Professor Dr Sameh Soror is Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy at Helwan University. He is also the Founding Director of the Centre for Scientific Excellence Helwan Structural Biology Research. Professor Soror has served as supervisor of the specialised councils, as well as foreign secretary and supervisor of cultural and scientific relations sector at the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology.

He was lionised by the World Economic Forum during the meeting of new champions in Tianjin, China, and was awarded the Helwan University Prize in Basic Science and the Helwan University Excellence Prize in Medical Sciences.