Prof. Dr. S.A. Sherif is one of the leading authorities on solar and hydrogen energy, thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, design optimization of thermal systems, refrigeration and air-conditioning, and cryogenics. A tenured Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Founding Director of the Wayne K. and Lyla L. Masur Laboratory and the Director of the DOE-funded Industrial Training and Assessment Center at the University of Florida, he has served on the faculty of the University of Florida since 1991. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications (2014-2019) and the ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering (2020-2028) and is a member of the editorial boards of 25 other thermal science journals. He holds a Ph.D. degree from Iowa State University and B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Alexandria University, all in Mechanical Engineering. He is a Fellow of ASME, ASHRAE, the Royal Aeronautical Society, and the American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE), and is an Associate Fellow of AIAA. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy and is Vice President for Programs and a Founding Member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE). Dr. Sherif has one book,180 refereed journal papers, 24 book chapters,185 conference papers, 265 technical reports, and two US patents.