Dr. Ibrahim El-Sherbiny is Tenured Full-Professor of smart nanomaterials and nanomedicine, and he is the Founding Chairman of Nanoscience Program, Former Founding Chairman of Materials Science Program, and Director of “Center of Materials Science” at Zewail City of Science and Technology, as well as Vice-president of the Egyptian National Committee for New and Advanced Materials. El-Sherbiny earned his Bachelor degree with honors (top scholar) and his MSc from Mansoura University. He received a PhD degree in Smart drug delivery from Massey University, New Zealand in 2007. From 2008 to 2010, El-Sherbiny has joined various research groups as post-doctoral fellow at Michigan University, University of New Mexico and Texas University, United States. He has been appointed on 2010 as Research Assistant Professor at College of Pharmacy, University of Texas, USA.

El-Sherbiny’s research focuses on the design and development of smart nanomaterials using advanced nanotechnology techniques, and their evaluation as potential candidates in various biotechnological and biomedical applications including controlled drug delivery, tissue engineering and biosensing. El-Sherbiny has more than 260 scientific papers published in high impact peer-reviewed journals and international conferences over the last ten years. El-Sherbiny is the author of three books plus contribution to more than 30 other books, and more than fifteen review articles. He is also named inventor on about 25 patents in US, UK, Europe and Egypt.

El-Sherbiny has received several national, regional and international scientific awards, including for instance, the “Order of the Egyptian Republic in Science and Arts of the first class” and an honor from the President of the Republic as well as the State Award for Excellence in Advanced Technological Sciences, 2018. He also received a number of honorary medals, certificates and diplomas from a number of countries including France, Malaysia, Romania, and the Gulf Cooperation Council, in recognition of his innovations.