Prof. Mohammad  Hammoudeh is the Saudi Aramco Cybersecurity Chair Professor at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. He received his MSc in Advanced Distributed Systems at the University of Leicester and his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Wolverhampton. His research interests are quantum communication technologies, quantum-safe encryption methods, and quantum adoption strategies in IT and OT systems. He has hands-on experience working with quantum hardware and algorithms.