Prof. Dr. Riyadh A. Al-Samarai was born in Salah Al-Din 1970. Al-Samarrai is a graduate of the University of Technology in Baghdad, holding BSc & MSC in Mechanical Engineering. He obtained PhD in Mechanical Engineering - Applied Mechanics from the University Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia. He held several positions; Director of Missions and Social Relations, Assistant Dean for Scientific Affairs and Head of the Department of Electromechanical Engineering at Samarra University. Al-Samarrai is the winner of the Iraqi Scientific Excellence Award 2024. He has launched MSC Program in Electromechanical Engineering at Samarra University. He jas received many medals and awards, including the Creativity Award for Scientists in Malaysia, many medals in international scientific forums and conferences, Iraqi Forum for Intellectuals and Academics (IFIA), and the Best Research Paper Award at the Asian Universities Conference in Malaysia, with other awards. Al-Samarrai is the Editor-in-Chief of the Samarra University Journal of Engineering and Science. Al-Samarrai has 32 years of research experience, 23 years of university teaching experience, 16 years of administrative experience, and more than 60 publications including citations 350, h-index = 7 and research grants of US$1 million.Prof. Dr. Yarub Al-Douri is a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, Al-Douri is winner of the prestigious Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation 2024. He is one of the Middle-East, North of Africa and Southeast Asia’s most renowned scientists known for his contributions in renewable energy and nanotechnology. Al-Douri is a scientist, researcher, administrator and an excellent lecturer who has students all over the world. Al-Douri has Doctorat D’etat in Materials Science (2000), MSc in Physics (1995) and BSc in Physics (1991). He has been appointed Full-Professor, Visiting Professor, Adjunct Professor, Consultant Expert, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Research Fellow (A), Scientific Collaborator and Post-doc in UAE, KSA, Iraq, Malaysia, Turkey, Pakistan, Algeria, Yemen, Singapore, Germany and France, respectively. Al-Douri has initiated Nanotechnology Engineering MSc Program and Nano Computing Laboratory, in addition to founding Applied Materials Laboratory. Al-Douri was Head of Department of Physics, Head of Department of Nanomaterials and Department of International Networking and Collaboration, additionally to Secretary of Department of Physics. He has received 78 national and international prizes and awards including winner of IAAM Scientist Award by International Association of Advanced Materials, Sweden 2022. He has more than 31 years’ experience of research, teaching, administrative and editorial board management, organizing events, research grants and consultations, in addition to more than 894 publications with renowned international publisherss, and US$ 5.1M research grants. Al-Douri has notable citations > 13.6K and h-index > 64. He has supervised more than 25 students. Al-Douri is Associate Editor of Nano-Micro Letters (Q1,IF= 31.6), Editor-in-Chief of Experimental and Theoretical Nanotechnology (Scopus-indexed), Editor-in-Chief of World Journal of Nano Science and Engineering, Editor and Peer-reviewer of 34 international journals, member of 13 international scientific bodies, organized 33 international conferences, chaired 11 international conferences, appointed 38 internal and external examiner for post-graduates students, presented 41 training courses and public lectures and has been invited 64 times as keynote, invited and guest speakers to many reputed universities in Europe, Asia and Africa that ended up in generating more than 9 MOUs and MOAs. His research field focuses on renewable energy, nanotechnology, nanoelectronics, nanomaterials, modelling and simulation, semiconductors and optical studies. Al-Douri has contributed to academic and research life for upgrading universities to the international level. Finally, Al-Douri is a public figure at international media in UK, Singapore, Malaysia, Qatar and UAE.
