Gamal Badr is a Professor of Immunology at the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt. He holds his Master's and Ph. D in Immunology from the Faculty of Medicine at Paris Sud (Paris XI) University in 2005. He got a postdoctoral fellowship from FRSQ- CHUM Canada between 2007 and 2008. He got the Incentive (Encouraging) National Award in Biological Science, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt. 2012.