AWARDS & RECOGNITION

• 2012: Invited to be a Member of the Review panel of Natural Hazards Journal. Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards.
• 2010: Awarded a certificate of recognition of my efforts and contribution in the organization of the third GIS forum, at SQU.
• 2009: Awarded a letter of recognition for the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Postgraduate studies and Scientific Research for my efforts and contribution in the organization of the First International Conference of Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change, Co-sponsored by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), Muscat 8-11 March 2009
• 2009: Awarded a certificate of recognition of my efforts and contribution in the organization of the second GIS forum, at SQU
• 2008: Awarded a certificate of recognition of my efforts and contribution in the organization of the first GIS forum, at SQU
• 2007: Invited Organizer session of “ GIS and Remote sensing applications in the Middle East”, The 5th International Conference on Computing , Communications, and Control Technologies :CCCT 2007 , July 12-15,2007- Orlando, Florida, USA
• 2005: Invited to be a Member of the Review panel of IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing Journal.
• 2004: Invited to be a Member of the Review panel of the International Journal of Remote Sensing.
• 2001: Awarded the best GIS paper prize on the 9th annual conference of GIS Research UK, Wales, 18-20 April, (2001).
• 1999: Awarded the Best Research Prize about “Agricultural Integration in the Arab World”, Dar So’ad Al-Sabah Prize, Kuwait, (1999).
• 1999: Awarded a Governmental Scholarship (From Egypt) for Postgraduate studies from March. 1999 till July 2004.
• 1998: Awarded Best Research prize about “National Union in Egypt, Egyptian Society for Culture and Enlightenment. (1998)
• 1989: Awarded Best Student Prize, Alexandria University, Egypt (1989).
• 1989: Awarded Best paper prize, Alexandria University (1989).
• 1988: Awarded Best paper prize, Alexandria University (1988).
• 1987: Awarded Best paper prize, Alexandria University (1987).
• 1986: Awarded Best paper prize, Alexandria University (1986)

Reviewer for Refereed Journals and Scientific bodies:

1. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing Journal [IEEE].

[http://www.grss-ieee.org/publications/transactions/]

2. International Scientific Academy of Engineering & Technology (ISAET), International Scientific Committee

[http://www.isaet.org/committees.php]

3. Planetary Scientific Research Center (PSRC), Technical Committee

[http://psrcentre.org/page.php?subcid=62&pageid=230]

4. International Journal of Remote Sensing [Taylor & Francis].

[http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tres20/33/2]

5. Natural Hazards [Springer]

[http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/natural+hazards/journal/11069]

6. Ecological Modelling [Elsevier]

[http://www.journals.elsevier.com/ecological-modelling/]

7. Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), [Qatar Foundation]

[http://www.qnrf.org/]

8. The Research Council (TRC), Oman

[http://home.trc.gov.om/tabid/40/language/en-US/Default.aspx]

9. The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences [Elsevier].

[http://www.elsevier.com/wps/product/cws_home/723780]

10. Gulf Geographic Society Journal