Professor Odeh Al-Jayyousi is currently the head of Innovation and Technology

Management at the Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain since Sept. 2015. He was the vice president for science and research at the Royal Scientific Society (RSS) in Jordan during 2011- 2013. He was the regional director for IUCN – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (Headquarters in Switzerland) - West Asia regional office during 2004-2011. Previously, he was a university professor in the College of Engineering-Civil Engineering Department during 1994-2004. He was an academic director for M.Sc. Programme in transformational management in Buckingham University,  UK.. He was a consultant with EU, ESCWA, World Bank, GTZ and USAID. He worked as a water expert with GTZ for the development of water policy and the updating of the National Water Master Plan for Jordan. He participated in the formulation of the Strategy of Biodiversity and Water for Jordan in 2000.  He published a book on Islam as sustainable development (2012), UK and a book on Renewable Energy and Knowledge Management, Jan. 2016. He was the Dean of Scientific Research at Applied Science University, Jordan.. In 2014, He was a consultant with UN ESWCA on Technology for Sustainable Development in the Arab Region. He was awarded the “Scientists and Social Initiatives Award” in 2014.