Professor Gad El-Qady, is a Professor of Applied Geophysics working in the area of application of Geophysical techniques for, but not limited to, Environmental investigations, archaeological, geotechnical, groundwater and geothermal investigations. Currently, Prof El-Qady is working as a president of the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) since Jan 2019. Between July 2018 and Jan 2019, he was appointed as Vice President and international relations coordinator of the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) since 2015.
During 2017 he was the acting president of the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), in Egypt. From July 2016 to Jan 2017, he was the head of Geomagnetic department at the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG). While during 2013-2014 he was the coordinator of the international relations of Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST).
Prof El-Qady was the science and culture attaché of Egypt in Japan from Feb 2010 to June 2013. During 2003 to 2005 he was JSPS visiting Professors at Kyushu University, that same group where He obtained his PhD in 2001. Since that time he is an active member of the Egyptian Geophysical community. Prof El-Qady supervised many post-graduate students at different Egyptian universities. He is the managing editor of the journal of the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) and has published many scientific papers, reviews, in peer-reviewed international journals among them: archaeology, Earth Planets Space, Journal of African Earth Science, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, ….etc and he participates in several international Conferences and functioning as a referee for international Journals. He also organized several international conferences such as the 20th EMIW, ACAG5th, AFSC2016.
Prof El-Qady is also a working group committee member of the Electromagnetic induction in the earth (WMIW) that is now Div No. 6 of the IAGA (2008-2016). He holds a PhD in Engineering Geophysics from Kyushu University, Japan.
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