Hasan Ali Abbas received his Ph.D. Degree in Geotechnical Engineering from the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) (Shah Alam, Malaysia) in 2020. He is currently working as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Building and Construction Techniques Engineering, Madenat Alelem University College (Iraq), and Establisher of the Iraqi Geotechnical Genome (IGG). His expertise is in the fields of Engineering Geology, Soil Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, Slope Stability, Exploration Geophysics, Geomechanics, Tunneling, Soil Stabilization, and Geotechnical Engineering.