Mahmoud Sallam received his Bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Al-Azhar University in 2011. From 2012 to 2014, he worked as a pharmacist at the Central Administration of Pharmaceutical Affairs (CAPA), Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt. Between 2014 and 2020, he served as a Teaching Assistant at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Egypt. In 2020, he obtained his Master’s degree from the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, and was appointed as an Assistant Lecturer at the same institution. In 2026, he earned his Ph.D. in Pharmacognosy from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Egypt. His current research interests include natural product isolation, phytochemistry, structure elucidation, and bioactive compound discovery.