Ibrahim M. Banat is a professor of microbial biotechnology at the School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, UK. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Essex in 1982 and has over 35 years’ experience in academic and research institutions in Europe and internationally, and has several completed and active collaborative projects within the EU including BIOSURFING FP7 (cordis.europa.eu/project/id/289219) and KILLSPILL FP7 (Kill.Spill) EU-funded projects, and MARISURF, H2020 project all completed and TOLERATE Horizon Europe active project, in addition to other international academic and industrial establishments. His research interests include; biosurfactant and bioactive production and potential utilization in environmental oil pollution control, hydrocarbon-polluted land bioremediation, and microbial-enhanced oil recovery. He has recently concentrated on investigating biomedical-, pharmaceutical-, health-, and cosmetics-related applications of biosurfactants. He also has an interest and extensive experience in fermentation technologies, biofuel, wastewater treatment, thermophilic bacteria, bioethanol, and related microbial biotechnology applications. Professor Banat has and h-index of 103 and >49,000 citation in Google Scholar as of April 2025.