Dr. Hassan Azzazy is a tenured Distinguished University Professor and Chairman of the Department of Chemistry at the American University in Cairo. Before joining AUC, Dr. Azzazy was a postdoctoral fellow and assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. He holds board certifications in Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics from the American Board of Clinical Chemistry, Washington, DC. He is certified as a Specialist in Chemistry by the American Society for Clinical Pathology in Chicago (USA) and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK). He has over 30 years of biomedical research experience with a focus on developing novel diagnostics for the detection of infectious agents and cancer markers, optical chemosensors for the detection of environmental toxins, biodegradable nanofibrous wound dressings, and targeted drug delivery using nanocarriers. Dr. Azzazy has received many awards, including the State Prize in Laboratory Medicine (Egypt), Global Innovator Award (Texas Christian University), Arab Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award (UAE), Shoman Award in Medical Sciences (Jordan), Life Achievement Award (American Society for Clinical Pathology), and State Merit Prize in Advanced Technological Sciences (Egypt). Dr. Azzazy is a strong advocate of entrepreneurship and has cofounded two biomedical startup companies.