Talal Awwad received a PhD in technical sciences specializing in geotechnics. In 1992, Since September 1992, he has been an academic member of the Department of Geotechnical Engineering at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the University of Damascus in Syria. He combined his academic activities with industrial engineering and consulting. During this time, he held the following positions:  Head of Soil Mechanics Unit at the Civil Engineering faculty of Damascus University in Syria from 1993 to 2006.  General Director of the International Consulting Engineering Company (ICEC) in Damascus from 2006 to 2010.  General Director of GeoFundament Consulting Engineers in Damascus from 2010 to 2015.  Deputy General Director at Georeconstruction Group in Saint-Petersburg from December 2015 to the present. Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Directors at NEC, the National Earthquake Center in the Syrian Arab Republic, and a certified environmental impact assessment (EIA) expert. He has also worked as a visiting professor at Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering in 2016 and 2021; Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 2019; L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, 2021 and 2022; Ualikhanov University, Kokshetau, 2021 and 2022; Egyptian University of Islamic Culture Nur-Mubarak, 2022, International Educational Corporation (Kazakh Leading Architecture and Civil Engineering Academy - KAZGASA 2021-2025