Dr. Chaouki Ghenai is a Professor at the Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering Department, College of Engineering; Director of the Renewable Energy Laboratory, Research Institute for Sciences and Engineering; Chair of the Energy and Climate Change, Sustainability Office; and Chairman of the Research Funding Department at the Office of Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies, University of Sharjah. Dr. Ghenai is a Senior Fellow for Energy Strategy and Policy, New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, Washington DC, USA. Dr. Ghenai was listed in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 (career and single year) world’s top 2% Scientists in Energy–Mechanical Engineering & Transport (Enabling & Strategic Technologies). Dr. Ghenai received his Ph.D. and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Orleans University, Orleans, France, and bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Constantine University, Constantine, Algeria. Before Joining the University of Sharjah, Dr. Ghenai was an Assistant Professor at Florida Atlantic University, and postdoc at Cornel University, Kansas State University, and University of California Los Angeles. He received several teaching and energy research awards. Dr. Ghenai has published more than 230 research papers in technical journals, book chapters, and books. His research interests are renewable energy, energy efficiency, electrification of energy systems, combustion (solid, liquid and gas fuels), alternative and renewable fuels (biogas, syngas, bio-oil, biodiesel, and hydrogen), digitalization (AI & ML for energy forecasting and optimization of energy systems, digital twin, blockchain and AI data center); waste to energy (pyrolysis, gasification, anaerobic digestion); sustainability; micro grid power systems, climate actions, AI-energy nexus, role of critical minerals for clean energy technologies, and energy strategy and policy.
