Amer Kotb received his PhD and MSc in Electronics in 2012 and 2006, respectively, after completing his doctoral research in the Department of Physics at the University of Connecticut, USA. He currently serves as an Associate Professor in the School of Chips at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) and as a Professor of Physics at the Faculty of Science at Fayoum University, Egypt.

Previously, Amer was an Associate Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 2017 to 2023 and held the position of Assistant Professor and Vice Head of the Physics Department at Northern Border University in Saudi Arabia from 2012 to 2015. His current research focuses on investigating and simulating all-optical logic devices using various optical waveguides.

Amer has published over 78 peer-reviewed journal papers as the first and corresponding author in prestigious journals, including Optics Letters, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Optics and Laser Technology, Optics Communications, Physica Scripta, Applied Physics, Micromachines, Optik, Photonics, and Electronics. He actively contributes as a reviewer for numerous scientific optics journals and has examined several master's and doctoral theses from India, Pakistan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia.

His accolades include the Talent Young Scientist Program (TYSP), which he received twice in 2019 and 2020, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI), awarded three times in 2019, 2022, and 2023. Additionally, Amer has secured the Research Development Fund (RDF) from XJTLU for 2023-2026. In 2024, Amer has been awarded the XJTLU Research Excellence Award. He has been recognized as one of the world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University for five consecutive years (2020-2024). (https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/6).

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I see modeling and simulation as tools that help scientists and engineers in guiding experiments, understanding deeply their experimental findings, and envisioning new device applications. My current research activities include the investigation and simulation of all-optical logic devices using different optical waveguides, such as silicon waveguides, metamaterials waveguides, and different SOAs technologies.

Teaching Assistant - Fayoum University - 2002 - 2006

Lecturer - Fayoum University - 2006 - 2012

PhD Researcher - Connecticut University - 2009 - 2011

Assistant Professor - Northern Borders University - 2012 - 2015

Assistant Professor - Fayoum University - 2012-2018

Associate Professor - Chinese Academy of Sciences - 2017 - 2023

Associate Professor - Fayoum University - 2018 - 2023

Full Professor - Fayoum University - 2023 - Present

Associate Professor - XJTLU - 2023 - Present

Optical Amplifiers (EDFAs, SOAs)

Optical Fibers

Communications Systems

Electricity and Magnetism

Digital Electronics

Electronics

Electric Circuits

Classical Mechanics

MES209TC: Electromagnetism and Electromechanics - XJTLU

MES201TC: Advanced Power Eectronics and Electric Ciruits

• 2024: XJTLU Research Excellence Award
• 2024: Top 2% of the best global scientists in the Physics field according to the list compiled by Stanford University,USA.
• 2023: Top 2% of the best global scientists in the Physics field according to the list compiled by Stanford University,USA.
• 2010-2024: Excellence Award in International Scientific Publication from Fayoum University, Fayoum 63514, Egypt.
• 2009-2011: Full Joint Scholarship: Connecticut University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics, USA under the supervision of Prof. Niloy Dutta.
• 2019-2020: Talented Young Scientist Program (TYSP): Supported by China Science and Technology Exchange Center of Ministry of Science and Technology of China (http://www.ciomp.ac.cn/xwdt/zhxw/201812/t20181220_5218779.html).
• 2019-2022: CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) (Young Staff): Supported by Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
• 2020-2021: Extend Talented Young Scientist Program (TYSP): Supported by China Science and Technology Exchange Center of Ministry of Science and Technology of China
• 2021 One of the best 2% of the worlds scientists: PLOS Biology (Stanford University).
• 2021 Best Researcher Award: VDGOOD Professional Association, India.
• 2022-2023: CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) (Visiting Scientist): Supported by Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. (http://english.ciomp.cas.cn/News/News_son/202111/t20211119_292532.html?fbclid=IwAR00j5Da7ZOx1v51d181tFKlquJ39VAO_czGyFHcg5lNTJHaZkJ_P5Pe3-s)
• 2022: Top 2% of the best global scientists in the Physics field according to the list compiled by Stanford University, USA.