Dr. Hussein is a Research Professor at the Gas Processing Center, Qatar University. He was a former Professor of Chemical Engineering and a former Assistant Director of the Center of Research Excellence in Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals at KFUPM, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Hussein obtained his PhD from the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department at University of Alberta, Canada in 1999. His PhD Thesis won the Canadian Society of Rheology Graduate Student Award for the year 1999. His specialization is in the areas of Polymers and Rheology. Dr. Hussein is actively involved in research in the area of polymers with about 25 granted US patents and more than 200 refereed journal articles and conference publications. He is a member of the Executive Board of the Polymer Processing Society.