Prof. Ashraf Bakkar obtained his PhD in Materials Engineering and Corrosion from Technische Universität Clausthal, Germany, in 2005. He conducted his scientific research and development in the field of Corrosion and Electrometallurgy in the Institut für Materialprüfung und Werkstofftechnik Dr. Neubert (DN) GmbH at Clausthal, Germany (2005-08). He worked as an Assistant and Associate professor in the Metallurgical and Materials Eng. Dept., Suez University, Egypt (2008-13), and in the Environmental Eng. Dept. at Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia (2013-23). He was an organizing committee member of some international conferences. He is currently conducting research on the recycling of dust and ashes from industrial fields. He has made about 50 scientific contributions on corrosion and protection, coatings, and electrowining, published as patents, journal papers, and conference articles.