Curriculum Vitae

Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Physics, German University in Cairo. The full CV — including invited talks, taught courses, supervised students, and computing grants — is available as a PDF.

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Education

  • PhD, Physics — University of Pennsylvania, 2002
    Thesis: Electronic properties of carbon-nanotube structures. Advisors: Charles L. Kane and Eugene Mele (2015 Benjamin Franklin Medal laureates).
  • MSc, High-Energy Physics — Cairo University, 1993
  • BSc, Physics — Cairo University, 1988 · Distinction with Honors

Appointments

  • Associate Professor & Head, Department of Physics — German University in Cairo · 2021 – present
  • Associate Professor — Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, KSA · 2017 – 2021
  • Associate Professor — Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza · 2016 – 2017
  • Visiting Professor, Center for Fundamental Physics — Zewail City · 2014 – 2015
  • Senior Research Scientist — Egypt Nanotechnology Center (EGNC), Giza · 2009 – 2016
  • Visiting Scientist — IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, New York · 2009 – 2013
  • Assistant Professor — Cairo University, Giza · 2003 – 2009
  • R&D Scientist — Hilbert Technology, Pennsylvania · 2001 – 2003, 2006 – 2009

Honors & awards

  • Fellow of the Arab Physical Society · 2022 – present
  • Amin Lotfy Prize in Physics — Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology · 2015
  • Best Collaborative Researcher Award — Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · 2018
  • Best Researcher Award — Center for Fundamental Physics, Zewail City · 2016
  • Professor of Excellence Award — Zewail City of Science and Technology · 2016
  • IBM Internal Recognition — IBM T.J. Watson Research Center · 2011
  • Distinguished Tutor Award (Physics) — University of Pennsylvania · 2001

Professional service

  • Editorial board, Advanced Materials Theory (Springer) · 2016 – 2018
  • Scientific Council (founding member), Egyptian Center for the Advancement of Science, Technology and Innovation (ECASTI) · 2014 – 2017
  • Chair, Graduate Programs Committee, IRMC, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · 2018 – 2021
  • Board member, Center for Environmental and Smart Technology, Fayoum University · 2016 – 2017

Research computing & collaborations

Principal-investigator allocations on the KAUST Shaheen, IBM Blue Gene, and Bibliotheca Alexandrina supercomputers — tens of millions of core-hours of first-principles simulation. Collaborations with Harvard (Lyman Laboratory of Physics), NC State, and partners across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Europe.