Dr. Iyad Al-Attar is a mechanical engineer, air quality consultant, and a Visiting Academic Fellow in the School of Aerospace, Transport, and Manufacturing at Cranfield University for air quality and filter performance relevant to land-based gas turbines.

Dr. Al-Attar is the first associated air filtration consultant for Eurovent Middle East; most recently, he became the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) patron for EUROVENT, the voice of the European HVACR industry with global reach. Dr. Al-Attar is the Global Correspondent for Innovations and Technologies for International Filtration News (IFN) Magazine, USA, and has been recognized as the CPI Editor’s Choice recipient for his publishing contributions. Dr. Al-Attar is a columnist for International Filtration News (IFN) USA, EUROVENT Middle East Newsletter, Climate Control Middle East Magazine, and Caloryfrio, Spain. He has also published numerous articles and blogs addressing filter media, design, and performance for HVAC and land-based gas turbine applications, emphasizing the chemical and physical characterization of airborne pollutants in a number of mediums, including Filtration+Separation, UK, and ES Engineering, USA. His publications cover urban and indoor air quality, physical and chemical characteristics of particles, and sustainable filter performance. His work has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic. Dr. Al-Attar is also an editorial member and referee for the Filtration Society (UK) and the Journal of Cleaner Production.

He is a strong advocate for global governments to play a significant role in the governance of embedding air quality monitoring and enhancement as a pillar of the built environment.

Dr. Al-Attar received his engineering degrees (BSc, MSc, Ph.D.) from the University of Toronto (Canada), Kuwait University, and Loughborough University (UK), respectively. He obtained his executive education from MIT and Harvard Business School, specializing in sustainability, business, and strategy. Dr. Al-Attar's current research at the University of Oxford addresses the importance of air quality inclusion as a rudiment of sustainable urban development. His research is expected to provide a comprehensive ecosystem for engaging HVAC systems to enhance IAQ through appropriate filtration, the deployment of air quality sensing infrastructure, and data sharing with key stakeholders, enabling a human centred approach and design to understand the air quality they are exposed to and have agency in their overall well-being.