Abdo A. Elfiky
PhD Molecular Biophysics (Computational)
Cairo University, biophysics new building (email)
Cairo University, biophysics new building (email)
Teaching and Work Experience:
May - Aug 2020 Professional Services Consultant
· YewSavin, Inc. 2509 Dallas Creek Court, Fort Collins, CO 80528, USA.
Feb 2019 to present Associate Professor at Biophysics Department, Cairo University.
· Designed and delivered lectures in large- and small- groups; planned and implemented hands-on laboratory experiences and simulations for Biophysics and Biotechnology students (undergrad and postgraduate students).
· Courses taught: Biotechnological Drug Design, Molecular Biophysics, Computational Biophysics, General Biophysics, Radiation Biophysics, Radiotherapy planning, X-ray Crystallography, Bioenergetics, Quantum Mechanics and Biomathematics.
· Postgrad Supervision of nine M.Sc. and six Ph.D. students in Cairo, Helwan and Al-Azhar Universities in Egypt and Dodoma University in Tanzania.
· Supervision of graduation projects for 4th-year undergraduate students (Biophysics Major program).
· Journal reviewer: Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, Medicinal Research Reviews, Cell and Bioscience, Phytomedicine, Journal of Neurochemistry, Scientific Reports, Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, Expert Review of Vaccine, Frontiers in Pharmacology, Life Sciences, Physical chemistry chemical physics, RSC Advances, Future Medicinal Chemistry, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, Current Computer-Aided Drug Design, Medicinal Chemistry Research, Protein and Peptide Letter, SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research, Computational Biology and Chemistry, Natural Product Research, Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences journal, Virus Research, Future Virology, Physica Scripta, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, Egyptian Journal of Physics, and Alexandria Journal of Medicine.
· Reviewer committee for three master’s degrees in Biophysics (Cairo, Zagazig and Al-Azhar Universities in Egypt).
2013 – 2018 Lecturer at Biophysics Department, Cairo University.
· Taught both undergraduate and postgraduate students of biophysics and biotechnology programs.
· Supervision of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students in Cairo, Ain-Shams and Al-Azhar Universities.
2008 – 2013 Teaching Assistant at Biophysics Department, Cairo University.
· Planned and implemented hands-on laboratory experiments. Designed evaluation tools for both theoretical and wet lab in molecular and radiation biophysics.