A.M.O. Mohamed is currently employed by Zayed University as associate provost and chief academic officer. He earned his PhD in Civil Engineering from McGill University, Canada. He was then employed by McGill University as associate director of the Geotechnical Research Centre and lecturer for Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics. He was Deputy Assistant Provost for Research, Research Director, Director of Research Support and Services Unit, and Professor of Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Engineering in UAE University. He has secured 13 patents (including 5 in carbon sequestration and a new apparatus for carbon sequestration) and authored/edited 18 books. He has also published over 250 papers in journals and international conference proceedings. He has been the recipient of several university and nationwide research accolades. He is currently editor-in-chief of Developments in Arid Regions Research Series, editorial board member of Journal of Environmental Geotechnics, and an executive board member of Arab Healthy Water Association.
