Professor El-Raey obtained his PhD in Space Physics; University of California, Berkeley (1971). Upon his return to Egypt, he initiated and chaired the first Department of Environmental Studies, and former Dean of the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alexandria (1994-2004). He is a member of the Prime Minister’s National Committee on Climate Change in Egypt, Chairman of the Sector Committee on Environment, Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities (2007-to date). He is Environment Advisor, Arab Academy of Science, Technology and Maritime Transport and presently is working to initiate the Regional Arab Centre for Disaster Risk Reduction. Has received many awards. He has published extensively on problems of remote sensing, climate change and vulnerability of the coastal zone of Egypt.