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Professor Dr Hussein A. Kazem holds a BSc and MSc in electrical engineering from the University of Technology (UOT), Baghdad-Iraq, and a PhD from Newcastle University (NCL), United Kingdom. His academic journey began in 1995 at Al Mamon College, and in 1996 he assumed the role of Assistant Lecturer at UOT. From 1997 to 2002, he served as a Program Coordinator at the Faculty of Engineering, Al Tahady University, Libya. He joined Sohar University (SU) in 2002. Hussein is a Professor at SU, Oman. He also holds the position of a visiting Professor at UKM and UNITEN Malaysia, and EX at Newcastle University-UK. Currently he is the UNESCO RCQE Chair of Emerging Renewable & Sustainable Energy Technologies. With a dedicated focuson academics and research spanning over 25 years, Hussein is actively engaged with prestigious professional organizations and engineering societies. He serves as a member, researcher, editor, and reviewer several publishers. Hussein has organized and participated in numerous conferences, symposiums, and workshops. His scholarly contributions include more than 270 published papers in scientific journals and conferences, 60 invited talks, nine chapters, and eight books. Recognizing his exceptional research. He has been included for seven consecutive years in the list of the world’s top 2% of scientists published by Stanford University and Elsevier. His Scopus h-index is 62. Hussein has been honored with the SU Vice-Chancellor Award for Research 2013, as well as national and international accolades such as the "Golden Medal Award" at Pecipta'13 in Malaysia, "The Outstanding Renewable Energy Lab Award" at the World Renewable Energy Congress 2014 in UK, "Renewable & Sustainable Energy Pioneer Award" at the World Renewable Energy Congress 2016 in Indonesia, and "Special Award of Excellence in Renewable Energy Research" at the WREC 2018 in Kingston-UK. In addition, he has received the IEEE Best Paper Award in 2021, Golden Medal Award on Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) 2023, Golden Medal Award and Special Award on MTE August 2024, Golden Medal Award and Research Council of Thailand Awards on MTESDGOctober 2024, Silver Award of ITEX May 2025, Silver Award of MTE August 2025 and holds two patents as an inventor and co-inventor. Hussein has successfully supervised and guided the graduation of more than 60 BSc, 11 MSc, and 9 PhD students. Throughout his career, Hussein has led and contributed to several research projects, including ten research grants. His research interests revolve around Photovoltaic, solar thermal, PV/T, Renewable Energy, Power Electronics, Power Quality, and Electrical Power Systems. Notably, Hussein serves as the chairman of the Renewable Energy & Sustainable Technology Research Group and leads the Generation & Storage task force in the Oman Renewable Energy Strategic Program. Furthermore, he holds the position of Associate Editor for the journal of Elsevier-Solar Energy