Our Team

Professor Mohammed Enamul Hossain is a distinguished individual serving as the Founder, CEO, and President of NSRIC Inc. He also holds the esteemed position of NSRIC Chair Professor in Sustainable Energy within the Engineering Unit of the OE Division. In addition to his pivotal role at NSRIC, he holds adjunct Professor positions at several other esteemed universities. Prof. Hossain has founded and chairs NSRIC International School in Toronto (NIST), NSRIC International College in Toronto (NICT), Canada, and the World Association of Nature Science, Education, and Engineering (WANSEE), Canada. He is also the CEO of NSRIC Green Supplies Inc., Canada, and the visionary behind the establishment of the International Conferences on Nature Science and Engineering Applications (ICNSEA), Canada, a notable conference series. Prof. Hossain has previously served as the Managing Director of Aziza Consulting and Construction Ltd. in Bangladesh and as the Director of BrightCoral, Canada. He was also the President of ANS Research and Development Inc., Canada. Notably, Prof. Hossain has been the Founder and Chairman of the charitable organization Aziza Trust since 2009, through which he has been devoted to serving humanity and has set up NSRIC Education City in Chattogram, Bangladesh, aimed at providing education to underprivileged students. Prof. Hossain has also accumulated around a decade of experience in the oil industry, where he held various administrative and technical roles, earning recognition as a petroleum engineering consultant for the oil and gas sector. He has conducted numerous training programs and courses globally for organizations such as Saudi Aramco, ONGE, Kuwait Oil, BPI, Qatar Petroleum, Petronas, and ADNOC through various training institutions. Over his illustrious 29+ year career, Dr. Hossain has built an extensive and diverse portfolio encompassing leadership, management, business development, teaching, research, and technical accomplishments. Before assuming his current role, Prof. Hossain served as the inaugural Statoil Chair Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. He has held various academic and administrative positions at MUN, Canada; Ryerson University, Canada; King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia; Dalhousie University, Canada; Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman; American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt; Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (CUET), Bangladesh; and Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. Additionally, he has contributed as an adjunct Professor at numerous universities worldwide. Prof. Hossain is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished entrepreneurs and academic leaders in his field. His significant contributions to petroleum engineering and sustainable energy research have garnered over US$16.9 million in research funding from prominent agencies, including Statoil, Saudi Aramco, NSTIP, NSERC, RDC, KFUM, MUN, and AUC. Prof. Hossain's groundbreaking work in the industry includes the introduction of the pioneering memory concept for petroleum applications and multiple US patents. Prof. Hossain's academic journey began with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 1995, followed by an MSc in Petroleum and Mineral Resources Engineering, earned through a collaboration between the University of Alberta and BUET in 2001. He was later awarded a PhD in Sustainable Petroleum Engineering in 2008 and an MBA degree in 2009, both from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada. Beyond his extensive contributions to academia and industry, Prof. Hossain is also a generous philanthropist and philosopher. He has authored ten books spanning various aspects of sustainability and petroleum engineering, published with prestigious publishers such as Elsevier, Wiley, and Scrivener Publishing, USA. His scholarly work extends to over 200 scientific articles, and he holds 11 US patents, with some currently undergoing the commercialization process.