I am one of the reviewers for submissions made to: • Gondwana Research • Ore Geology Reviews • Lithos • J. African Earth Sciences • J. Geochemical Exploration • Mineralium Deposita • Lithos • Arabian Journal of Geosciences • International J. Earth Sciences

Reviewer for research projects submitted to the Beni Suef University research Center, Egypt

Chair of the mineralogy and mineral deposits session in the 7th International Symposium on Middle East Geology, held in Amman, Jordan, April 2011

Setting-up a quality assurance and accreditation system (QAAP) for the Faculty of Science, Benha University. Academic project sponsored by the European Union in cooperation with the Ministry of High Education, Egypt.

Examiner for projects submitted to the Georgian National Science Foundation (Rustaveli Foundation) 2008-to present

Associate editor in the 9th international conference on the Geology of the Arab World (GAW 9), Cairo University, March 2008

External expert in a research project: Geology, geochemistry and genesis of the chromitite ores in Çankiri Basin, Central Anatolia-Turkey. Research project sponsored by the General Directorate of Mineral Research & Exploration, Turkey.

Member in research project: Geological and structural mapping of the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt: Structural and metallogenic emphasizes. Research project sponsored by the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology and Cairo University.