
Amir Ismail is Director and Coordinator of the Petroleum and Mineral
Sciences Program at Helwan University (Sep 2024–Present), where he leads
academic and research initiatives. He holds a B.Sc. in Geophysics and
Seismology (2007), an M.Sc. (2014), and a Ph.D. (2020) from Helwan University,
Egypt. His postgraduate research focused on advanced geophysical techniques,
including seismic data processing, stratigraphy, attributes, rock physics,
seismic inversion, and machine learning applications. His international
research experience includes a two-year joint Ph.D. supervision (2018–2020) at
Università di Napoli Federico II, Department of Physics "Ettore
Pancini," Italy. He subsequently held a research fellowship (2021–2022),
contributing to a seismic imaging project of the Solfatara crater (Campi
Flegrei caldera, Italy) to map shallow fluid migration pathways. As a Fulbright
Scholar (2023–2024), he conducted research at the Geophysics Lab, Texas A&M
University-Corpus Christi. His scholarly excellence is recognized by Helwan
University's Research Excellence Award for Ph.D. students (2020–2021) and Best
Scholar Prize (2022–2023). He also mentors' future geoscientists as faculty
advisor for the Imperial Barrel Award (IBA) teams, achieving 2nd place in the
Africa Region (2017, 2024).