Dr. Ahmed K. Elmagarmid founded the Qatar Computing Research Institute in 2010 and has served as its Executive Director since. Prior to joining Qatar Foundation, Dr. Elmagarmid served as a chief scientist in Hewlett-Packard and Professor of Computer Science at Purdue University. 

Dr. Elmagarmid serves as the Vice Chair of the IT Executive Committee of Sidra Medical and Research Centre and is on the board of directors of MEEZA. He is a member of the Executive Committee of Kasra (formerly MENAPOST), the Qatar National Library, a member of the board of Governors of the Qatar Academy, a founding member of Qatar Genome Project National Committee and the Sidra External Scientific Advisory Council.  Dr. Elmagarmid served on the Arab Expat Scientist Committee that laid the plans for the research programs at QF and started the three National Research Institutes: QCRI, QBRI and QEERI.

Dr. Elmagarmid is a recipient of the NSF Presidential Young Investigator (PYI) award from President Reagan in 1988.  He is an IEEE Fellow, an ACM Fellow and an AAAS Fellow. The University of Dayton and Ohio State University have both named him among their distinguished alumni. 

Dr. Elmagarmid received his B.S. in computer science from the University of Dayton (1977) and his M.S. (1981) and Ph.D. (1985) from Ohio State University.

Steven Wright is a Professor of International Relations at Hamad bin Khalifa University (HBKU), where he specializes in the international relations and political economy of the Gulf region, Asia-Gulf strategic ties, global energy geopolitics, and contemporary international affairs. He holds a Ph.D. from Durham University, where he focused on US foreign policy towards the Middle East. He has held Research Fellowships at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Durham, and Exeter Universities.

Professor Wright has authored numerous publications, with his work translated into multiple languages. He has been involved in competitive funded research projects of over $1.4 million and supervised several doctoral students. As a scholar of Gulf international relations, energy geopolitics, and Asia-Gulf ties, he has regularly presented at international forums hosted by leading organizations including the U.S Department of Defense, British Ministry of Defence, World Bank, NATO, and the Institute for Energy Economics, Japan. He has provided advisory and consultancy services to numerous governments, including the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, South Korea, and Finland, and leading multinational corporations in the energy, security, and finance sectors. He has also delivered executive education, numerous presentations, and provided advisory services to senior industry figures. His analysis has frequently appeared in the media, and he has been quoted by Bloomberg, CGTN, The Economist, Financial Times, Asahi Shimbun, Al Jazeera, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal.

Building on his academic profile, Professor Wright combines extensive experience with a proven track record of impact in university administration spanning over 15 years. Currently serving as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, he has driven significant improvements across academic affairs, research, and student affairs through various Associate Dean positions, including a term as Acting Dean. Previously at Qatar University, he was Head of International Affairs, leading a comprehensive strategic positioning of the department, developing a new bachelor's degree, and securing $6 million for endowed Chairs. As Associate Dean for Planning and Quality Assurance, he had a leading role in a university-wide strategic restructuring, oversaw seven program accreditations, and co-founded PhD and MA programs in Gulf Studies.

Professor Wright is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (FRAS). He has also been the recipient of a Teaching Excellence Award.

Soon-gyo Jung is an accomplished software engineer currently working at Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. With a solid background in computer science, data science, and analytics, he specializes in developing data-driven and data-intensive systems using research-oriented software engineering techniques.

In addition to software engineering, Soon-gyo Jung also possesses expertise in a range of roles including software architecture, full-stack web development, data architecture, data engineering, AI engineering, prompt engineering, and prototyping. This diverse skill set allows him to deliver holistic solutions that effectively address complex problems.

Soon-gyo Jung holds an MS. degree from Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, where he conducted research on IoT and WSN, with a particular focus on routing and clustering using swarm intelligence techniques such as ant/bee behavior and bird-flocking.

Zachary R. Calo is a Professor of Law and Founding Professor at the College of Law, where he has been a member of the faculty since 2015. He is also a Professor of Law (adjunct) at the University of Notre Dame Australia, a Visiting Professor at The Open University (UK), a Central Asia Research Fellow and Visiting Professor at Tashkent State University of Law (Uzbekistan), an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University in Qatar, and a Lecturer at the Qatar Olympic Academy. Before joining the faculty at HBKU, he was a Professor of Law and Sywgert Research Scholar at Valparaiso University School of Law in the United States, where he also taught at Notre Dame Law School and DePaul College of Law. He began his legal career as an Associate Attorney with BuckleySandler, LLP in Washington, DC and is currently a Senior Counsel with McNair International and of Counsel Sports Law at Schelstraete Equine Law. He serves on international dispute resolution panels with Sport Resolutions UK and the Qatar Sports Arbitration Tribunal. A CEDR-certified mediator, he is an Officer of the Mediation Committee of the International Bar Association and a member of the Ethics Committee of the International Mediation Institute.

Christos Fountoukis received his PhD from the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering of the Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, U.S. in 2007. He has been a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow from 2008-2012 and a Project Scientist from 2012-2015 with the University of Patras and the FORTH research institute in Greece. Over the last 20 years he has participated in 15 large-scale integrated projects of the EU and the USA. He has more than 50 journal publications, h-index=30 and 4,304 citations (as of August 2022).

At QEERI, Christos is a Technical Team Leader for the atmospheric research modeling team within the Air Quality & Climate Change research program under the Environment and Sustainability Center. His research focuses on the application of air quality and climate models in the greater region of the Middle East with a special focus on the State of Qatar. He is also interested in atmospheric dust and solar energy forecasting and their effects on PV systems and solar power generation potential. Working closely with the measurement groups, the goal is to better understand the local and regional atmospheric conditions in order to identify efficient mitigation strategies toward a sustainable environment.

Dr. Amir Abdallah has academic and industrial experience in the development of solar cell efficiency and PV module technology. This includes fabrication of silicon solar cells, e.g., various process optimization and characterization to improve solar cell efficiency and PV module fabrication. At QEERI, Dr. Abdallah has contributed to the establishment and accreditation of the PV reliability lab. Further, as Lead Principle Investigator (LPI), he has secured two external funds with international collaborators - first project is to improve passivated contacts for PERC solar cell, and the second project is on technology development for PV module for desert climate.

Dr. Viktor Kochkodan graduated from Kyiv National University, Ukraine, and received his PhD in the field of modified polymeric membranes for water treatment applications in 1988. He later served at the Institute of Colloid and Water Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the University of Nottingham (UK), and Swansea University (UK). 

Dr. Kochkodan has experience in the use of reverse osmosis, nano-, ultra- and microfiltration for water purification from different organic and inorganic pollutants. The obtained results have been published in five invited book chapters, more than 120 papers in peer-refereed journals, and 15 patents.

Dr. Jayaprakash Saththasivam is a Senior Scientist at Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute of Hamad Bin Khalifa University. He graduated with First Class Honors (Mechanical-Aeronautics Engineering) from the University Teknologi Malaysia in 2005 and with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore (2011). Before joining QEERI, Dr. Saththasivam served as a research scientist at the Water Desalination and Reuse Center, KAUST, and the National University of Singapore.

His research focuses on advancing the efficiency and sustainability of water treatment processes. Through the development and implementation of innovative technologies, Dr. Saththasivam strives to bridge the gap between laboratory research and practical applications. His passion lies in validating and scaling up advanced technologies in pilot-scale studies to deliver real-world solutions for water challenges.

Daniel received his doctoral degree in physics in 2006, in the field of High-Energy Experimental Particle Physics (HEP), working on the phenomenology of HEP within the H1 Collaboration, using experimental data from the H1 detector and HERA accelerator at DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), in Hamburg, Germany, performing simulations and analyzing data, in addition to being involved in the operation, maintenance and control of the H1 Central Silicon Tracking detector. He also has postdoctoral experience working in the simulation of radiotherapy accelerators for medical physics applications and physics with the ALICE detector of the Large Hadron Collider. He joined QEERI in 2012 to work on Solar Resource Assessment, mainly working on ground measurements and data analysis of solar radiation.