Professor of Remote Sensing and Water Security, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. Director of Climate and Livability Initiative, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Newcastle, Australia B.E., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Newcastle, Australia ‏Dr. McCabe’s research focuses on issues related to water and food security, climate change impacts, precision agriculture, water resources monitoring and modeling, and the novel use of technologies for enhanced Earth system observation. His research combines models and observations to answer questions on the distribution, variability and exchanges of water at local, regional and global scales, as well as the interactions with vegetation. Improved description and understanding of the water-food nexus is a key objective of his research.