Dr Ali Ahmad

Dr Ali Ahmad is a faculty member at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and Director of the Energy Policy and Security in the Middle East Program at AUB's Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs.

Dr Ali's research and teaching cover: nuclear security, energy policy and economics. Prior to joining AUB, Dr Ali was a research fellow at Princeton University's Program on Science and Global Security where he worked on informing nuclear diplomacy with Iran.

​Besides his academic activities, Dr Ali is also involved with government and investment advisory on energy issues. He holds a physics degree from the Lebanese University and a PhD from Cambridge University.