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PhD (Microbiology), University of Aberdeen (UK), 2017
MSc (Immunology), King's College London (UK), 2012
BSc Hons. (Microbiology with Immunology), University of Leeds (UK), 2011
Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students in the areas of general microbiology, mycology, immunology, microbial metabolism, microbial genetics, and microscopy.
Actively involved in research on host-pathogen interactions with a focus on fungal pathogens of medical importance and their cellular/molecular basis of virulence by subverting and evading the host's innate immune response. Current work revolves around members of the genus Aspergillus and Rhinocladiella.
Assistant Professor (August, 2017 - present)- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University
Mission/Scholarship student (September, 2014 - August, 2017)- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University
Research Associate (June, 2013 - September, 2014)- Environmental and Life Sciences Research Centre, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
My line of interest is centred on host-pathogen interactions. Primarily, I use a combination of microbiological, serological, immunological, and microscopic techniques to delinate the mechanisms by which fungal pathogens of medical concern (including Aspergillus spp. and Rhinocladiella spp.), actively evade and/or subvert the host's immune system. My research focuses on perturbations of innate immue defense mechanisms, including canonical and non-canonical inflammatory signalling cascades (e.g. NFkB), negative regulators of inflammatory signalling (e.g. SOCS proteins), and activation of inflammatory complexes (e.g. inflammasomes). In the future, this will likely expand to cover adaptive immune mechanisms.
0490-105 (Microbiology)
0495-106 (Microbial World)
0495-203 (Microbial Metabolism and Genetics)
0495-206 (Mycology)
0495-382 (Immunology)
0495-444 (Principles of Microbial Pathogenesis)
0495-493 (Scientific Report)
0495-581 (Advanced Immunology)