Abushaban is a researcher in the field of Water Treatment and Desalination with experience in Europe, Middle East, and Australia. Moreover, he is a Regional Coordinator of Young Leader Program in the Middle East and Africa at the International Desalination Association (IDA). Abushaban has a PhD in Civil Engineering and Geoscience from Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) and MSc in Municipal Water and Infrastructure from UNESCO-IHE (Netherlands). Abushaban has worked on several industrial research projects including, but not limited to, (I) controlling scaling and fouling of ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis membrane systems, and (II) assessing, troubleshooting, and optimizing water treatment processes and membrane filtration performance of several full-scale drinking/industrial treatment plants in collaboration with Suez international in France, Veolia in Australia, and Evides in Netherlands. Abushaban has received a number of prestigious awards including the Innovation Award of IDA at the International World Congress 2017.