Dr. Ahmed H. Hassan Al-Marzouqi has received his BSc from Oregon State University in Biochemistry & Biophysics in 1993 and MSc from the same institution in Genetics in 1997. For his PhD, he joined the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at the Pennsylvania State University and graduated in 2002. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecule Biology at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), UAEU. He has been working in the area of Molecular and Cellular Biology for more than 2 decades.
His research interests focuses on understanding the basic concepts of how genes are controlled by epigentic marks and how that affects cancer initiation and progression. Dr. Al-Marouqi’s focus has specifically been on studying the functions of chromatin modifying complexes in order to understand how they regulate genes and how their misregulation can lead to various diseases including cancer. His work has resulted in numerous publications in international peer-reviewed high ranking journals such as Cell, Molecular Cell, MCB, PNAS, NAR, and JBC. On the basis of his ongoing work and based on his publications, Dr. Al-Marzouqi has acquired research grants from the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), the Terry Fox Foundation for Cancer Research, the Dubai Harvard Foundation for Medical Research (DHFMR), the Emirates Foundation, the UAEU, as well as other organizations.
Dr. Al-Marzouqi is also very active in training both undergraduate and graduate students in Molecular Biology to help prepare the next generation of scientists within the UAE. He has also served in administrative positions, for over 6 years, at the CMHS as the Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies (2011-2013) and as the Director of Research and Sponsored Projects of the UAEU (2013-2016). He has also been the Senior Director of Research and Graduate Studies at the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) (2017-2019) and is currently the Chair of Biochemistry Department at UAEU as well as Chair of the Human Research Ethics Committee at the Dubai Healthcare City Regulatory (DHCR).
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