Biography
Academic biography
A career that combines computer science scholarship, research leadership, higher education project management, and long-term international cooperation.
Professional profile
Full Professor of Computer Science at the German Jordanian University with research expertise in privacy-enhancing technologies, cybersecurity, distributed systems, blockchain, distributed ledger technologies, Internet of Things, and systems of systems. Extensive experience in EU- and DAAD-funded higher education projects, including grant acquisition, international academic cooperation, scholarship management, capacity building, and institutional development. Principal Investigator, Grant Holder, and Co-Principal Investigator in externally funded projects exceeding EUR 38 million, including EDU-SYRIA and SyrIA - Syrian Innovation in Academia.
Research interests
Research areas Privacy-enhancing technologies, cybersecurity, systems of systems, distributed ledger technologies, blockchain, Internet of Things, distributed and secure information systems, self-sovereign identity, and access control.
His research trajectory spans privacy engineering, cybersecurity, distributed systems, blockchain and distributed ledger technologies, the Internet of Things, self-sovereign identity, and access-control architectures for trustworthy digital environments.