Prof. Bashar Saad Profile

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Academic Rank: 

Full Professor

Specialization: 

Biochemistry/Cell biology

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Education: 

University/College Name	Degree Received	Specialization
University of Zuerich, Switzerland	MSc/MS	Cell biology and Biochemistry
University of Zuerich, Switzerland	Phd	Biochemistry

Academic Experience: 

From	To	Present	Position	Institution	Description
01/03/2021	01/03/2021		Post doc	Neurosciences, ETH Zuerich Switezerlan	Neurobiology
01/10/1991	01/03/1995		Senior researcher	Toxicology, ETH Zuerich Switezerlan	In vitro cell toxicity models and the role of immune-mediators
01/10/1991	01/03/1995		Senior researcher	Toxicology, ETH Zuerich Switezerlan	In vitro cell toxicity models and the role of immune-mediators
01/10/1995	01/08/2000		Senior researcher	Polymers, ETH Zuerich Switezerlan	Tissue engineering on bone and cartilage
01/08/2012	01/08/2018		Head of the Higher Education Council of AlQasemi Academic College	AlQasemi Academic College
01/02/2013	01/08/2017		President of AlQasemi Academic College	AlQasemi academic college
01/08/2019			Member of the Palestinian Council for Higher Education	Higher Education

Administrative Experience: 

From	To	Present	Position	Institution	Description
01/10/2001	01/10/2003		Head of the research center	Galilee Society- Israel
01/08/2008	07/10/2009		Dean of scientific research at The Arab-American University-Jenin/PA.	AAUP
01/10/2010	01/10/2013		Dean of scientific research center at AlQasemi Academic College	AlQasemi academic college

Courses Taught: 

Course Title	Level
Cell Biology	Undergraduate
Immunology	Undergraduate
Biochemistry	Undergraduate
Animal Cell Culture	Undergraduate
Tissue Engineering	Undergraduate

Biography: 

Bashar Saad is professor of cell biology and immunology at the Arab American university. He has received his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Zurich and observed his post-doc at the Institute of neurobiology at the ETH Zurich where he also served as senior scientist at the Institute of Toxicology. Later on he served as senior scientist in tissue engineering at the Institute of Polymers at the ETH Zurich and at the Research Division, Dep. of Surgery, University Hospital Zurich. He made a significant contribution in combining cell biology, immunology, and 3D cell culture techniques with Arab-Islamic herbal wisdom. His research interests include the anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties of medicinal plants. He has written more than eighty original papers as well as review articles and book chapters on Arab-Islamic herbal medicine. He is the author of the first academic book about Arab and Islamic herbal medicine to published by John Wiley in 2011. Last month, he published his third book “Medicinal Plants and their Active Compounds for Diabetes and Obesity Prevention and Treatment. Published by Springer, 2017” This work presents a systematic review of traditional herbal medicine and their active compounds, as well as their mechanism of action in the prevention and treatment of diabetes and obesity. Prof. Saad is a member of the editorial board of Evidence based Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Oxford Journals, The Open Complementary Medicine Journal, Bentham Science Publishers, and Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Skills: 

Medicinal plants: anti-inflammatory, Anticancer, Anti-obesity

Awards: 

Best research award (1998) of Swiss surgical society for the development of versatile biodegradable biomaterials

Best research award (2010) of “The Israeli Society for Complementary Medicine”

Hijawi Awards of the Arab American University 2007 and 2009 for best undergraduate research projects

Best researcher (2017) at the Arab American University-Palestine

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C.V. 2020.pdf

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