Prof Dr. Amal Awad is a Professor and Head of the Department of Bacteriology, Immunology and Mycology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt. Her research is primarily focused on the isolation, identification, and molecular characterization of bacterial and fungal pathogens. A significant part of her recent work involves the genotypic characterization of bacterial pathogens using advanced techniques such as MLST, PFGE, and CRISPR genotyping, alongside investigating antimicrobial resistance and the transmission dynamics of foodborne pathogens.