Dr. Adel S. Aldosary is a Professor and Chairman of the Department of City and Regional Planning and Acting chairman of the Architecture Department at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM).

He received his PhD in 1991 in Urban, Technological & Environmental Planning Urban & Regional Planning from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. He received a number of honors and awards for his active involvement in research and teaching. He is awarded with Distinguished Academic Performance award for 14 consecutive years.

He worked as a Consultant in Dammam Municipality, Office of the HE the Minister of Higher Education, Supreme Commission on Tourism, SK-Telecom ( South Korea), Secretary general of Qassim Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and Industrial Development Division, Saudi Aramco. He was a member in The National Comprehensive Training Plan for Saudi Arabia. He worked as the Team Leader in Labor Market Study. Dr. Aldosary has supervised 18 MS thesis (two of which were for Italian graduate students in Italian universities). He is the Principal Investigator in many of the KFUPM and public agencies funded projects.

Dr. Aldosary is a member of several national and international organizations and on several International Refereed Journals Editorial Boards. He is the Director of the National Atlas of Saudi Arabia, KFUPM. He was listed in the 19th edition of Marquis Who’s Who in the World 2002 and 2003. He has 64 research papers published in reputed international journals and has reviewed many proposals and papers for funded projects, local refereed journals and local refereed conferences

His current research interests include Urban Survey Analysis & Models, Manpower Planning & Demographic Studies, urban Economics, Computer-Aided Planning, Urban Systems & Policy Analysis, Urban & Regional Planning, and Applications of Planning Theory.