Chawki Awada obtained his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Lyon, France. He held a postdoc at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy (CEA), France. Then, he held a postdoc in Canada at the National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS). He taught for more than three years in the undergraduate physics program at the University of Montreal, Canada. He is currently an assistant professor at King Faisal University, KSA. He is working on research projects that are related to plasmonic-enhanced photocatalysts, the biosensing of viruses, and the second harmonic generation on semiconductors for solar energy applications.