Undergraduate University: Alexandria University, Egypt (B.S. in molecular biology; graduation project: Molecular therapeutics)

Master’s University: University of Connecticut (M.S. in applied genomics; graduation project: BRD4 structure, mechanism, function and a therapeutic target in cancer)

Thesis: Identification and characterization of novel non-histone substrates of SETD2

Mentor: Hong Wen, Ph.D.

Experience: I participated in a research project about liver cancer treatments (increasing cytotoxicity of hepatocellular carcinoma) in Egypt. In Connecticut, I worked on primary neurons trying to know how BRD4 is activated (mechanistically). I also did a summer internship at UConn Health, doing ChIP-seq technique and analysis on eye development.

Hometown: Alexandria, Egypt

Hobbies: Drawing and photography