Dr. Mohamed Zakaria Gad
Professor and Vice-DeanFaculty of Postgraduate Studies & Scientific Research, The German University in Cairo, Egypt
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Biochemistry from The Medical College of Pennsylvania, USA
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Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Biochemistry from The Medical College of Pennsylvania, USA
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Dr. Mohamed Z. Gad is currently working as Professor and Chairman of Biochemistry Department, The German University in Cairo, Faculty of Pharmacy, Egypt. His prior work experience includes Acting Dean, Vice-Dean for Research & Graduate Studies, Assistant lecturer, Associate Professor and Demonstrator of Biochemistry in different institutes. He completed his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from The Medical College of Pennsylvania PA, USA. He is here with 25 years teaching experience in Biochemistry and 35 years scientific experience. He has received number of awards and honors in different categories. His area of research interest includes pharmaceutical education, nitric oxide, clinical pharmacology of L-arginine, biochemical mechanisms of natural products, pharmacogenomics, biological antioxidants, lipoprotein metabolism, lipid enzymology, subcellular fractionation, esterases and detoxification enzymes, mechanisms of intracellular transport, membrane biochemistry, and biotechnology He also served as external thesis examiner and also supervised thesis of PhD and MSc. He has received STDF (Science and Technology Development Fund) grant 2951 entitled “Exploring genetic susceptibility to cardiovascular disease in Egyptians: correlation to biochemical investigations”. He actively attended and presented more than 70 research papers in conferences, seminars and annual meetings. He has published more than 54 research articles in national and international journals. He is also member of different journals and professional bodies.