Dr. Abdelbasset Farahat is an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences at California Northstate University. In 2002, Dr. Farahat received a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Mansoura University, Egypt, and then in 2006, he received a Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences from Mansoura University, Egypt. In 2010, Dr. Farahat received his PhD in Medicinal Chemistry after carrying out research at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A., under the supervision of Professor David W. Boykin. His PhD research focused on the design and synthesis of dicationic compounds to be used as anti-malarial and anti-trypanosomal agents. In 2011, Dr. Farahat joined the Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, as an Assistant Professor. In 2012, Dr. Farahat joined Boykin’s Laboratory at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, as a postdoctoral researcher, then became a research scientist and team leader. In 2018, Dr. Farahat joined Kennesaw State University as an Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry. In 2018, Dr. Farahat was awarded The Encouragement State Prize in Medical Sciences from the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt. Dr. Farahat has published 79 publications in high-impact peer-viewed journals.