Saeed M. Al-Zahrani, Ph.D. is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Executive Director of the SABIC Polymer Research Center at KSU. He is a Board member of the Authority of Intellectual Property (SAIP). He received the King Abdulaziz Medal for Excellence for registering many patents in the fields of chemical and petrochemical industries that contributed to the national economy. He was ranked in among the top 2% of the most cited scientists in the world according to the Stanford database. He also earned the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Award for Inventors and Talents, in addition to King Saud University Award for Distinguished Scientists. He earned the Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Young Arab Scientists individually in the engineering field and the Emirates Energy Award, and he worked as a consultant for many entities, sectors and companies, including SABIC. He supervised the FE and PE exam preparation Committees for engineers in Saudi Arabia. He worked as a member of the boards of many universities inside and outside the Kingdom and worked on developing some existing industrial projects. He has published 26 patents registered in U.S. and European invention offices, has more than 200 scientific papers published in journals included in the ISI database, authored 3 books on chemical engineering, and translated 3 scientific books in the Chemical Industry. He as supervised 28 master's and doctoral theses in chemical engineering and polymer engineering.