Ashraf Aly Hassan received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 2010, M.Sc. in Urban Environmental Management from Wageningen University in 2004 and B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Cairo University in 2000. He joined UAEU in January 2019 moving from a professor position at the University of Nebraska Lincoln in the USA. His research interests include the desalination of brackish and seawater and production of renewable energy using algal species, the fate and transport of nanoparticles and the impact on biofilm in water distribution systems, microbially induced calcite precipitation, carbon dioxide sequestration, biological treatment of volatile organic compounds, chlorinated compounds and reduced sulfur compounds in off-gases. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Nebraska.