The Capacity Building Scientist  

Dr. Tareq Omairi is an accomplished investigator and analyst expert with a distinguished career in international relations, science, and law enforcement. Currently serving as a Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Cairo, Egypt, Tareq leads multi-agency training programs and develops best practices for investigations. Before joining the UN, Tareq worked as the Learning & Development Manager in The Hague, The Netherlands, with the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP). There, he established the Wim Kok Center for Excellence and Learning (CEL), which aimed to enhance the capacity of governments and civil society in addressing the issue of missing persons. 

Dr. Omairi has a Ph.D. in Astrobiology from the University of Sheffield in the UK, and is a certified Project Manager (PMP), and a Fellow of the British Higher Education Academy (FHEA). He had received several awards and fellowships, including two awards from NASA, Santander Bank Group, The Golden Medal of Excellence from the Ministry of Higher Education in Iraq, and a research collaboration grant from the Worldwide Universities Network.