User:Ali Samy 2018

Ali Samy Abdelaal is an Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics at Damietta University, Egypt. He received his BSc degree in Genetics from Kafrelsheikh University in 2002. He then joined the Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute (AGERI) and received his MSc and PhD in Genetics from Cairo University. After completing his PhD, he moved to his current position at Damietta University as an Assistant Professor in 2016, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2022. He received the Wood-Whelan Research Fellowship by International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) in 2012 and the Arturo Falaschi ICGEB Post-Doctoral Fellowship by International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) in 2016.

In his research career, Dr. Abdelaal has worked with a variety of microorganisms for biosynthesis of biofuels and other bio-products. His research interests are in metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, industrial biotechnology, and biofuel production. He is currently involved in development of technologies for microbial enzymes, C1 chemicals and C5/C6 sugar fermentation, and advanced biofuels production.

He leads and participates in several national and multilateral international collaborative projects, with USA, India, UK, and Australia. He has published many peer-reviewed publications, and book chapters. He was awarded several distinguished scientific publishing award by Damietta University. He is a reviewer of various Journals in the area of molecular genetics and industrial biotechnology.