Biography

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. He is the Director of Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Gas and Fuels Research Center; a major research center that involves 26 faculty members from both the Qatar and College Station campuses of Texas A&M University (http://gfrc.tamu.edu/).

Dr. Elbashir is also the Chair of the ORYX GTL Gas-to-Liquid Technology Excellence Program. He has extensive research and teaching experience from four different countries around the world, including his previous position as a researcher at BASF R&D Catalysts Center in Iselin, New Jersey. The focus of his research activities is the design of advanced reactors, catalysts, and conversion processes for natural gas, coal, and CO2 to ultra-clean fuels and value-added chemicals.

He has established several unique global research collaboration models between academia and industry with research funds exceeding twelve million dollars during the seven six years. He holds several US and European patents and a large number of scientific publications in the form of peer-reviewed journals, conference papers, technical industry reports as well as invited and conference presentations. The scholarship of his research activities has been recognized by awards from Qatar Foundation, BASF Corp., the Gordon Research Conferences, Texas A&M University, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Shell, and other international conferences in Gas Processing technology. Dr. Elbashir is teaching Reaction Engineering, Catalysis, Mass Transfer, and Transport Phenomenon besides special courses in Gas & Oil Midstream and Processing Technologies.