Short Bio

Education and Research Experience

• Jan. 2024 : Present –  Lecturer – Department of Computer Science, University of Exeter

• Jan. 2024 : Present –  Honorary Lecturer – Department of Computer Science, University College London

• Jan. 2022 : Jan. 2024 – Research fellow within the $45M Wellcome Leap multidisciplinary project – University College London

• Jul. 2019: Dec. 2021 – Research fellow within  the £4M University Defence and Research Collaboration (UDRC) multidisciplinary project– Heriot-Watt University and The University of Edinburgh, UK

• Oct. 2015 : Oct. 2018 – PhD student within the £14M Proteus multidisciplinary project – Heriot- Watt University, UK

• Sept. 2013 : Aug. 2015 – Erasmus Mundus joint Masters in Computer Vision and Robotics (VIBOT) – University of Burgundy (France), University of Girona (Spain), and Heriot-Watt University (UK)

• Feb. 2013 : Aug. 2013 – Research Internship – Biomedical Engineering Department, Helwan University, Egypt, and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

• Jul. 2012 : Sept. 2013 – Teaching Assistant – Biomedical Engineering Department, Helwan University, Egypt

Honours and Awards

• • • • Oct. 2017 – Best PhD performance award from the £14M Proteus project, UK

      • Oct. 2016 – Best PhD student award from Heriot-Watt University, UK

      • Oct. 2015 – James Watt fully funded PhD scholarship, Heriot-Watt University, UK

      • Aug. 2015 – Distinction in Erasmus Mundus Joint MSc in Computer Vision and Robotics (Heriot-Watt University, University of Burgund, and University of Girona)

      • Sept. 2013 – Erasmus Mundus joint masters fully funded scholarship awarded by the European Commission

      • May 2011  – Young Innovators’ Award for excellence in BEng. graduation projects, Egypt

      • Sept. 2011 – Annual Academic Distinction Award (first in class with honour degree) by Helwan University, Egypt