Dr. Mohsin Jamil Butt is a Professor of Remote Sensing at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. He received his M.Sc. in Physics from the University of the Punjab, Pakistan, and his Ph.D. in remote sensing from the University of London, UK. After working ten years first as a Lecturer and then as an Assistant Professor at the University of Punjab, Dr. Jamil accepted the position of Associate Professor and Head of the Meteorology Department at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Pakistan. In addi-tion to teaching, Dr. Jamil is an active researcher in the field of environmental studies with a number of research publications in highly reputed journals. He recently collaborated as a leading author of a manuscript entitled “Assessment of AOD Variability over Saudi Arabia Using MODIS Deep Blue Products” with friends and colleagues, Dr. Mazen Assiri and Mr. MD Arfan.