Professor Bassam Dally teaches mechanical engineering at KAUST, is a member of the CleanEnergy Research Platform (CERP) and heads the university’s Renewable and SustainableEnergy Technology (ReSET) group. With over 33 years of experience in academia and thefield of energy research, his expertise ranges from thermal science and engineering torenewable energy, energy storage and conversion, combustion, hybrid and alternative fuels,decarbonization and applied laser diagnostics. Before joining KAUST, Dr. Dally was head ofthe School of Mechanical Engineering and deputy director of the Centre for EnergyTechnology at the University of Adelaide, Australia. He has co-authored five major reviewpapers, more than 380 peer-reviewed papers, and is named on 4 patents. His work attractedmore than 11,100 citations (h-index=54) elevating him to the top 2% of cited researchersworldwide. He has received numerous accolades including; “Energy Professional of the YearAward” by the Australian Energy Institute (SA branch), and a Fellowship with the CombustionInstitute. He is currently chairman of the Saudi Arabian Section of the Combustion Institute(SAS-CI) and the director of the Future Cement Initiative (FCI) at KAUST. ​

Dr Dally work is focused on the development of new technologies to decarbonize industrialprocesses, focusing on mineral processing, waste gasification and alterative fuels. He hasalso contributed to a variety of research topics including: MILD combustion; soot evolution inflames; turbulent chemistry interaction, plasma propulsion; (and) H2O2 production andutilization. His research also involves development and integration of renewable energysources, waste to value (plastic recycling), super-critical water gasification, super-criticalwater oxidation, REE extraction and valorization of industrial waste. ​