Professor Moataz Attallah received his BSc (with highest honours) and MSc in Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering from the American University in Cairo. He completed his PhD in Metallurgy and Materials Science at the University of Birmingham. 

He worked for three years as a Research Fellow at the University of Manchester’s School of Materials with Professor Michael Preuss (2007-10). During this time, he spent a brief spell at Osaka University in Japan. 

He returned to the University of Birmingham as a Lecturer in Advanced Materials Processing and was appointed to a Chair in Advanced Materials Processing in August 2014 – before taking on the role of Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer in 2023. 

We were delighted to welcome him to the University as the Dean of the School of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering in September 2025. 

He leads the Advanced Materials and Processing Lab (AMPLab). Since 2010, the Group has raised research funding in excess of £15 million – participating in several research programmes and Doctoral Training Centres funded by EPSRC, UKRI, the EU, European Space Agency and global industry partners. 

Moataz has given TV interviews and delivered lectures about his research, Additive Manufacturing and career development internationally. He has held honorary visiting positions at universities across the USA, Canada, Brazil, Italy, China and Egypt.