Education

o Ph.D., Engineering – Columbia University

o M.Phil., Engineering – Columbia University

o M.S., Engineering – Columbia University

o B.S., Engineering – Cairo University

Academic and Professional Leadership

o Vice-Chancellor for Research & Collaborations, Rutgers University-Newark (2014-2018), Rutgers University

o Founding Director of the Rutgers Institute for Data Science, Learning, and Applications (I- DSLA) (2014-present), Rutgers University

o Founder and Director of the Rutgers Center for Information Management, Integration and Connectivity (CIMIC), a university research center (1996-Present), Rutgers University

o Co-founder and Director of the Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute (MERI) (1998-2006), Rutgers University

o Chair of the MS/CIS Department at Rutgers University (1992-1996), Rutgers University

o Member of the International Advisory Board, Institute of Public Safety Research, Tsinghua University, China (2013-present)

Faculty Positions

o 1975-present Rutgers University

o 2017-Present Professor of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School 

o 2012-Present Distinguished Professor of Computer & Information Systems 

o 1991-2012 Professor of Computer & Information Systems 

o 1982-1991 Associate Professor of Computer & Information Systems 

o 1975-1982 Assistant Professor of Computer & Information Systems

o 1996-1997 Visiting Professor, Columbia University

o 3/84-7/84 Visiting Professor, Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Government Experience

o 3/30/2009-01/31/2013 IPA Assignment – Science & Technology Directorate, US Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC

o Fellow, Senior Program Manager and Branch Chief

o Hold active TS‐SCI security clearance and an active COTR certificate.

o Award: “Honorable Mention for the 2010 Under-Secretary’s Award for Science and Technology”, US Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate