Samer H. Zyoud was born in Palestine. He received a B.Sc. degree in physics from the University of Mosul, Al- Mosul, Iraq, in 2001, an M.Sc. degree in physics from the University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, in 2003. Currently, he is working as a senior lecturer at Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates, and is a Ph.D. Student at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. He is the author/coauthor of more than 40 articles published in international journals. His research interests include nanomaterials (Sensors, Solar cells, and photocatalysts), semiconductor lasers and their applications, and applied mathematics.