Meet the editor

Prof. Wael N. Hozzein is a professor of Microbiology at the Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Egypt. He received his PhD from Cairo University, Egypt in 2003, and then he worked as a visiting scientist at Newcastle University, UK; and Michigan State University, USA. Recently, he worked as the chair professor of the Bioproducts Research Chair, at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. He has vast experience in the field of bacterial

taxonomy with research interests in microbial biodiversity and applications. Prof. Hozzein is an author of more than 120 publications and he is a guest editor and a reviewer for several international journals. Additionally, he has been involved in many academic activities and educational reform projects and initiatives. He has been the principal investigator for several funded grants and has also received several awards among which was the State Encouragement Prize in Biological Sciences for 2015, Egypt.
