Osama Terra received his BSc and MSc degrees in physics from Ain-Shams University, Egypt and the PhD degree from Hanover University, Germany. He has published more than 33 papers in high quality journals and more than 12 papers in conferences proceedings. He was awarded several patents from the Egyptian and USA patent offices. He is a member of the OPTICA and IOP and worked as a reviewer for several prestigious journals. He received several prizes including the best student paper award at a conference at the European Space Agency (ESA) and M. A. Lotfy award from the Egyptian Academy of Science.