Emeritus Professor of Economics at Ohio State University, the USA, and Distinguished Professor at Nile University, Egypt.  Also, former Chairman of the BOT of the Economic Research Forum for Arab Countries, Iran, and Turkey, and a Member of the Delta Insurance Board of Directors.    

Professor Hassan Aly served in the faculty of The Ohio State University, Department of Economics, and has gone through the ranks, from 1989 as an assistant professor of economics until he received his full professorship in 2007. He also served as an associate faculty member at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (1992-2015). As well as the John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy (1999-2015); associate editor of the Middle East Business and Economic Review (2002-2010); and the Journal of African Development (2009-2012).  Professor Aly has over 50 scientific papers published in national, regional, and international journals.    

In May 2015, Professor Aly received the rank of Professor Emeritus of Economics from Ohio State University, and in 2017, he assumed the position of Professor of Economics and Dean of the School of Business Administration at Nile University, Giza, Egypt, after serving as the Founding Dean of the School of Public Administration and Development Economics at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar (2015- 2017).  Starting September 1st, 2024, Professor Aly declined his administrative positions at NU and he is in the process of being named a Distinguished Professor of Economics, Also, as of October 1, 2023, Prof. Aly is serving as a representative of the Egyptian Kuwait Holding Company on the Board of Directors of Delta Insurance Company - Egypt and Delta Life Insurance Company.   

In terms of international professional service, Prof. Aly enjoys a broad leadership role as exemplified in his service to Middle East Economists, where he served as Treasurer, Executive Secretary General, and then President of the organization for two consecutive terms (ending in 2019). He is currently serving as an ex-official member of the board of directors of this organization.  He also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Economic Research Forum (ERF), a well-known and leading economic research center in the region, for one term (2012-16), and in 2022 he was elected to lead this organization as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Forum for a five-year term (from 2022 to 2027). 

His previous positions include Lead and Chief Economist at the African Development Bank (two years), and Director of Graduate Studies at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates for a three-year term (2002-2005). In addition, he was a senior Fulbright scholar at the United Arab Emirates University in the Spring of 2000 (for one semester).  Finally, he held several positions as a visiting professor for short periods at several Middle Eastern and US universities such as Kuwait University and Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCairo Intl