Dr. M. Elhagarey has a PhD at irrigation and drainage, 2010, He works as an associate Prof. at the Desert Research Center, and a head of irrigation and drainage unit, Soil Conservation and Water Resources department, And recently he is a Egyptian PI of INNOVATIVE AND ENHANCED NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN WATERCYCLE in short NICE  which funded by H2020-EU. And PI of research project  “Innovative and nature-based solutions to adapt to the climate in Egypt,  he was awarded E&D Forum and AWC award of  best water saving and reuse award, 2022,   Kashida Prize for Scientific Excellence in The Field of Agricultural and Bioengineering,2019,  “ICID WatSave Awards 2016”under ‘WatSave Young Professional Award’ Also, he is the winner of  TWAS-ARO Young Arab Scientist (YAS) Prize 2016 with the topic “The Implementation of Food Security Research for the Arab Region Sustainability”, moreover, South-South Co-operation office of UN (UNOSSC) approved  innovation SWMR as a solution for water crisis, and services a five of UNSDGs.

He records many patents, scientific projects, having publications (Article researches, Books, Bulletins, Reports, posters, and journals), and works in Africa, Asia and Europe in the scientific research fields. He  he is a member of international and national Societies. Recently he has been an Accreditation and Quality Assurance Bureau member in DRC, Provisional Member of the Working Group on Water Saving in Irrigated Areas (WG-WATS, ICID),