Poster #48 - Ahmed Moustafa

American University in Cairo, Egypt

Biography

Ahmed Moustafa is an associate professor of bioinformatics and systems biology at The American University of Cairo with a tenured appointment in the Department of Biology. He is also an adjunct scientist in the Department of Medical Genomics at J. Craig Venter Institute. Ahmed’s research focuses on elucidating the interaction between the microbiome and human genetic variation and its association with health and disease. He is also interested in deciphering the functional and pathogenic roles of the non-coding component of the human genome. To achieve these goals, he uses genomic analytics, statistical genetics, and machine learning to analyze high-dimensional datasets generated from high-throughput experimental protocols, from genomic and transcriptomic to proteomic and metabolomic. Ahmed has co-authored many highly cited publications in prominent journals. His research has been funded by various funding agencies including NIH, NSF, and NASA. Ahmed grew up in Alexandria where he graduated with BSc in Computer Science from Alexandria University. After completing his PhD in genetics at the University of Iowa, he received a post-doctoral fellowship at J. Craig Venter Institute prior to joining The American University in Cairo.