Dr. Dhawal Shah is currently an Associate Professor in the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department at Nazarbayev University (NU), Kazakhstan, where he has held a faculty position since 2015. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2011, and a B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 2006. His professional experience includes roles as an Assistant Professor at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman (2013–2015), and at Middle East Technical University (METU), Cyprus (2012–2013). Dr. Shah’s primary research interests encompass Air Pollution and Monitoring, Process and Thermodynamic Modeling including Aspen Plus and Molecular Dynamics Simulations, the use of Ionic liquids and Deep Eutectic Solvents, Green and Sustainable Energy, and Protein Stability. He has been an Associate member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).