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Prof. Mohamed Labib Salem

www.mohamedlabibsalem.com Prof. Salem (Ph.D., 1995) is Prof. of Immunology at Tanta University, Egypt and worked as Visiting Prof. at the Medical University of South Carolina, the USA from 2001-2010 and Visiting Prof. to Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2012, USA. Prof. Salem is a national and international expert in immunology and Cancer Immunology. Prof. Salem obtained his BSc (Zoology) in 1984, his MSc (Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy), in 1989, and Ph.D. (Immunology) in 1995 from the Faculty of Science, TU, Egypt. He was appointed as Demonstrator in 1984, Assistant Lecturer in 1989, and Lecturer in 1996 at the Faculty of Science, TU. He obtained a Ph.D. grant from Egypt (Channel System) to study at Immunology Department, Kyushu University, Japan from 10/1992-1/1995 and a Japanese Postdoctoral Fellowship at the same department from 10/1997-3/2001. He worked as an Ass. Prof. from 2001-2010 at Surgery Department, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, USA. Prof. Salem is the Founding Director of the Center of Excellence in Cancer Research, TU; Founding Chairman of the Egyptian Association for Cancer Research. He is among the founding members of the Middle Eastern Association for Cancer Research, Canada. He is the Supervisor of Delta Development Research Center, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt; Ex-Director of the Grant, Innovation & Technology Transfer Center; Member of the Executive Board of Directors, Zewail City for Science and Technology, Egypt; Scientific Advisor to Galala University; MARC (Mounier Armanious Research Center) at EVA Pharma (www.evapharma.com), and Regional Development Centers, ASRT, Egypt. Besides, he is a member of the Supervision Board Committee, New Egyptian Community Universities. Prof. Salem won several prestigious national and regional awards: Mohamed Rabea Scientific Research Award in Biomedical Sciences (2021; deltauniv.edu.eg) from Delta University for Sciences and Technology, Egypt; Obada-prize for Distinguished Researcher, endowed by the African Academy of Sciences and the Natural Sciences Publishing, USA (2021; obadaprize.com); Khalifa Education Award for Distinguished University Professor in Research in Arab Countries (UAE; 2020; kaes.khaward.ae); Tanta University Award for Excellence in Scientific Research and Tanta University Esteemed Award (TU; 2015 & 2020; www.tanta.edu.eg); and the following state awards from Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT; www.asrt.sci.eg): 2018 State Esteemed Award in Basic Sciences; 2009 State Excellence Award in Basic Sciences; 2003 State Encouraging Award in Biology. He was also awarded the most prestigious State Medal of Sciences and Arts of the first class from the President of Egypt. Prof. Salem is the Chair of the National Council for Scientific Culture and Knowledge, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt and is a member of several national committees including the National Committee for Professorship Promotion, National Committee for the Biological Sciences, National Committee for Scientific Research Strategies, National Committee for Basic Sciences Sector, Supreme Council of the Egyptian Universities, and Council of Basic Science Sector, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt. He is a member of more than 22 editorial boards of peer-reviewed journals as well as ad hoc reviewers for more than 80 journals. Prof. Salem's h-index is 37 (google scholar: 271 documents) and 29 (SCOPUS: 108 papers) and published 189 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and attended more than 100 national and international conferences. He supervised 103 Masters and Ph.D. students. He was invited to give scientific talks (90 talks) in Egypt, UAE, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the USA, China, and Canada. His research focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying how cancer escapes from host immunity as well as developing effective anticancer immunotherapy strategies. His research projects have been funded by the National Institute of Health, USA; European Union, Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF), Egypt, USA National Academy of Sciences, Tanta University, Egypt, private foundation, and industry. Prof. Salem is a distinguished expert in Academic (Scientific) writing and is a Novelist and a member of the Egypt Writer Union. He has published more than 175 articles in Arabic in the area of science communication. www.mohamedlabibsalem.com more…

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