Dr. Fuad Ameen is an associate professor and researcher at the Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He obtained a Ph.D. from King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. His PhD research was on the biodegradation of urban waste by mangrove fungi. In addition, he has served as a researcher in different locations in the fields of biotechnology and applied microbiology. He has also been involved in several kinds of projects, of which many involve developing new solutions to treat polluted sites. He has collected and studied microbial strains from arid and marine ecosystems to identify those that can biodegrade the most common pollutants, and his program of research into these organisms has taken him to many places, including every major type of terrestrial and marine bioecosystem. He is the author or coauthor of 140 book chapters and papers in peer-reviewed journals.