Bahgat Fayed, Ph.D., is an Associate Research Professor at the Egyptian National Research Center (NRC), Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Fayed has more than 16 years of research experience spanning pharmaceutics, drug delivery, infectious diseases, biotechnology, molecular biology, antimicrobial resistance, and nanomedicine. His professional experience includes his current position as Associate Research Professor at the Egyptian National Research Center (2023–present), Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, UAE (2019–2023), Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, USA (2018–2019). His current research interests focus on antimicrobial resistance and emerging fungal pathogens, particularly Candida auris, including its epidemiology, biofilm formation, antifungal resistance, pathogenic mechanisms, and therapeutic strategies. He has an H-index of 20, and he has published over 50 articles. Dr. Fayed is a member of the American Society for Microbiology and participates in the Global Burden of Disease Study. He has also been a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology since 2026. His distinctions include the Fulbright Scholar Exchange Fellowship in the USA (2018–2019), the Channel PhD Scholarship in the UK (2013–2015), and a Master's Scholarship in Saudi Arabia (2008–2011). ORCID: 0000-0001-9617-8513