He has been graduated from Cairo university in 1996 with honors. He got his Masters degree from Al-Azhar university and his PhD from University of Zurich in 2009. He has done postdoctoral training at university of Freiburg in Germany. Then he joined university of Washington as a senior researcher in 2010. He is interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms of voltage-gated ion channels gating, selectivity, and inactivation. He is also interested in understanding the molecular basis of drug interaction with ion channels in general.