Dr. Farag is the director and founder of the UNH Biodiesel Group and of the New Hampshire Pollution Prevention Internship Program. In Sept 1976 he joined the faculty at University of New Hampshire (UNH) after receiving his doctorate of Science (Sc.D.) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA) in Chemical Engineering. He has been active, both nationally and internationally, in Biofuels, Pollution Prevention, Cleaner production, energy efficiency, and chemical risk screening applications.

Dr. Farag has successfully directed many projects, involving research, development, technology transfer, and outreach.  He gave many invited briefings to the NH legislators on Pollution Prevention, Biomass, Biodiesel and Bio-Oil. He is currently directing a Project "Biodiesel fuel from Nonedible Vegetable Oils", in Egypt, which focuses on the use of Jatropha to produce Biodiesel, and a project on Sustainable Cities/Clean Water in ASEAN Countries, funded by US-AID. He has collaborated with several countries, e.g., Cambodia, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam on the use of Jatropha to produce Biodiesel fuel.

Dr. Farag has been the recipient of a number of prestigious awards, the latest are the US EPA Environmental Merit Award, and the US Most Valuable Pollution Prevention (MVP2) Program award. In recognition to his outstanding involvement in International Programs, Dr. Farag was awarded the University of New Hampshire (UNH) award for Excellence in International Engagement. He has also received several Outstanding Teaching awards at MIT and UNH.