He earned his BEng degree (2005) from the High National School of Public Works, Algeria, and his PhD (2009) degree from the Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania. Dr. Moussa has successfully supervised MSc and PhD students from different institutions and has authored and co-authored several publications in the area of Earthquake Engineering. His research interests include vibration isolation of structures, Performance-Based Seismic Design numerical modeling of structures and structural systems.