Hamid ESSABIR is a qualified higher education professor who has been Head of the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at the National School of Applied Sciences, AGADIR, MOROCCO, since 2018. He is also an associated researcher at the Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR), Institute of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (NANOTECH), Rabat, Morocco.He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences and Techniques in 2015. His research areas include hybrid reinforced/filled polymer composites, and advance materials: graphene/nanoclay, lignocellulosic reinforced/filled polymer composites, modification and treatment of lignocellulosic fibers, nanocomposites and nanocellulose fibers, as well as polymer blends. So far, he has published more than 50 international journal papers and 10 Book chapters with 6 patents to his credit. He is also a reviewer for several high impact ISI journals of Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley.