- B.Sc. (Geology), Ain Shams University, Egypt.
- M.Sc (Geology), Cairo University, Egypt.
- Ph.D., Royal School of Mines, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, UK.
- Geologist and head of Mining Department (for seventeen years), Directorate General of Mineral Resources, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia
- Prof. of mining geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
- Director of Central of Applied Geology, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
- Dean of the Institute of Applied Geology (for seven years), King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
- Member of some international and Arabian Scientific Societies.
- Supervised and examined tens of M.Sc., Ph.D. and research projects.
- Member of the Scientific Council of King Abdulaziz University.
- Editor-in-Chief of JKAU Earth Sciences, for nine years.
- Deputy, then Head of the Board of trustees of Arab Petroleum Training Institute of OAPEC, for fourteen years.
- Published hundreds of research articles in local and international journals.
- Published many text books (Arabic and English Editions).