Mazen Mohamed is a Research Associate at Egypt Impact Lab, J-PAL Middle East and North Africa, where he is currently working on an RCT evaluating the impact of a program targeting irregular migration in Egypt. In addition, he is working on an RCT addressing social perceptions of vocational education in Egypt. He holds a double degree in economics from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University (French section), and the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne where he also received his master's degree in development economics.