Response to Climate Change in Egypt

  Alhosein Hamada; Mohamed Tharwat Said; khaled Abd El-hafeez Ibrahim; Mohamed Saber; Mohammed A. Sayed

  Agronomy, Jan. 2022

  
• Applications of Remote Sensing for Flood Inundation Mapping at Urban Areas in MENA Region: Case Studies of Five Egyptian Cities

  Abdrabo, K.I.; Saber, M.; Kantoush, S.A.; ElGharbawi, T.; Sumi, T.; Elboshy, B.

  Applications of Space Techniques on the Natural Hazards in the MENA Region, 2022

  
• Statistical and Multicriteria approaches for Assessing Urban Flood Risk in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: A case study of Alexandria, Egypt

  Karim I. Abdrabo; Aly Esmaiel; Omar Habibah; Mohamed Saber; Sameh A. Kantoush; Tetsuya Sumi; Bahaa Elboshy

  Proceedings of the IAHR World Congress, 2022

  
• STUDY ON FLOOD MITIGATION OPERATION OF TANDEM SERIES OF DAMS INCLUDING HYDROPOWER DAMS IN OHI RIVER

  Yuki OKAMOTO; Takahiro KOSHIBA; Mohamed SABER; Yasuhiro TAKEMON; Sameh KANTOUSH; Tetsuya SUMI

  Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1 (Hydraulic Engineering), 2022

  
• Integrated Study of Flash Floods in Wadi Basins Considering Sedimentation and Climate Change: An International Collaboration Project

  Mohamed Saber; Sameh A. Kantoush; Tetsuya Sumi; Yusuke Ogiso; Tahani Alharrasi; Takahiro Koshiba; Mohammed Abdel-Fattah; Ali Al-Maktoumi; Osman A. Abdalla; Yasuhiro Takemon; Daisuke Nohara; Sohei Kobayashi; Mahmood Almamari; Khalid Al Hooti; Ahmed Al Barwani; Hilal Almamari; Dina Ellithey; Ekkehard Holzbecher; Ahmed Hadidi

  Natural Disaster Science and Mitigation Engineering: DPRI reports, 12 Oct. 2021

  
• Evaluation of Structural Measures for Flash Flood Mitigation in Wadi Abadi Region of Egypt

  Mohammed Abdel-Fattah; Sameh A. Kantoush; Mohamed Saber; Tetsuya Sumi

  Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 01 Feb. 2021

  
• Examining LightGBM and CatBoost models for wadi flash flood susceptibility prediction

  Mohamed Saber; Tayeb Boulmaiz; Mawloud Guermoui; Karim I. Abdrado; Sameh A. Kantoush; Tetsuya Sumi; Hamouda Boutaghane; Daisuke Nohara; Emad Mabrouk

  Geocarto International, 2021

  
• Long-term alterations of flow regimes of the Mekong River and adaptation strategies for the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

  Doan Van Binh; Sameh A. Kantoush; Mohamed Saber; Nguyen Phuong Mai; Shreedhar Maskey; Dang Tuan Phong; Tetsuya Sumi

  Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Dec. 2020

  
• Integrated Methodology for Urban Flood Risk Mapping at the Microscale in Ungauged Regions: A Case Study of Hurghada, Egypt

  karim abdrabo; Sameh Ahmed KANTOUSH; Mohamed Saber; Tetsuya Sumi; Omar M. Habiba; Dina Elleithy; Bahaa Elboshy

  Remote Sensing, Oct. 2020

  
• Assessment of spatiotemporal variability of water storage in Arabian countries using global datasets: implications for water resources management

  Mohamed Saber; Sameh A. Kantoush; Tetsuya Sumi

  Urban Water Journal, 27 May 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• Impacts of triple factors on flash flood vulnerability in Egypt: Urban growth, extreme climate, and mismanagement

  Mohamed Saber; Karim I. Abdrabo; Omar M. Habiba; Sameh A. Kantosh; Tetsuya Sumi

  Geosciences (Switzerland), Jan. 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• Flow patterns and bed changes due to traditional river training structures “Seigyu”

  S. A. Kantoush; M. M. Al Mamari; Y. Takemon; M. Saber; O. Habiba; T. Sumi; S. Kobayashi; M. Tazumi

  River Flow 2020 - Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, 2020

  
• Real-Time Measurement of Flash-Flood in a Wadi Area by LSPIV and STIV

  Mahmood M. Al-mamari; Sameh Ahmed KANTOUSH; Sohei Kobayashi; Tetsuya Sumi; Mohamed Saber

  Hydrology, Mar. 2019

  
• Numerical study on reservoir sediment management through adding excavated sediment downstream of dams in Japan

  Sameh Kantoush; Takamasa Suzuki; Yasuhiro Takemon; Kamal El Kadi Abderrezzak; Riadh Ata; Tetsuya Sumi; Mohamed Saber

  E3S Web of Conferences, 05 Sep. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Evaluation and Bias Correction of Satellite-Based Rainfall Estimates for Modelling Flash Floods over the Mediterranean region: Application to Karpuz River Basin, Turkey

  Mohamed Saber

  Water, May 2018

  
• RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING FOR EXTREME FLASH FLOODS IN WADI SAMAIL, OMAN

  Mohammed ABDEL-FATTAH; Sameh A. KANTOUSH; Mohamed SABER; Tetsuya SUMI

  土木学会論文集Ｂ１（水工学）, 2018

  
• Implications of land subsidence due to groundwater over-pumping: Monitoring methodology using GRACE data

  Mohamed Saber; Mohammed Abdel-Fattah; Sameh A. Kantoush; Tetsuya Sumi

  International Journal of GEOMATE, 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• A Hydrological and Geomorphometric Approach to Understanding the Generation of Wadi Flash Floods

  Mohamed Saber

  Water, Jul. 2017

  
• Satellite-Based Estimates of Groundwater Storage Changes at the Najd Aquifers in Oman

  Mohamed Saber; Saif Alhinai; Ahmed Al Barwani; Ahmed AL-Saidi; Sameh A. Kantoush; Emad Habib; David M. Borrok

  WATER RESOURCES IN ARID AREAS: THE WAY FORWARD, 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• A physically based distributed hydrological model of wadi system to simulate flash floods in arid regions

  Mohamed Saber; Toshio Hamaguchi; Toshiharu Kojiri; Kenji Tanaka; Tetsuya Sumi

  Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Jan. 2015, Peer-reviewed

  

Misc.

• Japan-Egypt hydro network: Science and technology collaborative research for flash flood management

  Tetsuya Sumi; Mohamed Saber; Sameh Ahmad Kantoush

  Journal of Disaster Research, Feb. 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Japan-Egypt hydro network: Modern methodologies for integrated water resources management in Egypt

  T. Sumi; M. Saber; S. A. Kantoush

  Journal of Disaster Research, Feb. 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• JE-Hydronet: Modern methodologies for the management, monitoring and planning of integrated water resources in the Nile delta of Egypt

  S. A. Kantoush; T. Sumi; T. Kojiri; M. Saber; I. Elshennawy; H. Awad; A. Sefelnaser

  34th IAHR Congress 2011 - Balance and Uncertainty: Water in a Changing World, Incorporating the 33rd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium and the 10th Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering, 2011, Peer-reviewed

  

Awards

• 01 Mar. 2016

  The best paper award at the international Water Conference 2016