Professor of Microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar (WCM-Q). Scientist-Clinician of infectious diseases. An experienced microbiologist and molecular biologist, his laboratory works on the molecular pathogenesis and epidemiology of numerous infectious agents, including food-borne pathogens (Escherichia coli, Salmonella), human papillomavirus, Plasmodium and Toxoplasma. His research was supported by more than $ 6.5 million in research grants from the Qatar National research Foundation