Dec 2025 – Present: Recipient of a Deanship of Research and Innovation Programs Grant, University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Grant No. UJ-25-SUTU-20847). I am working on a research project entitled "NAVIS", a neuromorphic navigation system designed to support visually impaired users.
Mar 2023 – Present: Recipient of a Deanship of Scientific Research and Innovation Grant, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Salt, Jordan (Grant No. DSR-2021#494). I am working on a research project entitled "IR4.0 Innovation: The Role of Blockchain Technology in the Development of Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Facilities". The project aims to create a distributed ledger that enables secure, tamper-proof record-keeping of transactions, data, and digital assets. By establishing a secure, decentralised system, it seeks to transform the manufacturing industry by streamlining supply chains, enhancing transparency, and improving the efficiency of manufacturing processes.
May 2021 – Present: Recipient of a Deanship of Scientific Research and Innovation Grant, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Salt, Jordan (Grant No. DSR-2021#406). I am working on a research project entitled "Detecting Android Ransomware Based on a Hybrid Evolutionary Framework Adapting JAYA and Simulated Annealing Algorithms". The project focuses on mobile security, mobile malware analysis, mobile digital forensics, and artificial intelligence.
Feb 2021 – Nov 2022: Recipient of a Deanship of Scientific Research and Innovation Grant, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Salt, Jordan (Grant No. DSR-2021#388). I worked on a research project entitled "A Binary Grey Wolf Optimizer with Time-Varying Scheme for IoT Botnet Attack Detection". The project focused on IoT security, malware analysis, digital forensics, honeynets, and zero-day attacks.
Jan 2017 – Dec 2017: Recipient of a Research Incentive Fund (RIF) Grant, Zayed University Research Cluster Award (Award No. R17079, AED 329,200), United Arab Emirates. I worked on a research project entitled "A Multilayer Framework for Assurance and Secure Networking". The project focused on website security, sentiment analysis, authorship attribution, honeynets, and zero-day attacks.
Apr 2011 – Dec 2014: Researcher, Network and System Security Laboratory (NSCLab), Deakin University, Australia. The lab is dedicated to network and system security research, with a primary goal of solving security, privacy, reliability, trust, and performance problems in complex network and system environments.
Apr 2011 – Dec 2014: Researcher, Securing Cyberspace Research Laboratory, Australia. The lab works in critical infrastructure protection, data and information security and privacy, Internet security, and digital forensics, with a mission to expand the research base in information security and privacy and to train students in this area.
Jul 2012 – Sep 2012: Researcher on the project "Protecting Smartphones from Malware" at the University of South Australia (UniSA). The project was funded by Stratsec, a BAE Systems company and one of Australia's leading cybersecurity consulting firms.