Mohammed M. Alwakeel (SM’14) was born in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA. He served as a Communications Network Manager at the Saudi National Information Center, Riyadh. He served as a Faculty Member at King Abdulaziz University and then an Associate Professor and the Dean of the Computers and Information Technology College at the University of Tabuk, Tabuk. After that, he was a Full Professor with the Computers and Information Technology College, and the Vice Rector for Development and Quality at the University of Tabuk. He is currently a member of the Alshura Council (The Consultative Council of Saudi Arabia). His current research interests include teletraffic analysis, mobile satellite communications, and sensor networks and cellular systems.