Dr. Majid Bahrami is a visionary leader and researcher who has made significant impacts on society by advancing fundamental aspects of thermofluidic transport phenomena and advanced materials and by applications of novel sustainable energy-water systems. His research and engineering innovations have opened new avenues for translational research and received global attention, with exceptional contributions to the fields of waste-heat driven air-conditioning systems, sorption composites, heat exchangers, thermal storage, passive cooling, fuel cells, batteries, and atmospheric water harvesting. He has an exemplary track record in publications, citations, technology transfer, entrepreneurship, funding and training of engineers and engineering professors.