Alae Loukili holds a Doctorate in Information Technology and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Towson University in Towson, Maryland.

He also holds a State Engineer degree in Electrical Engineering from l' Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electricité et de Mécanique de Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco. 

Prior to coming to ODU he was a faculty member in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at Towson University.

His research interests are in computer networks and data communications, wireless communications, and bare machine computing.