Abdullah works as a Research Associate at Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) where he supports R&D activities related to renewable energy, grid integration & synchrophasor technology using measurement, control, and instrumentation techniques. Abdullah holds BEng in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Heriot-Watt University and an MSc in Sustainable Energy from HBKU. Abdullah started his professional career in R&D where he joined Williams F1 as an Electronics Engineer in 2011 and supported activities in research and development of electro-mechanical Flywheel Energy Storage System (FESS). In 2014, he joined Engineering Solutions – QSTP as a Telecom Project Engineer and acted as a focal point in supervising electronics & telecommunications-related projects for O&G clients.