Daud has a Master’s degree in Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) from German-Kazakh University, Kazakhstan and a BSc in Civil Engineering from Jami University, Afghanistan. Daud joined Durham University in June 2019, prior to PhD he worked with the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) in the Smart Waters Project (in Kabul) funded by USAID. Daud has more than 5 years of working experience with national and international organizations. He developed an integrated surface and underground model for Kabul City Region using DHI MIKE SHE/11 as a research consultant for project supported by USAID-PEER . He did short term consultations on flood modelling and hydrological modelling for School of Engineering, Nazarbayev University and Kazhydromet supported by UNDP.