He received his PhD from Tohoku University (Japan). He has a long record of academic and industrial experience in solar energy and building science. Prior to his current position, Dr. Maatouk held several faculty positions at KFUPM (Saudi Arabia) and SQU (Oman), and visiting faculty appointments at CSTB France and University of Sydney. His research work has been supported by several grants from Samsung, NEDO, and universities’ internal and external grants. Dr. Maatouk has published more than 65 journal articles and conference proceedings.