Ali M. Hussein is a Professional Engineer, a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ryerson University, and an Adjunct Professor in the Departent of Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. Hussein earned his BSc from Alexandria University, Egypt, his MSc from Ain Shams University, Cairo, and his PhD from the University of Toronto, all in electrical engineering. After completing his PhD, he worked as a Research Associate at the Electrical Engineering Division of National Research Council of Canada. From 1980 to 1982, he was an Assistant Professor at Riyadh University, Saudi Arabia and, from 1982 to 1986, was a Research Associate and a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Toronto. From 1986 to 1988, he worked in the Electromagnetics Technology Division of Bell-Northern Research in Ottawa, Canada, before becoming, in 1988, a Visiting Scientist in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Toronto. He began teaching at Ryerson in 1989, becoming a Professor in 1994. Hussein has authored and co-authored roughly 200 publications, mainly in the areas of microwave ferrites, microwave acoustics, non-destructive evaluation of materials, numerical techniques, and measurement, characterization and modelling of fast transients. In 2001, he was one of the three founding members of an International Project on Electromagnetic Radiation from Lightning Striking Tall Structures (IPLT), and since then he has been a member of the IPLT steering committee. Since 2008, he has been a member of the Conseil International des Grands Reseaux Electriques (CIGRE) Working Group on Lightning Parameters for Engineering Applications.