Dr. Elbashir is holding a joint appointment as a Professor in the Chemical Engineering Program and the Petroleum Engineering Program at Texas A&M University at Qatar and the the Director of Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Gas and Fuels Research Center (http://gfrc.tamu.edu/). Dr. Elbashir is also the Chair of the ORYX GTL Gas-to-Liquid Technology Excellence Program. The focus of his research activities is the design of advanced reactors, catalysts and conversion processes for natural gas and CO2 to ultra-clean fuels and value-added chemicals. He has established several mega global research collaboration models between academia and industry with research and he holds several US and European patents in addition to edited books and numerous publications a. Scientific contributions.