Islam Ashry

About Islam Ashry

Islam Ashry

Senior Research Scientist, Photonics Laboratory

Optical sensors Fiber-optic sensors optical communication machine learning

Senior Research Scientist with over 10 years of experience in optics, specializing in developing optical sensors as real-world solutions for underwater exploration, smart agriculture, and the oil and gas industry. Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), IEEE, and IEEE Photonics Society. Fellow in the Institute of Physics

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November 2025

Innovative research earns Islam Ashry election as Fellow of the Institute of Physics

3 min read · Thu, Nov 20 2025

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Dr. Islam Ashry has been elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics in recognition of his impactful photonics-based research.

January 2023

KAUST researchers win 2022 International Date Palm Innovative Technology Excellence Prize

3 min read · Tue, Jan 17 2023

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KAUST researchers Dr. Islam Ashry, Dr. Chun Hong Kang and Professor Boon S. Ooi were part of a team that recently won the 2022 International Date Palm Innovative Technology Excellence Prize from the National Center for Palm and Dates (NCPD).

September 2021

From KAUST Impact: Saving the Kingdom’s Crops

1 min read · Mon, Sep 27 2021

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The 2021 Spring Issue of KAUST Impact featured an article highlighting the KAUST Photonics Lab's effort "to alleviate the negative impacts the pest is having on Saudi Arabia’s date industry." "Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s leading producers of dates, with a 20% share of global production. In addition to being a major source of economic revenue, the fruit holds a distinct place in the Kingdom’s traditions and culture: a date palm features prominently on the country’s coat of arms. However, this iconic plant faces a growing threat from the red palm weevil, a 2- to 4-cm beetle originating

May 2020

Light sensors detect larval pests munching on date palms

1 min read · Mon, May 4 2020

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Optical fibers wrapped around date palm trunks could help detect this tree’s most destructive pest early enough to save it.

April 2019

Islam Ashry elevated to the rank of Senior Member of IEEE

1 min read · Mon, Apr 22 2019

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Congratulations to Dr. Islam Ashry on his elevation to the grade of IEEE Senior member.

March 2019

EE Graduate Seminar by Dr. Islam Ashry

1 min read · Sun, Mar 3 2019

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Optical fiber sensors possess numerous advantages including immunity to electromagnetic interference, harsh environment operation, and miniature size. One attractive category of them is the distributed optical fiber sensors which can measure several parameters, such as temperature and vibration, along the entire. Such distributed optical fiber sensors are used in a myriad of important applications such as oil and gas industry, real-time structural health monitoring, and aerospace transportation, among others. In this talk, we summarize the operation principles of the optical fiber distributed