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Dr. Salem is Prof. of Immunology and Ex-Chair of Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University (TU; tanta.edu.eg) Egypt and worked as Assistant Prof. (Cancer Immunology) at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC; musc.edu), USA from 2001-2010 and Visiting Prof. to Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS; www.english.cas.cn) in 2012. Prof. Salem is a well-recognized expert in immunology and Cancer Immunology. Prof. Salem obtained his BSc (Zoology) in 1984, his MSc (Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy), in 1989, and PhD (Immunology) in 1995 from the Faculty of Science, TU, Egypt. He was appointed as Demonstrator in 1984, Assistant Lecturer in 1989, and Lecturer in 1996 at Faculty of Science, TU. He obtained a PhD grant from Egypt to study at Department of Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University (kyushu-u.ac.jp), Japan from 10/1992-1/1995. He also received a Japanese Postdoctoral Fellowship at the same department from 10/1997-3/2001. He was an Ass. Prof. from 2001-2010 at Surgery Department, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina (musc.edu), USA. Prof. Salem is the member of the Executive Board of Directors, Zewail City for Science and Technology, Egypt (zewailcity.edu.eg) and is the Chair of the National Council for Scientific Culture and Knowledge. He is the Founding Director of the Center of Excellence in Cancer Research (cecr.tanta.edu.eg), TU; Founding Chairman of the Egyptian Association for Cancer Research (EACR; eacr.tanta.edu.eg). He is among the founding members of the Middle Eastern Association for Cancer Research (MEACR; meacr.org), Canada. He is the ex-Director of Delta Development Research Center, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT; asrt.sci.eg), Egypt; Ex-Director of the Grant, Innovation & Technology Transfer Center (TU; gittc.tanta.edu.eg); Ex-Scientific Advisor to Galala University (gu.edu.eg) and a Ex-member of the Scientific Advisory Board of MARC (Mounier Armanious Research Center) at EVA Pharma (evapharma.com), and Ex-Scientific Advisor to the Regional Development Centers, ASRT, Egypt. He was also a member of the Supervision Board Committee, New Egyptian Community Universities. Prof. Salem won several prestigious national and regional awards, including Dr. Mohamed Rabea Scientific Research Award in Biomedical Sciences (2021; deltauniv.edu.eg); Delta University for Sciences and Technology, Egypt; Obada-prize for Distinguished Researcher, endowed by the African Academy of Sciences and Natural Sciences Publishing, USA (2021; obadaprize.com); Khalifa Education Award for Distinguished University Professor in Research in Arab Countries (UAE; 2020; kaes.khaward.ae); Tanta University Award for Excellence in Scientific Research & Esteemed Award (2015 & 2020); and state awards from Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (asrt.sci.eg): 2018 State Esteemed Award in Basic Sciences; 2009 State Excellence Award in Basic Sciences; 2003 State Incentive Award in Biology, and State Medal of Sciences and Arts of the first class by the President of Egypt. Prof. Salem is a Member of the Committee for Professorship Promotion, Committee for the Biological Sciences, National Committee for Scientific Research Strategies, National Committee for Basic Sciences Sector, and Council of Basic Science Sector. He is a member of more than 22 editorial boards of peer-reviewed journals as well as ad hoc reviewers for more than 100 journals. Prof. Salem's h-index is 40 (google scholar) and 32 (SCOPUS) and 10 patents. He attended more than 100 national and international conferences. He supervised 130 Master and Ph.D. students and gave more than 100 scientific talks. Prof. Salem’s research focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying how cancer escapes from host immunity as well as developing effective anticancer immunotherapy strategies. His research has been funded by the National Institute of Health, USA; European Union, Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF), Egypt, USA National Academy of Sciences, Tanta University, Egypt, private foundation, and industry. Prof. Salem is an expert in academic writing and is a Novelist and a member of the Egyptian Writer Union. He published more than 175 articles in Arabic in science communication.