Dr. Naoufal Lakhssassi is an Associate Scientist and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA. In 2011, he completed his Ph.D. studies in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Málaga, Spain. He has been awarded the 2022 Inventor of the Year Award and has published 95 papers in various journals. His research interests include Plants, Mutagenesis, Biodiesel Production, Biofuel Production, Biodiesel, Monounsaturated Fatty Acids, Plasmid Cloning and Restriction Digestion.