Prof. Sultan Abu-Orabi is an Organic Chemist who obtained his PhD from the University of Michigan, USA. He is President of Yarmouk University, Jordan's second largest public university and President Elect of the Association of Arab Universities which has its headquarters in Amman, Jordan.

Prof. Abu-Orabi previously served as President of Irbid National University and Tafila Technical University in Jordan. He is also President of the Jordanian Chemical Society and Secretary General of the Arab Union of Chemists. He was Visiting Professor at Bahrain University and the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Abu-Orabi is Editor-in-Chief of two international chemistry journals, and is member of the Editorial Board of four. He has organized, served on Advisory Boards, and presented lectures at numerous international conferences. He has also received several research fellowships and awards and published over fifty papers throughout his career spanning twenty-six years.