Hassan Ait Ahsaine received his BSc in physics and MSc in materials chemistry from Ibn Zohr University, and a co-directed Ph.D. degree in materials science from Ibn Zohr University (Morocco) and Toulon University (France) in 2016. He joined the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) as a postdoctoral researcher for 3 years and was then appointed to Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) as a researcher. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Mohamed V University in Rabat. His research focuses on the development and synthesis of novel functional materials, from the nanoscale to the microscale, for environmental and catalytic applications.