Professor of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, is currently Adjunct Professor, senior lecturer and research scholar at Birzeit University. His research focuses on development of innovative technologies for wastewater treatment, bioresource recovery and water reuse. Before joining academia, he lived and worked for 15 years in Environmental Consulting Firms in Germany. Prof. Al-Sa`ed is co-founder and director of the Institute of Environmental and Water Studies (IEWS), heading two MSc programs in water and environmental engineering and sciences, supervised 5 PhD and more than 100 MSc students, and published more than 100 papers and book chapters. He is a certified engineer and junior advisor for the Palestinian Water Authority and several national and international NGOs on WASH issues. Prof. Al-Sa`ed, a co-founder, acted formerly as a technical advisor for Global Environmental Services (GES) firm, Palestine