Dr. rer. Nat. Industrial Biotechnology;
M.Sc. Technology Management;
M.Sc. Microbiology;
B.Sc. Microbiology-Chemistry
He is the current Director Innovation Center in Agritechnology for Advanced Bioprocessing (ICA), and professor in bioprocess engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Since 2020, recognized as one of the top 2% researchers in the world in the field of Biotechnology, Energy, and Enabling technologies, according Stanford University research study for both career and single year. He is adjunct Professor in Shizuoka University, Japan (2015-2027), and Adjunct Professor to Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia (2023-2028), Sohar University, Oman (Feb. 2026-Feb. 2028), New Burg Al Arab Univ., Egypt (2026-2028) and honor guest professor to many world class universities in USA, Germany, Sweden, Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and Algeria.visiting professor to many international universities. He served also as board member and biotechnology consultant for strategic planning, bioproduct development, facility design, the 3 Ts (technology-transfer, -implementation, and development). He supports also in the development of intellectual capital and business sustainability following ESG strategic planning. For many local and international companies and agencies.
Before joining UTM in 2008, He was the assistant director of City for Scientific Research for Research Institutes Affairs (Alexandria, Egypt). He received B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Microbiology and Chemistry (Ain Shams University, Egypt), Dr. rer. Nat. in Industrial Biotechnology (TU Braunschweig, Germany 1998), M.Sc. Technology Management (UTM, Malaysia, 2012) and did two post-doc. for bioprocess optimization of mammalian cell culture in GBF, Germany and The Ohio State University, He has more than 60 industrial projects, 450 Publications in form of (Books, Book Chapters, and peer review articles), in different niche areas of industrial biotechnology. He appointed as Editor and Associate Editor in Many International Journals. He is the current Editor of book series “Industrial Biotechnology” under CRC Press, USA. He is the current Chairman of ICABB International Conference in Turkey since 2022, and also invited as Plenary, keynote, and invited speaker in more than 100 international conferences in the field of biotechnology, bio-business and research management.
Have from bench scale up to large scale, downstream equipment, bioprocess development, and complete facility design in bioprocessing industries for microbial and non-microbial biofactories. He received the UTM award for best cooperation with Industry 2018 and 2022 (university level), Best cooperation with Industry in Faculty level 2019-2020. And BioEconomy Malaysia (national level) for two times 2012 and 2017.
