Education

Education
Ph.D. in Computational Science & Informatics September 2000 – May 2004 George Mason University, VA, USA
Major: Environmental Physics/Remote Sensing
Dissertation: “Regional Monitoring of Environmental Physics Climate Related Anomalies”
Honors: Dissertation passed “with Distinction” GPA: 4.0
M.Sc. in Earth System Science September 2002 – May 2004 George Mason University, VA, USA
Major: Earth Sciences/Remote Sensing/GIS
Honors: Dissertation passed “with Distinction” GPA: 4.0
M.Sc. in Computational Science September 2001 – May 2003 George Mason University, VA, USA
Major: Computational Sciences/Remote Sensing
Honors: Degree passed “with Distinction” GPA: 4.0
Post Graduate Studies in Geophysics January 1998 – January 2000 Alexandria University, Egypt
Major: Geophysics
Honors: Degree passed “with Distinction” GPA: 3.8
B.Sc. of Science September 1994 – May 1997 Alexandria University, Egypt
Major: Geophysics/Physics/Geology
Honors: Degree passed “with Distinction” GPA: 3.99

Career Development Training Courses
  • January 2014: Attended a workshop on Maximizing Student Learning and Professor Motivation to Teach, Chapman University, Institute for Excellence in Teaching and the Chancellor’s Office.
  • September 2012: Attended the National Professional Science Master’s Association, regional workshop on “Green and Growing: Environmentally-Focused Professional Science Master’s Programs”, Hosted by California State University, Monterey Bay, CA.
  • October 2011: Attended the Teacher Misbehavior workshop, Chapman University teaching mentor program, Faculty dialogues on teaching and learning.
  • November 2011: Attended the Teaching well and loving it: Challenges and Best Practices workshop, Chapman University teaching mentor program, Faculty dialogues on teaching and learning
  • January 2008: Attended workshop on writing research proposals, Alexandria University
  • October 2006: Attended workshop on research management, Alexandria University
  • July 2005: Attended workshop on ways of teaching and student interaction, Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, Egypt
  • June 2005: Attended workshop on Skills of Interactive Presentation
  • June 2005: Attended workshop on Skills of Interactive Communication
  • April 2005: Attended work shop and a certified user of HYSPLIT model in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Air Resources Laboratory USA
  • March 2003: Attended a workshop for Earth Science Satellite Remote Sensing Data Processing, Analysis and Applications, George Mason University