Recognitions

Recognitions

Honor Awards
  • Valerie Scudder Award – in recognition of outstanding achievement in teaching, scholarly/creative activity, and service to the University 2012
  • Award of Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activity, Chapman University 2011
  • Faculty of Science Award for wining the Saudi Arabia Prize for the best article in Environmental Management 2006
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Earth Observing and Space Research George Mason University 2004–2005
  • Medal in the Honor Society of International Scholars (Phi Beta Delta) 2002
  • Governmental Scholarship for Doctoral Degree in Environmental physics and Remote Sensing from George Mason University, USA 2000
  • University medal for graduating as the first of Faculty of Science among all departments and highest score ever in the history of the Faculty of Science 1997

Winning Competitions
  • Saudi Arabia Prize for Best Published Article in Environmental Management among 150 articles from the Arab Administrative Development Organization, affiliated with the League of Arab States 2006
  • University medal for wining first position in Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, and third position over the Country’s Universities in the competition of ideal student 1996
  • Travel Award to Tunisia representing Egyptian Universities after wining ideal student competition 1996

Winning Competitions
  • Saudi Arabia Prize for Best Published Article in Environmental Management among 150 articles from the Arab Administrative Development Organization, affiliated with the League of Arab States 2006
  • University medal for wining first position in Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, and third position over the Country’s Universities in the competition of ideal student 1996
  • Travel Award to Tunisia representing Egyptian Universities after wining ideal student competition 1996

Travel Awards
  • Travel Award to Tunisia representing Egyptian universities after wining ideal student competition 1996

Affliations
  • Member of the Honor Society of International Scholars (Phi Beta Delta).
  • Associate member of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR).
  • Member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
  • Member of the European Geophysical Union (EGU).
  • Member of the Asia Oceania Geoscience Society (AOGS).
  • Member of the Egyptian nonprofit organization “Friends of the Environment”
  • Member of the Sensors committee through NARSS for research and development.
  • Member of the IEEE and remote sensing society.
  • Elected Member, The international advisory council of the climate change center affiliated with the Korea Green Foundation.

Synergistic Activities
  • Title: “REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Earth and Environmental Sciences (SURFEES)” Funding: NSF (2014-2017) Role: CO-I
  • Title: “Natural and Anthropogenic Aerosols Transport over the Arabian Gulf”, Funding: King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (2013-2016) Role: CO-PI/International Consultant
  • Title: “Studying Air Quality Dynamics using Remotely Sensed Atmospheric Parameters” at the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Funding: King Abdel Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia (2013-2015) Role: CO-PI/International Consultant
  • Title: “Enhancing Wildland Fire Decision Support and Warning Systems” Funding: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (2013-2014) Role: CO-I
  • Title: “Studying the impact of Sea Level Rise (SLR) over the Nile Delta: A Multisensor Approach” Funding: Chapman University (2012-2014) Role: PI
  • Title: “Collaborative Research: Type 1 – Multi-Model Regional Simulation of Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Ecosystems in the Southwestern United States” Funding: USDA-NSF-NIFA (2011-2013) Role: CO-I
  • Title: “Studying Air Quality Dynamics using A Linear Genetic Programming Approach over Remotely Sensed Atmospheric Parameters: case study (Cairo, Egypt)” Funding: NSF Award for US-Egypt joint research agreement (Contract No 0922772) (2009-2012), Role: PI
  • Title: “Air Quality Over Cairo: Remote Sensing and Ground Observations” Funding:  USDA Award for US-Egypt joint research agreement (Contract No. 58-3148-7-044) (2006-2009), Role: CO-PI
  • Title: “Climate Change and Impact Research: the Mediterranean Environment (CIRCE)” Funding:  The Commission of the European Union FP6 (Contract No. 036961 GOCE) (2006-2010), Role: CO-PI
  • Title: “Global and Environmental Change: Hazards and Regional impact” Funding: NASA Award (Contract No. NNX06AF30G) (2004-2008), Role: CO-I
  • CO-I NASA, Congress awards Virginia Access Middle Atlantic Geospatial Information Consortium (Virginia Access – Magic)
  • Served as a reviewer for many journals including IEEE Transactions of Geosciences and Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing of the Environment, Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheric Environment, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics and Advances in Space Research and others.
  • Lead guest editor of the special issue “Remote sensing and Modeling of Atmospheric Dust and Studying its Impact on Environment, Weather, and Climate”, in Advances in Meteorology Journal, http://www.hindawi.com/journals/amete/si/745645/cfp/
  • Program Chair Interface 2013: Chapman University Symposium on Big Data and Analytics: 44th Symposium on the Interface of Computing Science and Statistics, http://www.chapman.edu/events/past-events/interface-2013/index.aspx
  • Received a notification about my chapter “Analyzing Black Cloud Dynamics over Cairo, Nile Delta Region and Alexandria using Aerosols and Water Vapor Data” that I have published with InTech in the book “Air Quality-Models and Applications” has so far been accessed 3000 times and has achieved impressive readership results.