Mariam Hassan is a lecturer at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University. Dr. Hassan is also the deputy director of the Biotechnology Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University. She teaches microbiology, immunology, and bioinformatics courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students. She earned her PhDs in microbiology and immunology from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University. She also earned a Fulbright scholarship to study public health at Ohio University. She was awarded the “TWAS/BVA.NXT” young-scientist award in 2018. Her main research interests are environmental biotechnology, biodiversity, microbiome interactions, antimicrobial, animal models, bioinformatics, and high-throughput data analysis. She is also interested in knowledge transfer and scientific collaborations.