• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
• Medical Imaging analysis
• Explainable AI
• Applications of Machine Learning in Medicine and Business

• Programme Lead of the MSc AI for Health
• (CS2IAI) Introduction to Artificial Intellegence
• (CS2TP) Team Project
• (CS4870) Team Project

• (Jun 2024 – present) Senior Lecturer at Applied AI and Robotics department, College of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Aston University, UK.
• (Sep 2021 – Jun 2024) Lecturer at at Applied AI and Robotics department, College of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Aston University, UK.
• (Jan 2020 – Aug 2021) Senior Lecturer at school of Computing and Digital Technology, Faculty of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment (CEBE), Birmingham City University (BCU), UK
• (Jan 2018 – Dec 2019) Lecturer at school of Computing and Digital Technology, CEBE, BCU, UK
• (Aug 2015 - Dec 2018) Research Fellow at the Institute of clinical sciences, School of Dentistry, The University of Birmingham (UoB), UK.
• (Sep 2014 – Jul 2015) Teaching Fellow at The School of Computer Science, UoB, UK.
• (Jan 2014 – Sep 2014) Research Fellow in Machine Learning at The School of Computer Science, UoB, UK.
• (Mar 2009 – Apr 2010) Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Media Engineering and Technology - Computer Science Department, German University in Cairo (GUC), Cairo, Egypt.
• (Sep 2004 – Feb 2009) Teaching Assistance, Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences – Information System Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Co-supervising the following RA and PhD research projects:

• (2025 – present) Developing a Digital Twin of the Lungs for Enhanced Treatment Simulation in a Metaverse Environment  Aston University - second supervisor. 
• (2024 – present)  Responsible AI-Driven Decision Support Systems for Enhanced Paediatric Healthcare.  Aston University, Main supervisor. 
• (2024 – present) Unlocking sleep patterns with advanced data-driven models. Aston University, second supervisor. 
• (2023 – present) Applications of machine learning in paediatric medical imaging segmentation triaging, Engineering for Health. Aston University, second supervisor. 
• (2019 - present) Intrusion Detection for Industrial Control Systems by Machine Learning using Privileged Information. BCU, External supervisor 
• RA Supervision (Jan – June 2025) Generative AI to improve Medical Education (EPS and Aston Medical School)
• RA Supervision (Jan – Nov 2025) EPSRC Impact Builder funding.
• RA Supervision (Jan – March 2024) ADFI prime funding.
• RA Supervision (April – July 2022) RKE prime funding

Completed PhD supervision:

• (2018 - 2022) Machine Learning Framework for Intelligent Detection of Phishing Websites. Award receievd in 2022. Birmingham City University.

• (Jan 25 → Jan 28) PhD studentship. Responsible AI-Driven Decision Support Systems for Enhanced Paediatric Healthcare (Principal Investigator). Funder and partner: Birmingham Womens and Childrens Hospital: £40,000.00
• (Nov 24- June 25, Aston University)  HLS Teaching Research Fund: Interdisciplinary collaboration to drive innovation in medical education. Co-Principal Investigator (£1,1500)
• (Oct 2024 - Oct 2025, Aston University) EPSRC IAA Impact Builder Award (£33,120.52) (Principal Investigator): Responsible AI in Medical Imaging: An Interdisciplinary Educational Initiative. Partners: Sandwell Hospital NHS Trust, ACAIRA
• (Jan 2024 – Jul 2024, Aston University) ADFI: First seedcorn/pump priming funds (£3000). Designing a Human-Centric User Interface for an Explainable Artificial Intelligence Tool in Radiology Imaging.  (Principal Investigator) Partners: Sandwell Hospital NHS Trust, Aston Digital Futures institute.
• (Mar 2022 – August 2022, Aston University) Aston RKE pump priming fund (£14000). Machine learning-based tool for detecting chest diseases. (Principal Investigator) Partners: Sandwell Hospital NHS Trust
• (July 2021 – present, Aston University) ESRC project “Understanding how servitization can impact UK economic productivity and environmental performance” (total grant £1,849,775.15)  (www.servitization.ac.uk) (co-investigator)
• (2019 – 2021, Birmingham City University) Principle investigator of the PERSEUS project - an Innovate UK/APC (Advanced Propulsion Centre) funded project led by Jaguar Land Rover. Total grant £199,000.00. (Project Perseus)
• (2020 – 2021, Birmingham City University) Project leader for Innovate UK, Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project: 4Net Technologies (£ 210,523).
• (2020 – 2021, Birmingham City University) Academic supervisor for Innovate UK, KTP project MET ( £181,788) – July 2020.
• (2018 – 2020, Birmingham City University) Academic advisor of Innovate UK, Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project - Kadfire (total grant £136,487)
• (2015 – 2018, University of Birmingham) Research Fellow on project funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (Novel context-based segmentation algorithms for intelligent microscopy)
• (Jan 2014 – Sep 2014) Research Fellow in Machine Learning at The School of Computer Science, The University of Birmingham, UK. Project funded by Ramsay research.