Prof Aboel Naga is the Head of Engineering Department at La Trobe University, Australia, and Adjunct Professor at Chongqing University, China. Previously, he was Senior Lecturer and Leader of Geo-Engineering at The University of Manchester, UK; Senior lecturer at The University of Auckland, New Zealand; and Research fellow at Monash University, Australia.

He has over 25-year experience in geotechnical engineering, specialising in soil behaviour under multi-physical coupled processes. Applications of this research area include nuclear waste disposal technology, methane hydrate mining technique, energy foundations, ground improvement, landfill lining system, and more.

Aboel Naga has over 100 publications in international refereed journals and conferences. He served as panellist for National Science Foundation (USA) and assessor for Swiss National Science Foundation, and Australian Research Council. Moreover, he is Guest Editor and member of editorial team of several international engineering journals.