Laith Salim Sabri was born in Baghdad, Iraq. He received his B.S. in University of Saddam and the first M.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Al-Nahrian Baghdad, Iraq in 2002 and 2005, respectively. In addition, he ranked the 9 out of 16 graduates in his specialization for his B.S. degree. Before joining Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), Laith was a faculty member in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Technology Baghdad, Iraq from 2006 until 2013, where he was awarded a scholarship by The Ministry of Education and Higher Researcher in Iraq to study for his Ph.D. in chemical engineering. He started at Missouri S&T during the Fall semester of 2013 to work under the supervision of Dr. Muthanna Al-Dahhan. He obtained his second M.S. in chemical engineering from Missouri S&T in May 2015. He has received several awards and recognitions for his research, including the Travel Award for the 24th International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE 24, 2016), won the 3rd place prize in the poster competition for ISCRE 24, the Best Poster Award for Graduate Research Showcase Spring, Missouri S&T (2017), and the Top Three Posters in Young Researcher Competition, Algae Biomass Summit (2017). Laith is a member of AIChE and Society of Chemical Industry (SCI). He is a fellow of Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society. His research activities include six publications in peer-reviewed journals and over 41 national and international conference presentations. Additionally, 16 journal papers have been published and 4 others currently under submitted. Laith received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Missouri S&T in Dec 2018.