Ashraf Bakkar has obtained his PhD in Materials Engineering and Corrosion from Technische Universität Clausthal, Germany, May 2005. He conducted his scientific research and development in the field of Corrosion and Electrometallurgy in Institut
für Materialprüfung und Werkstofftechnik Dr. Neubert (DN) GmbH at Clausthal,
Germany (2005-08).
He worked as Assistant and Associate professor In Metallurgical and Materials Eng. Dept., Suez University, Egypt (2008-12). He is now associate Prof. in Environmental Eng. Dept. at Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia (2012-till now).
He is conducting recent research on recycling of dusts evolved from steelmaking fields, recycling of fly ash, corrosion and protection of metals, alloys and composites, and electrodeposition of photovoltaic thin films. He has about 40 scientific contributions published as patents, journal papers, and conference articles.
