Dr. Emad Beshir Ata has a PhD degree in Veterinary Infectious Diseases with joint supervision from Gifu University, Japan. He is an assistant professor in Parasitology and Animal diseases at the Parasitology and Animal Diseases Department, Veterinary Research Institute, National Research Centre, Egypt. He published a lot of scientific articles and reviews in the same field. He is a reviewer in different international peer-reviewed journals in the areas of applied molecular biology, virology, biotechnology, immunology and vaccines, and epidemiology of infectious diseases. With more than 17 years of experience in scientific research, he is a member of multiple national and international projects focused on the diagnosis and control strategies for infectious diseases. He is an active member of different medical associations. His research topics mainly include using molecular epidemiology and developing new tools for the diagnosis and control of infectious diseases.