Ahmed Abotaleb is a Research Associate at Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute. Previously, he worked for ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions as a process engineer and for COMSOL Multiphysics as a technical support engineer. His research interests include process optimization, gas conversion, CCU and Multiphysics computational modelling. He has authored and coauthored more than thirteen technical papers and holds seven patents. He holds an MS and a BS in chemical engineering.

Sara Al-Emadi is a Research Associate at the Qatar Computing Research Institute, part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University. Her research explores generalization in artificial intelligence for real-world applications, computer vision and AI.

Her past work spans diverse domains, including unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies, anti-drone systems, network infrastructure, computer networks, and cybersecurity.

Sara previously worked in the oil and gas industry as a Network Infrastructure Engineer and later advanced to a Senior Engineer role in IT Strategy and Enterprise Architecture.

She holds a Master of Science in Computing and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, both from Qatar University. Currently, she is pursuing a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering at Hamad Bin Khalifa University.

Dr. Kim Moloney focuses on the intersection of the public administration discipline with international organizations, transnational administration, and good governance, and separately, intersections with the unique policy challenges of small states. She also engages in discussions of social equity and, separately, the intellectual history of public administration. 

She has published in journals such as Public Administration Review, American Review of Public Administration, Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, Policy and Society, Review of Public Personnel Administration, Global Policy, and International Review of Administrative Sciences, among others.

Her book, “Who Matters at the World Bank”, was published by Oxford University Press in October 2022. Her co-edited books include the “Oxford Handbook on Global Policy and Transnational Administration” (Oxford University Press, 2019) and the “Routledge Handbook on Crisis, Polycrisis, and Public Administration” (Routledge, 2025).

Dr. Moloney is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Australian Journal of Public Administration, Associate Editor of Public Administration Review, Associate Editor of Administrative Theory & Praxis, and Associate Editor of the Asia Pacific Journal on Public Administration. She is also a Co-Editor of the Book Series on Transnational Administration and Global Policy with Bristol University Press.

Abubaker Abdelmagid received his diploma in Instrumentation and Process Automation Engineering Technology from the College of the North Atlantic-Qatar (CNA-Q) in 2015. He has participated and contributed to a number of research projects related to corrosion and material science as part of CNA-Q’s students’ and alumni recruitment program. He joined Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) in early 2020 as a lab technician. His main role at the corrosion center is conducting electrochemical corrosion tests and corrosion inhibitor evaluation.

Ayah Deif is a Project Manager at the College of Public Policy at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. She has over 18 years of extensive experience across various domains, including operations, marketing, financial and general administration, HR, and project management. She has had a dynamic career, transitioning from operations management and PMO consultancy to recruitment operations, and excelling in communications and event management.

Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail Elamin specializes in biochemistry and international relations. His work experience includes being a lecturer in multiple universities, and he has also worked as the Foreign Minister of Sudan and the Ambassador of Sudan to the United Nations (UN) and to Switzerland. He was a special envoy of the Arab League to Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine. He is now a Senior Advisor to the Director-General of the UN-DNCD partnership, a member of the Arab Crisis Team (ACT) in Jordan and Oman, and a member of the executive board of the Global Forum for Moderation.

Dr. Elamin has participated in and chaired many national, regional, and international conferences; and has published 15 books, mainly in global affairs. 

Tricia Anne Alcantara Gomez holds a diploma from College of the North Atlantic, Qatar (CAN-Q), where she majored in Environmental Health. Tricia previously worked with Dr. Khaled Mahmoud in the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute’s (QEERI) Water Center lab through a service contract with CNA-Q, and she has now joined QEERI as a lab technician to support the Water Quality Program in the Environment and Sustainability Center.

Mohammad Tariq received his diploma in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the College of the North Atlantic, Qatar (CNA-Q).

He joined Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) as a laboratory technician and has been involved primarily in providing lab support for research and development projects and root cause failure analysis. His secondary responsibilities include equipment procurement, maintenance/calibration, managing laboratory workflow, and IMS and LAP accreditation of the Corrosion Center.

Raian Ali has been a Professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) and a UNESCO chair in digital technologies and human behaviour (June 2025–June 2029). He obtained his PhD from the University of Trento, Italy, in 2010, and has previously worked at the University of Limerick in Ireland and Bournemouth University in the UK. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Latakia (formerly Tishreen University), Syria.

His research primarily focuses on technology and human behaviour, encompassing topics such as digital addiction, responsible technology use, and the impact of technology design on human well-being. He is a member of the steering committee for the Society of Persuasive Systems, and of the steering committee of the Behaviour and Social Computing community.

He has led projects with academic and industry partners, resulting in significant impact, outreach, policy change, and scientific publications. Notably, he leads the $3.8 million cluster on digital citizenship in Qatar (2022–2027), supervising six projects, collaborating with over 15 national and international partners, and managing a team of 50 personnel. Raian also provides consultancy both nationally and internationally.

Dr. Samer Rashwani is a senior researcher at the Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) at the College of Islamic Studies (CIS). He pursued his BA in Islamic Studies from the Faculty of Sharia at Damascus University in 1998. In 2003, he earned his MA in Qurʾanic Studies from Cairo University, followed by a PhD from the same university in 2007.

Between 2007 and 2011, Dr. Rashwani was a faculty member at the Faculty of Sharīʿa at Damascus and Aleppo Universities. From 2011 to 2013, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien. Since 2013, he has served as a research fellow and lecturer at the Center for Islamic Theology at the University of Tübingen, Germany.

During his academic career, Rashwani developed a wide range of research interests and academic publications within the field of Islamic studies, including tafsīr, hermeneutics, Islamic theology, and Islamic ethics. In addition to his book Manhadj al-Tafsīr al-Mawḍūʿī [The Methodology of Thematic Interpretation of the Qurʾān: a Critical Approach] (Aleppo 2009), he has edited several volumes on Qurʾanic studies and modern Muslim thought.