Mr. Sami Sayadi joined Qatar University in 2019 as a Distinguished Professor in Applied Microbiology and Sustainable Development. His field of expertise is the implementation of biological systems and bioprocesses dealing with food and water security, waste recovery, anaerobic digestion, bioremediation, algal biotechnology, and bioenergy. He obtained his PhD from the University of Technology of Compiègne (France) in 1988. He was recruited to the Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS, Tunisia) in 1990, where he led the Bioenergy Research Unit and founded a research laboratory named the Laboratory of Environmental Bioprocesses in 2002. S. Sayadi held the role of General Director of CBS from 2010 to 2018. He has successfully led several international projects such as European Union FP5, FP6, FP7, H2020, USAID PEER, and SATREPS. He is the LPI of two research projects funded by QNRF and QU. Prof. Sayadi has published more than 350 publications in international journals (Scopus h index = 57; 10900 cites). He has founded two start-ups in environmental biotechnology and signed several collaboration agreements with national and international stakeholders.