Faten Zahran Mohammed

Faten Zahran Mohammed
فاتن زهران محمد
Born (1955-10-11) October 11, 1955 (age 69)
NationalityEgyptian
Alma materAin Shams University
Zagazig University
Known forEgyptian health issues. Anti-tumor effects of venoms and iodoacetate
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry and Environmental Biology
InstitutionsZagazig University
Doctoral advisorFawzia Fahim

Faten Zahran Mohammed (Arabic: فاتن زهران محمد; born October 11, 1955, in Cairo) is an Egyptian biochemist and environmental biologist, cancer biologist and toxicologist known for her work on the anti-tumoral effects of snake venom and iodoacetate. She is currently Professor of Biochemistry at Zagazig University, Egypt,[1] head of the Biochemistry Division, Faculty of Science, and a member of Egyptian Universities Promotion Committees "EUPC".

Biography

She worked as a Demonstrator of Biochemistry in Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Egypt from 1977 to 1981. She served as Assistant Lecturer of Biochemistry, in the Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Egypt from 1981 to 1985. Lecturer of Biochemistry, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Egypt from 1985 to 1991. She was Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Egypt from 1991 to 1996. Professor of Biochemistry, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Egypt from 1996 until present (2008). She received her B.Sc. in 1977, her M.Sc. in biochemistry in 1981, and her Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1985 from Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University. She received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Fawzia Abbas Fahim.

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ "Faculty members: Faten Zahran Mohamed Ibrahim". Zagazig University. Retrieved 8 January 2011.[permanent dead link]
  • Personal Interviews, November and December 2008.