A native of Lebanon, Al received a B.S. degree in Chemistry from the American University in Cairo. He also holds an M.S. degree in Chemistry from Youngstown State University in Ohio and a Doctorate degree in Science Education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Al has taught Science and Chemistry at the school and the college levels here and overseas. He is the former Director of Undergraduate Laboratories and a Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). In addition, he regularly taught Science Education courses in the UTK College of Education. He has received several grants from government agencies, industry, and various organizations to improve instruction in Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratories and also to support K-16 hands-on Science and Chemistry outreach activities. He was the 2000 recipient of the ACS Helen M. Free Award for Public Outreach and, in 2011, was named an ACS Fellow.

Dr. Hazari is a very active ACS member. He is the Councilor for the ACS – East Tennessee Section, a former chair of the ACS Committee on Chemical Safety and an ACS tour speaker. He is the former President of East Tennessee’s Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair. Al is an affiliate of the Institute for Chemical Education and a member of the National and the Tennessee Science Teachers Associations. He has made several presentations and given talks at local, regional, national and international Chemical and Science Education conferences. In 2009, his book on “Misconceptions in Chemistry” was published by Springer.