Dr. Mabrouk Sami studied Geochemistry at Minia University, Egypt, and graduated with an MS in 2011. He then joined the research group of Prof. Theodoros Ntaflos at the Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna (Austria). He received his PhD degree in 2018 at the same institution. After a one-year postdoctoral fellowship, supervised by Prof. Dr. Rainer Abart at the University of Vienna (Austria), he obtained the position of Assistant Professor at the Geology Department, Minia University. He has published several research articles in peer-reviewed international journals.