Dr. F. Z. Khiari graduated with a BSc degree in Physics from the Universite des Sciences et de la Technologie d'Alger (Now USTHB) in 1980 and with a PhD degree in Physics from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI, USA) in 1986. He worked as a Fellow in Accelerator Technology and then as an Accelerator Physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory (NY, USA) from 1986 to 1989. He joined KFUPM/RI in 1989 where he has been actively involved in Basic and Applied Physics Research using both the 350 keV Ion Accelerator and the Tandetron Accelerator. He joined the Physics Department in 2004.