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Natural/shale gas production; Coal conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity; Biomass conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity; Hybrid feedstocks (any combination of biomass/coal/natural gas/petroleum) conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity; Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications; Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage); Design and synthesis of energy conversion systems

Dr. Elbashir is an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University at Qatar and the Director of the Fuel Research Center of Texas A&M University; a major research center that involves 22 faculty members from both the Qatar and College Station campuses of Texas A&M University (http://gfrc.tamu.edu/faculty-affiliates/). His research activities are focused on design of reactors and catalysts for Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) technology, petrochemical conversions, and CO2 utilization. In addition, Dr. Elbashir is the Director of Texas A&M Qatar Fuel Characterization Lab, a research lab that is supporting major research activities in the advancements of synthetic fuels and chemicals obtained from natural gas in collaboration with GE(Oil& Gas); OryxGTL; and Shell and world leading academic institutions.

2018-Present	Petroleum Engineering Program Chair, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar
2016-Present	Professor, Chemical Engineering Program, Petroleum Engineering Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar
2012-2016	Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar
2008-2012	Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar
2005-2007	Researcher, BASF (The Chemical Company) Catalysts Research team, Iselin, New Jersey, USA
2001-2004	Graduate Research Assistant, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
1998-2001	Research Scientist, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia