Ishaq Musa earned his master of science in engineering physics from the Technical University of Munich in Germany and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Nantes in France. In 2015, he became a faculty member in the Department of Physics at Palestine Technical University-Kadoorie (PTUK). He founded a nanotechnology lab and experimental research group at PTUK in collaboration with United Arab Emirates University, focusing on the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials.