TALEB S. A. ODEH

Taleb S A Odeh	Associate Professor
Geoscience	Geology
Faculty of Prince AlHasan Bin Talal for Natural Resources and Environment	Department of Water Management and Environment
talebs@hu.edu.jo
ORCID ID : 57197851140
Office No. : 430 الحسين الباني	EXT : 3256

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Ph.D.	Freiberg University of Mining and Technology	Germany,2011
Master	The University of Jordan	Jordan,2005
Bachelor	The University of Jordan	Jordan,2002

 Land sustainability, landscape assessment, spatila planning, environmental planning, hydrology, hydrogeology, hydrochemistry, water resources, Geomorphology, Geographic Information Systems (GISs), Remote Sensing (RS), Modelling

 PUBLICATIONS LIST  

Odeh, T., Salameh, E., Schirmer, M., Strauch, G. (2009): Structural control of groundwater flow regimes and groundwater chemistry along the lower reaches of the Zerka River, West Jordan, using remote sensing, GIS, and field methods. Environ Geol 58, pp. 1797–1810.

Odeh, T., Gloaguen, R., Schirmer, M., Geyer, S., R?diger, T. and Siebert, C. (2009): Exploration of Wadi Zerka Ma'in rotational fault and its drainage pattern, Eastern of Dead Sea, by means of remote sensing, GIS and 3D geological modeling, Proceeding of SPIE Europe's International Symposium on Remote Sensing (ERS09), Vol.7478, Berlin, 11 pp.

Odeh, T., Gloaguen, R., Schirmer, M., Geyer, S., R?diger, T. Siebert, C. (2010): Investigation of  Catchment Areas Migrations Through a Sinstral and Dextral Strike Slip Faults: The Case Study of Zerka Ma’in and Al Hasa Catchment Areas, East of the Dead Sea in Jordan. Proceedings of the 4 ASME/WSEAS International conference on geology and Seismology (GES'10), Cambridge, ISBN: 978-960- 474-160-1,  pp. 120-126. 

Odeh, T., Geyer, S., Gloaguen R., Schirmer M., R?diger, T., Siebert, C. (2010): Development of groundwater salinity in the Wadi Zerka Ma’in catchment area, Dead Sea, Jordan. Proc. 7th International Groundwater Quality Conference IAHS Publ 342, pp. 487-490.

Odeh, T., Geyer, S., R?diger, T., Siebert, C., Schirmer, M. (2013): Groundwater chemistry of strike slip faulted aquifers: the case study of Wadi Zerka Ma’in aquifers, north east of the Dead Sea. Environ Earth Sci 70, pp. 393 –406.

Odeh, T., R?diger, T., Geyer, S., Schirmer, M. (2014): Hydrological modelling of a heterogeneous catchment using an integrated approach of remote sensing, a geographic information system and hydrologic response units: the case study of Wadi Zerka Ma’in catchment area, north east of the Dead Sea. Environ Earth Sci 73, pp. 3309 –3326.

Al-Akhras, M-A., Albiss, B., Alqudah, M., Odeh, T. (2015): Environmental Pollution of Cell-Phone Towers:
Detection and Analysis Using Geographic Information System. Jordan Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences 7, pp. 77 - 85.

Abu Jaber,  N., Abunnasr, Y., Abu Yahya,  A.,  Boulad, N., Christou, O., Dimitropoulos, G., Dimopoulos, Gkoltsiou, T., K., Khreis, N., Manolaki, P., Michael, K., Odeh, T., Papatheodoulou, A., Sorotou, A., Sinno, S., Suliman, O., Symons, N., Terkenli, T., Trigkas, V., Trovato,  M.G., Victora, M. Zomeni, M. Vogiatzakis I. N. (2015): Travelling in the eastern Mediterranean with landscape character assessment. Proc. Third International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2015) SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9535, pp. 1–11.

Odeh, T., Gloaguen, R., Mohammad, Al. H., Schirmer, M. (2016): Structural control on drainage network and catchment area geomorphology in the Dead Sea area: an evaluation using remote sensing and geographic information systems in the Wadi Zerka Ma’in catchment area (Jordan). Environ Earth Sci 75, pp. 482–500. 

Mohammad , Al. H., Shatanawi,  K., Odeh, T. (2016): A modified modeling of potentiality and vulnerability of the
groundwater resources in Amman Zarqa Basin, Jordan. Kuwait J. Sci. 43, pp. 208–221. 

Odeh T, Boulad N, Abed O, Abu Yahya A, Khries N, Abu-Jaber N (2017) The influence of geology on landscape typology in Jordan: theoretical understanding and planning implications. Land 6(51):1–13

Mohammad AH, Jung HC, Odeh T, Bhuiyan C, Hussein H (2018) Understanding the impact of droughts in the Yarmouk Basin, Jordan: monitoring droughts through meteorological and hydrological drought indices. Arab J Geosci 11(5):103

Slaty, F., Al-Dabsheh, I., Odeh, T. (2019): Characteristics of residual oil fly ash and their utility for construction purposes. Kuwait J. Sci. 46, pp. 83-89.

Odeh, T., Mohammad, A., Hussein, H., Ismail, M., Almomani, T. (2019). Over-pumping of groundwater in Irbid governorate, northern Jordan: a conceptual model to analyze the effects of urbanization and agricultural activities on groundwater levels and salinity. Environ Earth Sci 78 (1): 40.

Odeh, T., Mohammad, AH. (2020): Wise Water Resources Management under the Increasing Number of Refugees in the Third Poorest Water Resources Country (Jordan) – A Suggested Future Spatial Plan for Water Resources Investments. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 15 pp. 235 – 238.

R?diger, T., Magri, F., Geyer, S., Mallast, U., Odeh, T., & Siebert, C. (2020). Calculating man-made depletion of a stressed multiple aquifer resource on a national scale. The Science of the total environment, 725, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138478.


Odeh, T., Mohammad, A.H., Pradhanang, S.M., Ismail, M. and R?diger, T., 2022. GIS-based analytical modeling on evaluating impacts of urbanization in Amman water resources, Jordan. Environmental Earth Sciences, 81(5), pp.1-15

Shatanawi, K., Mohammad, A.H., Odeh, T., Arafeh, M., Halalsheh, M. and Kassab, G., 2022. Analysis of Historical Precipitation in Semi-Arid Areas–Case Study of Amman Zarqa Basin. Journal of Ecological Engineering, 23(8), pp.101-111.

Amro, A.N., Al-Essa, K., Al-Essa, E.M., Alakhras, A.I., Habib, M.A. and Odeh, T., 2022. A study on the ability of processed squeezed bitter almond for the removal of cadmium ions from contaminated water. DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT, 276, pp.133-141.

R?diger, T., Geyer, S., Odeh, T. and Siebert, C., 2023. Data scarce modelling the impact of present and future groundwater development on Jordan multiaquifer groundwater resources. Science of The Total Environment, 870, p.161729.

Odeh, T., Sawaqed, R., Murshid, E.A. and Mohammad, A.H., 2023. GIS-based analytical analysis for selecting potential runoff harvesting sites: the case study of Amman-Zarqa Basin. Sustainable Water Resources Management, 9(3), pp.1-15.

Fensham, R.J., Adinehvand, R., Babidge, S., Cantonati, M., Currell, M., Daniele, L., Elci, A., Galassi, D.M., de la Hera Portillo, ?., Hamad, S. and Han, D., …., Odeh, T., …. , 2023. Fellowship of the Spring: An initiative to document and protect the world's oases. Science of The Total Environment, 887, p.163936.

Mohammad, A.H. & Odeh, T., 2024. Geospatial Land Use and Land Cover Changes Detection over the Last 40 Years with Validation by Ground Truthing Using an Integrated Approach of Remote Sensing and Geographic ... International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, 12(3).
Odeh, T., Mohammad, A.H., Fensham, R. & Webb, J., 2024. Surface water catchment deformation—toward a conceptual model: the case study of Zarqa river catchment, Jordan. Environmental Earth Sciences, 83(9), p.268.
Al-Slaty, F. & Odeh, T., 2024. Reducing Evaporation from Arid Soil in Jordan Through Absorbent Materials: Volcanic Tuff, Wood Ash, and Date Pit Ash. International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics, 19(2), pp.679-684.
Salameh, E., Abdallat, G. & Odeh, T., 2024. The Damaging Effects of Abstracting the Deep Aquifers’ Groundwater in Jordan-Quality Constraints. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 12(3), pp.250-278.
Mohammad, A.H., Odeh, T., Abualhaijaa, M., Shatanawi, K. & Halalshe, M., 2024. Application of the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process for water resources in the Wadi AlHasa catchment, Jordan. Journal of Water and Land Development, pp.100-111.
Al-Slaty, F., Ibrahim, K., Fayez, S., Al-Dabsheh, I., Odeh, T. & Abusmier, S., 2024. Influence of Adding Jordanian Scoria on the Properties of Clay-based Geopolymer. Earth Sciences Research Journal, 27(3), pp.321-325.
Odeh, T. & Mohamed, AH. 2025. Conceptual modelling of land cover change effects on groundwater quality in the Amman-Zarqa Basin, Jordan. Journal of Water and Land Development 65, pp. 219-229.
BOOK CHAPTERS

T Odeh, AH Mohammad, F Alslaty, T R?diger (2025): Water Resources, Geology and Urbanization Are in a Direct Discipline: The Case Study of Jordan. Water Resources Management and Sustainability: Solutions for Arid Regions, 67-84.

The Use of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) within GIS For Selecting Potential Sites for Water Harvesting in The Amman-Zarqa Basin – Jordan by Rama Samer Sawaged. Master thesis - 2022 – Main supervisor.

Assessment of the Integrated Water Management Project in Wadi Al-Mujib Catchment Area using the Management Effectiveness Tracking Method by Rawaa Alwai. Master thesis - 2022 – Main supervisor.

 A) Associated  Professor at the Hashemite University (2015 – current time).

B) Assistance Professor at German Jordanian University (2011 - 2015).

C) Doctoral research at two research institutes in Germany (2006 – 2011): 

1)	Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Catchment hydrology department, Germany – Haale.

2)	Freiberg University of Mining and Technology –  TUBAF, Remote sensing department, Germany – Freiberg.

  Land sustainability, landscape assessment, spatila planning, environmental planning, hydrology, hydrogeology, hydrochemistry, water resources, Geomorphology, Geographic Information Systems (GISs), Remote Sensing (RS), Modelling

 A) Associated  Professor at the Hashemite University (2015 – current time).

B) Assistance Professor at German Jordanian University (2011 - 2015).

 The International Association of Hydrogeologists - IAH / AIH

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

 PRESENTATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERANCES 

A) Oral presentations in international conferences: 


1) 2nd International Conference in Water Resources Management & Sustainability: Solutions for Arid Regions. Dubai – UAE. FEBRUARY 26-28, 2024. Oral presentation: Water Resources, Geology and Urbanization Are in a Direct Discipline.

2) THE 11th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE JORDANIAN GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION. Amman – JORDAN October 22-24, 2024

     3) DAAD Alumni Week 2025 – Alumni in Transfer for Circular Economy. Technical university of     
      Freiberg. Freiberg – Germany Jun 2-6, 2025



4) Exploration of Wadi Zerka Ma'in rotational fault and its drainage pattern, Eastern of Dead Sea, by means of remote sensing, GIS and 3D geological modeling, SPIE Europe's International Symposium on Remote Sensing (ERS09), Berlin, Germany.

5) Investigation of Catchment Areas Migrations Through a Sinstral and Dextral Strike Slip Faults: The Case Study of Zerka Ma’in and Al Hasa Catchment Areas, East of the Dead Sea in Jordan. International conference on geology and Seismology (GES'10), Cambridge, United Kingdom.

6) Groundwater flow within the fault system of Wadi Zerka Ma’in catchment area using remote sensing and GIS methods. International METIER conference, Brussels, Belgium. 

B) Poster presentations:

1) Development of groundwater salinity in the wadi zerka ma'in catchment area, dead sea, jordan. In 7th International Groundwater Quality Conference (2010), Zürch, Switzerland.

2) Groundwater recharge modelling of strike slip faulted catchemnt area: the case of the Zerka Ma’in (Dead Sea, Jordan). IWRM - Integrated Water Resources Management , Karlsruhe, Germany.

COMPONENT IN INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS 

1) GLOWA Jordan River: 

It was an interdisciplinary and international research project providing scientific support for sustainable water management in the Jordan River region that was funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research – BMBF in Germany. 

2) SUMAR Dead Sea:

It was an international research project for Sustainable Management of Water Resources (Quantity and Quality) in the Dead Sea Area that was funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research – BMBF in Germany. 

3) MEDSCAPES:

It is an international research project for developing landscape maps as a tool that provide support to decision-makers responsible for land use and regional planning. This project is funded by the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) for initiatives between EU and other Mediterranean countries. Jordan, Lebanon, Cyprus and Greek land are included in this project.

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