Prof. Elagroudy is a Professor of Environmental Engineering at Ain Shams University, Egypt, and the founding Director of Egypt Solid Waste Management Center of Excellence (ESWMCE) at the University. Sherien completed her Ph.D. studies at Ryerson University and post-doctoral research at Yale. The impact of Sherien's work has been recognized; she was awarded the Next Einstein Forum Fellow in 2016, L’Oreal UNESCO Fellowship for Women in Science, a fellow of the Global Young Academy, and young scientist at the World Economic Forum in China in 2013. ESWMCE won second place in the second session of the National Initiative for Smart Green Projects, which was launched by His Excellency the President of the Republic, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, within the framework of the Egyptian state's preparations to participate in the COP 28 climate conference hosted by the United Arab Emirates next November in Dubai. Sherien has spent more than 25 years in research and practical projects designing and implementing real-world solid waste management strategies, as well as supervising both post-graduate students and junior engineers to train next generation of academic and industrial leaders in the field.