Prof. Gad El-Qady, is a Professor of Applied Geophysics working in the area of application of Geophysical techniques for, but not limited to, Environmental investigations, archaeological, geotechnical, groundwater, geothermal investigations. Currently, Prof. El-Qady is working as a vice president of the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), Egypt. During 2017 he was the acting president of the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Egypt. He got his PhD from Kyushu University, Japan on 2001. Since that time is an active member of the Egyptian Geophysical community. Prof. El-Qady supervised many post graduate students at different Egyptian universities.Prof. El-Qady, is the managing editor of the journal of National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) and has published many scientific papers, reviews, in peer reviewed international journals among them: archaeology, Earth Planets Space, Journal of African Earth Science, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, ….etc and he is Participated in several international Conferences and functioning as a referee for international Journals. He also organized several international conferences such as the 20^th EMIW, ACAG5th, and AFSC2016.

He is also a working group committee member of the Electromagnetic induction in the earth (WMIW) that is now Div No. 6 of the IAGA (2008-2016).