Bandar A. Al-Mur, Ph.D., is a Professor of Environmental Sciences at King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Saudi Arabia, where he also leads the Water Pollution Laboratory. He served as Head of the Department of Environmental Sciences at KAU from 2019 to 2023. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Southern Methodist University (SMU), USA, in 2017. His research focuses on environmental monitoring, assessment, and remediation of chemical pollutants in aquatic and marine environments, with particular emphasis on heavy metals, petroleum hydrocarbons, and other emerging contaminants. His research interests include the fate, transport, bioaccumulation, and ecological and human-health risks of contaminants in seawater, sediments, and marine organisms, particularly in the Red Sea and coastal environments of Saudi Arabia. He is also actively involved in developing sustainable remediation and water-treatment technologies for contaminated water, soils, and sediments. Prof. Al-Mur has contributed to numerous multidisciplinary research projects addressing marine pollution, sediment quality, seafood safety, environmental risk assessment, and sustainable water treatment.