Dr. Wael Ragab Ali Ibrahim Gaweish is a Consultant in Applied and Environmental Geophysics and serves as Technical Manager and Head of the Geophysics Department at Ahdth El-Ensha Contracting Company (AEC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as well as a Researcher at the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), Cairo, Egypt. He earned his Ph.D. in Geophysics from the Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State University for Geological Prospecting (MGRI), Moscow, with adissertation on geophysical methods for groundwater exploration in El-Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. With over 15 years of experience, Dr. Gaweish has led multidisciplinary projects in groundwater, archaeological, environmental, geothermal, and mineral investigations. He is skilled in various geophysical techniques— GPR, ERT, TEM, AMT, MT, CSAMT, gravity, and Magnetic methods — and in advanced modeling tools such as Oasis Montaj, RES2DINV, RADAN7, RES2dinv and RES3dinv , ArcGIS and other geophysical softwares. His research appears in Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio), Journal of Archaeological Prospection, and Journal of African Earth Sciences. A member of GSA, EGS, and ESSP, he focuses on integrating geophysical and hydrochemical methods for sustainable resource management and subsurface exploration in Egypt’s Western Desert and archaeological sites. I am passionate about applied geoscience, sustainable development, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics
Helwan, Egypt
Geomagnetic and Geoelectric Department
B.Sc. in Geophysics with distinction (Very Good with Honour)
Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
B.Sc. in Geophysics with distinction (Very Good with Honour), Al-Azhar University, Cairo – May 2007.
ParOwn Grant - Cycle "September 2011"
Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education, Egypt
ParOwn Grant Recipient, Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education – September 2011. Completed a three-month academic exchange at the Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Russia.
Full doctoral scholarship (2017 - 2021)
Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State University for Geological Prospecting (MGRI), Moscow, Russia
From 2017 to 2021, I pursued my doctoral studies at the Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State University for Geological Prospecting (MGRI) in Moscow, Russia, under a full scholarship. My Ph.D. research, titled “Complex Geophysical Methods for Groundwater Exploration at El-Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt,” was successfully completed, and I graduated in June 2021.
Manager
Ahdth El-Ensha Contracting Company (AEC Company), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
01 Dec 2024 - present
Researcher (Ph.D. In Geophysics)
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Helwan, Egypt
01 Mar 2022 - present
Researcher Assistant (M.Sc. in Geophysics)
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Helwan, Egypt
01 Oct 2013 - 01 Mar 2022
Assistant Researcher (B.Sc. in Geophysics)
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Helwan, Egypt
01 Mar 2009 - 01 Oct 2013
Geology Engineer
Egyptian Group for Engineering Consultation (EGEC), Giza, Egypt
01 Jan 2008 - 01 Mar 2009