**Meet the editors**

Dr. Shymaa Enany is an assistant professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Suez Canal University, Egypt. She received her PhD degree from the School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Japan. Her dissertation focused on the molecular characterization of community-acquired methicillin-resistant *Staphylococcus aureus* (CA-MRSA), the leading cause of

many life-threatening illnesses. For her postdoctoral work, she collaborated with many laboratories in San Diego, California, USA, and in Niigata, Japan, analyzing the proteome of *Staphylococcus aureus* and monitoring the reactions of innate immunity and airway cytokines in response to MRSA infections.

Dr. Laura E. Crotty Alexander is a Pulmonary Critical Care physician at the University of California, San Diego, and VA San Diego Healthcare System. As a biomedical basic science researcher, she studies host-pathogen interactions at molecular, cellular, organ, and organism levels and recently defined pro-virulent effects of inhalants such as cigarette smoke and e-cigarette vapor on

Staphylococcal virulence. Dr. Crotty Alexander's clinical interests include bacterial pneumonia and sepsis, e-cigarette effects on innate immunity, and moderate-to-severe asthma.
