Biography

Education

Pennsylvania State University, University Park

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering   (Aug. 2012 – Dec. 2018)
  Advisor: Aylin Yener
  Thesis: Information theoretic security guarantees against more capable adversaries
  
• M.A. in Mathematics      (Aug. 2014 – Aug. 2017)
  Advisor: Jan Reimann
  Master’s Paper: Information theoretic interpretation of Szemer´edi’s regularity lemma

Nile University, Cairo, Egypt

• M.Sc. in Wireless Communications     (Oct. 2010 – Aug. 2012)
  Advisors: Karim Seddik, Mohammed Nafie, Hesham El Gamal
  Thesis: On the Z-interference channel: Diversity-multiplexing-delay tradeoff

Alexandria University, Egypt

• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering      (Sep. 2005 – Jul. 2010)
  Graduation project: Opportunistic multiple access in cognitive radios

Work experience

Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO           (Aug. 2024 – Present)

• Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering

University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI           (Aug. 2020 – Aug. 2024)

• Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA        (Mar. 2019 – Jun. 2020)

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Penn State University, University Park, PA            (Aug. 2012 – Dec. 2018)

• Graduate Research Assistant, Electrical Engineering

Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA           (Sep. 2017 – Dec. 2017)

• Visiting Researcher, Information Systems Lab

Nile University, Giza, Egypt      (Oct. 2010 – Aug. 2012)

• Graduate Research Assistant, Wireless Intelligent Networks Center

Awards and Honors

• Elevated to IEEE Senior Member, August 2024.
• NSF 22-598 Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) Award. Amount = $174,850
• University of Detroit Mercy Professor Union Faculty Research Award: (2022-23) and (2024-25): Total amount = $32,400
• EE Dept. Nominee: Engineering College’s Distinguished Teaching Fellowship, Penn State, 2017-2018.
• Merit-based two-year departmental fellowship, Penn State, EE Dept., Fall 2012-Spring 2014.
• Student travel awards: IEEE ICC 2012; IEEE ISIT 2015, 2016, 2017; NA School of Info.Theory 2016, 2017.
• Certificate of Merit, First Class Honors, B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Alexandria University, 2005-2010.
• Ranked in the top 1.2% in cumulative grade for undergrad studies, Class of 2010, Electrical Engineering, Alexandria University.