Prof. Mahmoud Khalil is currently a Professor of Molecular Biology and the Head of the Department of Biological Sciences at the Faculty of Science of Beirut Arab University. He got his Ph.D. from University College London, UK. This was followed by a postdoctoral fellow at MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA. He has around 26 years of experience in academic teaching. His research efforts resulted in publishing around 80 manuscripts in leading highly impacted journals, including Nature chemical biology, Journal of cellular biochemistry, Life sciences, and Drug Discovery Today. He mentored in excess of 70 graduate students. The objective of Prof. Khalil in teaching is to foster the acquisition of concepts and learning skills to facilitate further learning and thinking. His challenge is to stimulate curiosity, generate enthusiasm for science, and learn, by linking taught content to the real world. As an extracurricular activity, Prof. Khalil is interested in raising awareness about Open Educational Resources (OER), Learning Management Systems (LMS), Copyrights, eCheating, and eAuthentication. Prof. Khalil is an effective academic tutor, advisor, and communicator, and can intellectualise complex understanding to audiences with varied expertise. Additionally, he is an Associate-Trainer certified from the International Board of Certified Trainers (IBCT) - Training of Trainers (TOT) - MENA region.