Dr. Yin "David" Yang is an associate professor of ICT in the College of Science and Engineering at HBKU. He also holds adjunct positions at Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), and Singapore's Advanced Digital Sciences Center (a branch lab of UIUC). He has published extensively in leading publications, with a strong focus on data management and data privacy protection.

Dr. Yang is the Lead Principal Investigator (PI) of two projects from the Qatar National Research Fund’s main funding program, the National Priorities Research Program (NPRP), focusing on big data and artificial intelligence. He is also the Lead PI of a subproject as part of a large NPRP cluster project on blockchain-based FinTech. 

Along with several local projects, he has also completed three Samsung-funded GRO projects.

Dr. McKay has almost 40 years experience in academia and industry. He is presently a professor of Sustainable Development at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. Before this, he was a Full Professor and Head of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). During his time in Hong Kong, he was Chairman of the Chemical Engineering Discipline of the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers.

Prior to joining HKUST in 1995, he spent 10 years in the industry. He established his own company, Consultancy Process Engineering and Management Systems, and this company was subcontracted to Project Management (PM) Ltd (Foster Wheeler Ireland) which employs over 600 staff and is Ireland's largest process engineering design company. He was the Senior Process Specialist, specializing in process plant design, environmental impact assessment and process plant safety. From 1971 to 1987, Dr. McKay was a Reader in the Chemical Engineering Department at Queen’s University, Belfast and he was a Training Consultant to the BP Oil Refinery in Northern Ireland. During this period in 1983/84, he was appointed as Project Manager for a European Commission Technical Assistance project at the University of Jordan. He has over 1000 publications, over 600 in international refereed journals and authored twelve books about energy, environment and process design. He co-authored the second most cited paper (15,000 cites to date) ever in the SCI Chemical Engineering sector and has a Scopus h-index of 101 and a Google Scholar h-index of 116.

Dr. Koç is the Founding Professor of Sustainability at the College of Science and Engineering. He served as the Founding Head of the Division of Sustainable Development from 2014 to 2022. Prior to that, he held professor, director, chair, and dean positions at various universities in Turkey and USA between 2000 and 2014. He has a PhD degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from The Ohio State University (1999) and an Executive MBA from the University of Sheffield, UK, in 2014.

He has published over 400 publications in international journals and conferences. He has also edited and written five books and organized, chaired, and co-chaired various international conferences, workshops, and seminars on design, manufacturing, and product development. He provides consulting services to industry, government, and educational institutes for strategic transformation, business optimization, organizational efficiency, lean operations, restructuring, and reengineering initiatives.

His teaching and research interests and experience are on sustainable development, knowledge economy, education and innovation systems, design thinking, organizational and social efficiency, near-zero waste policies and technologies, renewable energy, additive manufacturing/3D printing, product/process/business innovation and development, medical design and production, energy efficiency, computer-aided engineering, modern manufacturing technologies, manufacturing system design, material forming plasticity, and the mechanical behavior of materials.

Hind Al-Merekhi is a Senior Research Associate with a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from HBKU, specializing in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. As a senior research associate at QCRI, Hind focuses on leveraging NLP techniques for the Arabic language, exploring applications of large language models (LLMs), and developing AI-driven educational systems. Through this work, Hind aims to bridge advanced AI research with practical applications, driving progress in language processing and intelligent learning technologies.

Dr. Dhabia M. Al Mohannadi is an Associate Professor at the College of Science and Engineering. Her work focuses on the systematic design of sustainable processes, resource management, and climate policies. Her research leads to developing analytical tools that can assess the flexibility, robustness, and reliability of process systems at the design and operational level including energy and circular systems.

Dhabia is an author of several publications including peer-reviewed journals, proceedings, and book chapters. She has won several research and teaching awards and serves on the board of several research programs, societies, and entities within Qatar. She is a graduate of the Qatar Leadership Center Rising Leaders Program.

Dr. Harris Rabbani is an Assistant Professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s College of Science and Engineering. He received his Master's in Petroleum Engineering in 2014 and completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester in 2018.

Dr. Rabbani is an expert in multiphase flow through porous media, with key research interests in CO₂ storage, hydrogen storage, enhanced oil recovery, and soil remediation. His research focuses on addressing critical challenges in energy and environmental engineering, particularly in carbon sequestration and sustainable energy solutions. To do so, Dr. Rabbani employs a combination of numerical simulations and experimental work using state-of-the-art facilities.

Dr. Rabbani has established the MicroFluidFlow lab, which houses advanced experimental equipment, including a microfluidics fabrication setup, HPTP (High Pressure, High Temperature) microfluidics rig, confocal microscopy, and a fluorescence microscope. This lab enables cutting-edge research in fluid dynamics at the micro-scale.

He has authored numerous publications in leading scientific journals such as PNAS, JCIS, and Nature Scientific Reports, and has presented his work at prestigious conferences, including SPE, Interpore, and EAGE. His innovative work has also led to a patent awarded by the USPTO for advancements in multiphase flow through porous media.

Hazem Nounou is a Professor and Program Chair of the Electrical Engineering Program at the College of Science and Engineering. He received his BS degree from Texas A&M University in 1995, and MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from The Ohio State University in 1997 and 2000. In 2001, he worked as a Development Engineer at PDF Solutions, Inc. in San Jose, California, USA. In 2001, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia as an assistant professor.

In 2002, he moved to the Department of Electrical Engineering at the United Arab Emirates University in Al-Ain. In 2007, he joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Program at Texas A&M University at Qatar where he was Professor and Senior Associate Dean for undergraduate studies and student success. He has received several awards, including the Texas A&M University Association of Former Students College-level Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching in 2014, the Itochu Professorship from 2015-2017 and the Texas A&M at Qatar Faculty Excellence Award in 2015 for Excellence in teaching, research, and service. His research interests are in the areas of systems and control engineering.

Dr. Muhammad Zilany is an Assistant Professor at the College of Science and Engineering at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. He earned his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, in 2007. He held academic positions at the University of Malaya, the University of Hail, and Texas A&M University at Qatar before joining the Electrical Engineering Program at HBKU in 2024.

His research focuses on auditory neuroscience, encompassing computational modeling, physiological recordings, and psychophysical studies of the auditory system. Dr. Zilany is currently a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in the UK, and he is also a member of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).

Dr. Peter Desmond is an Assistant Professor in the College of Science and Engineering at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. He holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering from ETH Zurich, where his research centered on water process engineering. In the College of Science and Engineering, he leads the environmental process engineering group within the sustainability division. His work is organized around three key research pillars: (i) Waste2Resource—Water reuse, Microbial Protein, and Bioplastic Production (ii) Seawater Desalination—Seawater pretreatment, Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO), Biofouling Management, and (iii) Water Distribution: Online water quality monitoring of potable and nonpotable water distribution. The central focus is reevaluating conventional microbial processes in water treatment and distribution systems under the region-specific conditions relevant to the State of Qatar. This is achieved by close alignment with local end-users e.g., Kahramaa, Acciona, and ConocoPhillips, as a knowledge enabler of Qatar's National Water Strategy (NWS) 2030.

Before joining HBKU in 2023, Dr. Desmond was a research group leader at RWTH-Aachen University, Germany, where he was the inaugural recipient of the Junior Principal Investigator Fellowship from RWTH-Aachen’s German University Excellence Initiative in 2021. His research profile is complimented by his industrial experience, as he served as Lead Process Development Engineer at MMS Membrane Systems, Switzerland.

Dr. Selma Awadallah is an Assistant Professor in the College of Science and Engineering of Hamad Bin Khalifa University. She has also worked as an Engineering Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University at Qatar. She received her BSc degree from the University of Khartoum in Sudan and her MSc and PhD degrees from The University of Manchester. After her PhD, she worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Manchester.

Dr. Awadallah has a diverse academic and industry background. Her professional journey includes roles such as Senior Power System Engineer at National Grid UK and Senior Engineer for Renewable Integration at Neom Energy and Water, Saudi Arabia. She is also an active member of the IEEE Power and Energy Society and has received multiple awards, including being a runner-up for National Grid Female Engineer of the Year in 2020. In addition to her academic and professional roles, she is dedicated to community outreach and is registered as a chartered engineer with the Engineering Council, United Kingdom.