Prof Mahmoud Abdel-Aty completed his doctorate in quantum optics at Max-Plank Institute of Quantum Optics, Munch, Germany in 1999. He was promoted to associate professor at 2004 and full professor at 2009. He received the D. Sc. (Doctor of Science), in 2007. Now he is a full professor and head of Mathematics Department at Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt. He is a general director of Natural Sciences Publishing USA and Editor-in-Chief of Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences (an International Journal), an editorial board member for several international journals. He has published over 180 papers in international refereed journals, two books and five book chapters. He has awarded several national and international prizes, such as World Academy of Sciences (Egypt Section) prize in mathematics, state prize, Egypt, Abdel-Hameed Shoman Prize, Jourdan, Amin Lotfy Prize, Fayza Al-Khoraphy prize etc. He is especially well known for seminal contributions to theories of quantum measurement, nanomechanical modeling, highly non-classical light, practical information security, and optical implementations of quantum information tasks. His current research interests include optical and atomic implementations of quantum information tasks and protocols.
