Dr. ALI ELCHAAR holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Aviation Studies and works as an Aviation Environmental Protection Advisor at the Omani CAA. He is in charge of environmental concerns and provides technical support to the Omani CAA Aviation Environmental Protection (AEP) team.

Before occupying this role, Dr. ELCHAAR was acting as the Head of the General Climate Section and the National Focal Point for SAP and CORSIA at the Lebanese CAA, where he started in 2000.

 He has extensive research and consulting experience in Aviation Environmental Protection, especially in the development and deployment of SAF, Urban Climatology, Airport Environmental pollution, and wastewater treatment. He has published more than 15 peer-reviewed journal papers and books.