Research Interests
- Δ17O systematics in water cycle and evaporites (e.g., Gypsum and Halite) and their applications to extract paleoclimate information in arid environments
- Traditional and clumped isotope systematics in cave environments and their implications for speleothem paleoclimatology
- Greening of the Sahara and early human migration out of Africa
- The formation mechanism(s) of carbonates and the history of atmospheric CO2 evolution on Mars
- Oxygen and carbon isotope fractionation in CO2 – brine system at a temperature range of +30 to -30 ℃
- Experimental simulation of natural systems in laboratory
Awards and Honors
2017: NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship, Johnson Space Center, USA
2015: Goldschmidt Conference Travel Grant, Prague, Czech Republic
2014: Walter Gibbins Memorial Travel Award, McMaster University, Canada
2013: Farouk El-Baz Research Award, Geological Society of America, USA
2012: McMaster International Excellence Award, McMaster University
2009: Erasmus Mundus Master Scholarship, European Union
2006: Egyptian Syndicate of Scientific Professions Award, Cairo, Egypt