Chair
National Water Research Center
Dr. Mona Moustafa El-Kady is President of the National Water Research Center in Cairo, Egypt. She is also Director of the Water Resources Strategic Program and Director of the National Water Availability Management Project (NAWQAM). While working with the National Water Research Center, she has directed several USAID projects, the Survey Mapping Project, and the Water Quality Monitoring projects. Prior to her work with the National Water Research Center, she worked as a research assistant in the Ministry of Irrigation and as a visiting professor at Colorado State University.
Dr. El-Kady graduated with a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Ain Shams University in Egypt and obtained her M.Sc. in Civil Engineering as an Irrigation and Drainage Specialist. She received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Ain Shams University. Dr. El-Kady has been a member of more than 10 international organizations, including the Board of Governors of IMII, an important World Bank organization.