Ashraf Elrokh was born in Melig, Shebin El-Kom, Menoufia, Egypt, in 1968. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in pure mathematics from the faculty of science, at Menoufia University in 1994 and the Ph.D. degree in pure mathematics (functional analysis) from the faculty of mathematics and information at Grethwald University in Germany in 2004. in addition to more than 26 years of teaching and academic experience. Among his research interests are knot theory, graph theory, functional analysis, and operation research.