Dr. Sherif Akl is a Professor of Geotechnical Engineering in the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Research Laboratory in Cairo University. He is a passionate geomechanicist who is dedicated to bridging the gap between academic research in computational geomechanics and proper utilization of numerical analysis in project design. This is the main reason for founding the Computational Geomechanics Research Group in Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering (CGRG-CUFE).

Through time, his responsibilities have increased at Cairo University, heading the Education Quality Assurance Unit in the Faculty of Engineering, and directing the Development Research and Technological Planning Center of the University. Henceforth, he always works on trying to improve the world around him just as far as his abilities would permit, as per the blessed verse from the Quran “I desire naught save reform so far as I am able.” (Hud 88).