Shabbir A. Shahid

Dr. Shabbir A. Shahid has more than 32 years of experience as a Soil Scientist
in Pakistan, UK, Australia, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. He served as
Lead Soil Taxonomist, Technical Coordinator, and QA Expert for the Soil Surveys
of Kuwait (1996–1999) and Abu Dhabi Emirate (2004–2009). He with his
co- associates discovered anhydrite soil in the coastal land of Abu Dhabi Emirate.
He is a prolifi c author and coauthor of over 150 scientifi c papers published in
peer- reviewed scientifi c journals, books, and manuals. He pioneered the concept
of soil survey in the UAE.