BIOGRAPHY
Professor of Materials Engineering and a distinguished scholar and academic leader with more than three decades of experience spanning materials engineering research, higher education development, institutional leadership, and international collaboration.
Since 1 July 2026, he has appointed as President of the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), following his tenure as Vice President for Education and Academic Affairs. Throughout his academic and administrative career, he has demonstrated a distinctive combination of scientific expertise, strategic vision, and cross-cultural leadership, contributing to the advancement of higher education, research excellence, and international academic cooperation in Egypt.
His academic journey encompasses prestigious appointments at Ain Shams University, Clausthal University of Technology, and Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology. With more than 20 projects in Germany and Egypt, 80 peer-reviewed publications, three books, and 30 invited presentations at international conferences, his research has made significant contributions to metal and polymer matrix composites, advanced fluid flow modeling, functional polymers, and prosthetic limb manufacturing. This work has been conducted through a robust international network spanning Germany, Italy, China, Korea, and Egypt.
His scholarly impact has earned him a place on Stanford's list of top 2% scientists worldwide for four consecutive years (2021, 2022, 2023, and 2025), alongside prestigious recognitions including the ICNF Prize in Portugal (2015), and Egypt's State Prize for Innovation (2010).
Since 2016, he has served on executive committees of Egypt's Supreme Council of Universities, shaping the future of Egyptian higher education. His expertise has been instrumental in establishing new non-profit universities, developing engineering curricula at the sector level, and creating state-of-the-art laboratories through international partnerships. His decade-long exposure to European academic environments, combined with management of over 15 EU and German-funded joint projects, has positioned him as a bridge between Egyptian academia and global innovation ecosystems.
His administrative acumen was further demonstrated as Vice Dean at Ain Shams University's Faculty of Engineering, overseeing Community Service and Environmental Affairs (2021-2023) and Education and Student Affairs (2023-2025).
From 2023-2024, he served as Advisor to the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research for Technical and Technological Education, and as well as director of the Unit of Projects Development at the Ministry of Higher Education.
