Ishaq Sider was born in Hebron on 5 November 1963. He holds a Ph.D. in refrigeration air conditioning and cryogenics engineering. He obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Odessa Institute for Low-Temperature and Energy Technology, Ukraine. His research interests include thermal fluids, heat and mass transfer, cryosurgery, refrigeration, renewable energy, refrigerants and material science. He has many papers in many highly ranked journals.