Amir Ismail is Director and Coordinator of the Petroleum and Mineral Sciences Program at Capital University (formerly 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 Helwan University SEG Evolve team 2024, Imperial Barrel Award (IBA) teams, achieving 2nd place in the Africa Region (2017, 2024).