Abdelghafour Zaabout is an Associate Professor at University Mohamed 6 Polytechnic (UM6P). He has over a decade of expertise in decarbonization and energy transition, developing highly efficient and cost-effective technologies for decarbonization of the industrial, energy, and hydrogen sectors. Prior to joining UM6P, he worked jointly as a Senior Scientist at SINTEF Industry in Norway, and as an affiliate Prof. at UM6P. He received his Ph.D. from Aix Marseille University before starting a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Throughout the last decade, he served as a key driver in the demonstration of several CO2 capture and low carbon hydrogen production technologies, in the framework of different Norwegian, EU funded, and direct industrial projects. Prof. Zaabout co-authored nearly 60 peer-reviewed journal papers & several patents, as well as co-supervised dozens of students combining Ph.D. students, postdocs, and graduates. He participated as a panelist at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh in a UN official session on CCUS for Africa, he chaired key sessions in several international conferences (e.g., GHGT 16, Int. Conference on Fluidization), and lectured in many decarbonization-related events.