Sherif M.M.H. Gomaa earned a B.Sc. in civil engineering (2009) and M.Sc. in structural engineering (2015) from Mansoura University, Egypt, and a Ph.D. in geotechnical engineering (2021) at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong. He currently works at the Department of Building and Real Estate (BRE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Hong Kong. His expertise is in the fields of geotechnical engineering, soil mechanics, geotechnics, centrifuge modeling, energy geostructures, geothermal energy, energy piles, pipe–soil interactions, and landslides.