Dr/ Sameh Soror

Prof. Dr. Sameh Soror is the head of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology department at the Faculty of Pharmacy Helwan University and founding Director of the Centre for Scientific Excellence "Helwan Structural Biology Research (HSBR)".

He is also serving as the foreign secretary and supervisor of cultural and scientific relations at Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT).

He worked as postdoctoral researcher at Free University Brussels from 2008 to 2009 and 2011-2012 and at Flames Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) in Belgium from 2009-2011.

Prof. Soror is a member of the IAP international advisory committee for COVID-19.

Prof. Soror was an investigator in IWT grant, Drug discovery for bone and joint protection - Structural biology of novel targets and their inhibitors 2009-2011.

He is cofounder of the Egyptian young academy of sciences (EYAS) and member of its advisory board. He is a member of the steering committee of INGSA-African chapter and a member of the committee which oversees the IAP project on “Harnessing science, engineering and medicine to address Africa’s challenges”, in partnership with the institute of advanced study (Princeton) and funded by Carnegie Cooperation of New York.

He was lionized by world economic forum in 2012 during the meeting of new champions in Tianjin, China.

He was awarded the state prize for advanced technological sciences, which supports medical sciences in 2013.He was awarded the Helwan university prize in basic science for 2013/2014, and Helwan university excellence prize in medical sciences 2016/2017.