Ahmed ElBaradei is working toward his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science at the University of Southern California. In 2008, ElBaradei graduated from the physics department, Tanta University in Egypt with a GPA of 4.0 summa cum laude. In 2012, he decided to come to the United States to continue his graduate studies. In June 2015, he has been awarded his Masters’s degree in Materials and Nanotechnology from NDSU. ElBaradei is an author and a co-author of seven peer-reviewed publications. ElBaradei founded and co-founded different organizations. In 2018, he founded the Middle Eastern Student Association at USC.