Mussa Yussuf Khamis is a PhD candidate in Chemical Science at Wrocław University of Science and Technology (PWr), Poland, where he researches bio-organic and medical chemistry. His research focuses on designing, synthesizing, and evaluating bio-active small-molecule, heterobifunctional compounds and peptidomimetics, with an interest in their potential pharmaceutical and biomedical applications. He holds an MSc in Medicinal Chemistry from Zhengzhou University, China (2021), and a BSc in Process Engineering from the University of Sciences and Technology of Oran Mohamed Boudiaf (USTO-MB), Algeria (2018). His research experience includes organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry, enzymatic assays, molecular modeling, and analytical techniques such as NMR, HPLC, UPLC-MS, and UV–Vis spectroscopy. His research interests also extend to cancer treatment, including breast cancer, skin cancer such as melanoma, gastric cancer, and other cancers, with a particular interest in cancer detection, treatment challenges, and emerging innovations across African countries and globally. His broader interests include medicinal chemistry, drug discovery, bioactive molecules, enzyme inhibitors, peptidomimetics, oncology, and pharmaceutical and biomedical research.