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Dr. Faisal is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Khalifa University. His research focuses on novel membranes and devices for solar water treatment and energy applications including desalination, wastewater treatment, seawater and brine mining, valuable metals recovery, ammonia, hydrogen and batteries. 

Dr. Faisal is also the Deputy Director of the Center of Membrane and Advanced Water Technology (CMAT) at Khalifa University and serves as Editorial Board Member in the Desalination Journal published by Elsevier. In addition, he sits on the Advisory Board for XPRIZE Water Scarcity, part of the Mohamed Bin Zayed Water Initiative. This $119 million, five-year global competition aims to enhance access to clean water by creating reliable, sustainable, and affordable seawater desalination systems.

A frequent contributor to academic journals, Dr. Faisal was also a visiting assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. 

He received his PhD in Interdisciplinary Engineering from the joint program at the Masdar Institute and MIT. He obtained his Master of Chemical Engineering from the Imperial College London for his research on the use of ionic liquids in the determination of surface energies, which led him to receive the Lonza Award and a fellowship in Chemical Engineering from the Imperial College London.

He is a graduate of both the Executive Leaders and Innovative Leaders programs of the UAE Government Leaders Program at the Prime Minister’s Office in Dubai. Additionally, he graduated from the Young Future Energy Leaders Program at the Masdar Institute.