Dr Abdellatif Bouchalkha has a PhD in Physics/Optoelectronics (USA, 1993). He is Lead Researcher on Lasers, Photonics and Optoelectronics at Technology Innovation Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE. His main area of research is in Lasers, Photonics, nanomaterials, nonlinear optics, optoelectronics, instrumentation, and special sensor design. Currently he is leading two projects one on laser-matter interactions and the other on laser applications of new 2d semiconductor materials.