Dr. Hisham Alhadlaq has been director general of the Research and Development Office (RDO) at the Saudi Education Ministry since March 2018. He is also a professor of medical physics and nanomedicine at King Saud University in Riyadh, where he has been a faculty member since 2005.  He has served as director general of the King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology at King Saud University since May 2017.  Alhadlaq has a rich and extensive academic career, having served as a visiting professor and visiting researcher at various institutions. For instance, he was a visiting assistant professor at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore between 2014 and 2015.  He was a visiting assistant professor at Yale University and the Yale School of Medicine between 2010 and 2012, and a visiting research scholar at Oakland University between 2006 and 2007. He is a prolific academic writer who has made many contributions to his field of specialization, and has led a number of training programs and workshops. Alhadlaq has a bachelor’s degree in physics from King Saud University, a master’s in biophysics from Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences from Oakland University.  The UK Science and Innovation Network, in partnership with the RDO, is running workshops on Feb. 25-27 under the title “Clean Energy and Artificial Intelligence.” “This collaboration is going to prove highly beneficial to the advancement of scientific discoveries in both countries,” Alhadlaq told Arab News.