Salman Almashtoub is a Research Assistant in the Bacteriophage Research Laboratory, Department of Experimental Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, where he works on the isolation, characterization, and engineering of bacteriophages targeting multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens. He holds a Master’s degree in Molecular Diagnostics and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the Lebanese University. His current research interests include bacteriophage biology, microbial genetics, and their applications in diagnostics, biocontrol, and therapeutics, building upon previous work in phage isolation and analysis.