Dr. Mahmoud El Safadi received his PhD from the University of Technology Sydney in 2021 for synthesising new metal chelators for chelation therapy in neurodegenerative diseases. He joined UTS in 2017 as a professional staff. He is currently a technical officer in the Physics and Chemistry Teaching team. He has expertise in the synthesis of compounds in the medicinal chemistry field. His projects involve the design and synthesis of inorganic complexes to investigate the ability of the candidate drugs to chelate the misregulated metal ions in the brain. He has demonstrated his ability to work efficiently in a large teaching laboratory in the discipline of chemistry within deadlines. He was a technical officer for the following subjects: Chem 1, Chem 2, Principles of Scientific Practice, skills for professional chemists (SPC), Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Environmental Chemistry. He is working now as a Lecturer in Biochemistry and General Chemistry. He shows the ability to coordinate the biochemistry Laboratories and develop the subjects by introducing new experiments into the curriculum. Plus, he was a safety officer in the science faculty, running Health and safety inductions for the students.