Dr. Abdelkhalik was born on the 21st of April 1970. He got his Ph.D. in plant genetics from Nihon University, Japan in 2005. Since 2010 till present, Abdelkhalik is working as a senior associate professor at the Egyptian Agriculture Research Center, Rice Research Department. In 2008, Dr. Abdelkhalik has been appointed as an Advisor to the Minister of Scientific Research. He also joined the Ministry of Agriculture as a Head of COMESA Office in Cairo starting February 2011 where he developed several strategies to enhance Agricultural cooperation with the African Countries. In August 2012, Dr. Amr Abdelkhalik was in charge of knowledge-based SMEs, Technology Transfer Offices, partnership with industry, Entrepreneurship and Technology Commercialization, as he was appointed as assistant to the president of Scientific Research and Technology. Dr. Abdelkhalik has been appointed as the member responsible for the National Initiatives in the Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF).

From May 2014 till October 2016, Dr. Amr has been appointed as the supervisor of the Regional Research Centers and Manager of National Campaigns and Initiatives Programs in the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT). From October 2016 till present, Abdelkhalik has been appointed as assistant to the president of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology. Abdelkhalik has led several initiatives to support the production of several strategic crops in Egypt as wheat. maize, rice and cotton, this is in addition to several other initiatives to connect scientific research with industry.

Dr. Asmaa M. Abushady was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1978. She attended Ain shams University, Cairo, Egypt to obtain her bachelor’s degree in Genetics in 1999; she obtained her master’s degree in Molecular Genetics in 2004. She also received her Ph.D. in Conservation of AnGR in 2009, from the Ain shams University, Faculty of Agriculture, Genetic Department, Cairo, Egypt. In her postdoctoral studies, she succeeded to gain a full scholarship for the first postdoc position from FP7-IRSES "Marie curie Action" in Cordoba University, Spain. 2012-2013. As a member of the Bio Goat: Latin American Goat Biodiversity Project, from 2013 to date, she had actively contributed to that mega-project, thereby acquiring the skills to communicate and discuss ideas with international research groups. She was the Director of Ain Shams Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology "ACGEB 2017-2018. In 2019, she took a second scholarship from the specific call for mobility in the entrance from Mediterranean countries, at the University of Perugia (Universita Degli Studi di Perugia) Department of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, Perugia, Italy and a full scholarship from the specific call for academic staff mobility in the entrance from Mediterranean countries, at the University of Messina (UniME), Sicily, Italy.

Asmaa joined Nile University as an associate professor in 2019. Her study field focused on a broad range of activities related to improving the productivity of animals and their resilience to environmental stressors. The main interests include identification and conservation of PlGR & AnGR and analyzing phenotypic and molecular genetic data of different animal species using molecular genetics technique and frequentist statistics analysis; besides working in laboratories. She carried out research activities in collaboration with international groups which are interested in the same field. Regarding that, her activity includes analyses by AFLP, PCR-based techniques, microsatellite molecular markers, gene expression by Real Time-PCR. Currently, she is collaborating on "the mega-project collaboration between 6 different European and non-European countries” that aims to study genetic diversity to understand and exploit Barley's adaptation to harsh environments and for pre-breeding.

Dr. Maha Mohamed Salah El Din started her research journey at Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, where she earned her BSc degree with honors. Seeing how Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology can revolutionize medicine and take it to the next stage, she went on to earn her MSc (2014) and MD (2017) degrees at the department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Kasr Al-Ainy Medical School, the oldest and largest medical institution in the Middle East. The aim of her research is to uncover molecular biomarkers that predict the prognosis and aid the diagnosis and hence the treatment of diseases, such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and vitiligo. She published 8 papers in well-known local, regional and international journals. Next to her research efforts, she also strove to give back to the community through her teaching, mentoring and administrative efforts. She has been teaching Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology course to medical students at Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University since 2012. In addition, she contributed to organizing the 4th and 5th Biochem Cairo conferences. Since 2020, Dr. Maha Mohamed Salah El Din started a new academic and research path by joining Biotechnology School, Nile University where she started teaching Cell Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology courses.

Dr. Mariam Gamaleldin started her academic career by acquiring a BSc in Pharmacy and Biotechnology from the German University in Cairo. As an undergraduate pharmacist, she found herself attracted towards cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, pharmacology and their applications. She kickstarted her research career with an undergraduate internship at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York. After her graduation, she relocated to Germany, where she did a MSc degree in Life Science at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg. Her MSc thesis, at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, aimed at unraveling the unusual mechanisms of Opioid receptor signaling by means of FRET microscopy and cell culture. Wanting to understand the influence of receptors on neurobiology and behavior, she went on to do her PhD at the Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience (DANDRITE) in Aarhus University, Denmark, where she collaboratively developed a novel proteomic technique to determine which newly synthesized proteins are required for synaptic potentiation, and ultimately, memory. She also did research stays at renowned institutions, such as Mayo Clinic in Florida and the Scripps Research Institute in California. Dr. Mariam’s diverse educational and research background enabled her to teach courses in Germany and Denmark, such as the “Topics and Methods in Life Science” and “Molecular Processes in the Cell”. She also strives to support researchers and science communicators through her participation in the Story Collider’s Brave Space for BIPOC science communicators.