Marwan Khraisheh is the Senior Planning and Research Director at HBKU at Qatar Foundation overseeing portfolios spanning research, innovation, and digital learning. Prior to joining QF, he was the Founding Dean of Masdar Institute, in partnership with MIT, and before that was the Secat Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Kentucky. He is a recipient of the US National Science Foundation CAREER Award and is an elected Fellow of ASME, AAAS and a member of CIRP.