Mohamed-Slim Alouini ni a bi ni Tunis, Tunisia. O gba Ph.D. ìyí ni Electrical Engineering lati California Institute of Technology (Caltech) ni 1998. O ṣiṣẹ bi ọmọ ẹgbẹ olukọ ni University of Minnesota lẹhinna ni Texas A&M University ni Qatar ṣaaju ki o darapọ mọ ni 2009 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) nibi ti o ti wa ni bayi Al-Khawarizmi Distinguished Ojogbon ti Itanna ati Kọmputa Engineering.
Ojogbon Alouini jẹ ẹlẹgbẹ ti IEEE ati OPTICA (Ni iṣaaju ti Awujọ Optical of America (OSA)). Lọwọlọwọ o nifẹ paapaa lati koju awọn italaya imọ-ẹrọ ti o ni nkan ṣe pẹlu pinpin aiṣedeede, iraye si, ati lilo alaye ati awọn imọ-ẹrọ ibaraẹnisọrọ ni igberiko, owo-wiwọle kekere, ajalu, ati / tabi awọn agbegbe lile lati de ọdọ.