Prof. El-Newehy is currently Professor at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt. He was a visiting professor at Donghua University, Shanghai, China and at Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea. He was a Postdoctoral at Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Japan, from December 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009, and a Postdoctoral (ICS-UNIDO Fellow), BIOLAB, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, from June 1, 2008 to November 30, 2008. Moreover, he was a research scholar at the Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, and at the Department of Chemistry, Colleague of Humanities & Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA, from May 22, 2002 to May 22, 2004, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA. In addition, He is a Member of American Chemical Society, Saudi Chemical Society and Egyptian Society of Polymer Science and Technology. He has more than 120 publications with over of 3000 citations (h-index 28). He is a reviewer of scientific journals. He has received Tanta University and King Saud University Research Awards. Also, he has received Distinguished Research Award "7thposition", 2010 (1431-1432 H), King Saud University, Saudi Arabia (31 January 2011) and his name was enrolled in Rector's List for Distinguished Research and Inventors". He received King Saud University Award for Scientific Excellence; Research Quality Award: Science and Engineering 1436 H (2015 G), For Academic Year 1435/1436 H (2014/2015 G) King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, 1/8/1436 H (19/5/2015 G).