**Meet the editor**

Professor Hany A. El-Shemy received his two Ph.D. degrees in biochemistry and genetic engineering from the University of Cairo, Egypt and Hiroshima University, Japan. He became an assistant professor with Biochemistry Department of Cairo University, Egypt from Sept, 1996 and advanced to associate professor in Sept, 2002, as well as full professor in March 2007. His research

interests are in the fields of plant biotechnology and medicinal plants. He received 2 patents, wrote 2 book chapters, published more than 60 SCI Journal papers and 25 conference presentation and served as the technique committee member as well as chair in many international conferences and the editors including PLoS ONE, BMC Genomics, CIMB journals, also reviewer for more than 10 SCI cited journals. He received several awards, including State prize Award from Academy of Science, Egypt (2004), Young Arab Researcher prize Awarded from Shuman Foundation, Jordan (2005).
