I obtained my Bachelor of Veterinary Science from Tanta University, Egypt, in 2002, and worked as a researcher at the National Research Centre in Cairo for seven years. In 2006, I earned a master’s degree focusing on Rift Valley Fever epidemiology. I later joined Prof. Klaus Osterrieder’s lab at the Free University of Berlin, where I obtained a a Ph.D. in Biomedical Science (2016) and a DVM (2013). My research involved using herpesvirus as a vector model for recombinant vaccine development and functional analysis of viral genes influencing pathogenicity. From 2015 to 2018, as a postdoctoral fellow at VIDO-InterVac, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, I studied adenovirus genes to enhance their utility as vaccine vectors. Currently, I am a Senior Scientific Associate at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, where I work on diagnosing human genetic diseases using iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes to model disease mechanisms. My multidisciplinary experience integrates virology, molecular biology, and stem cell research to advance recombinant vaccine and gene therapy strategies for both veterinary and human applications.