Dr.-Ing. Ashraf Samarah was born in Irbid, Jordan, on September 29, 1980. He received  B.Sc. degree in 2003, M.Sc. degree in Communications and Electronic engineering with honors from Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in 2003, and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Energy Engineering, from the University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany, in 2012, respectively. He has worked in the area of photovoltaic energy systems and electrical signals last ten years.

He worked as a scientific researcher in the center of sensor system (ZESS), Siegen, Germany, from 2007 - 2012.

Mr. Samarah was the director of Zarqa Energy Research Center (ZERC), Head of electrical engineering department, and consultant for 2 MW PV system at Zarqa University since September 2015 till September 2016.

He is currently working as a consultant and expert for renewable energy projects (7 MW PV wheeling PV system) and 10 MW PV direct proposal system in addition to that he is a director of renewable energy tenders' projects at Al Balqa Applied University.

Mr. Samarah is an expert, researcher and teaching committee member in the Department of Electrical Energy Engineering with many scientific publications in the field of renewable energy at AL-Balqa Applied University. He is also a renewable energy consultant for Jordanian public and private entities.