Steve Harakeh received his BSc and MSc from the American University of Beirut (AUB). He was awarded his PhD degree in Microbiology from the University of Surrey, UK. He spent two years as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Microbiology and Immunology Department, School of Medicine at Stanford University, USA, and then he was appointed as a Research Associate (Research Assistant Professor) in the same department. He joined the Linus Pauling Institute for Science and Medicine where he worked and published with Professor Pauling who is the only holder of two unshared Noble prizes in the world. After that he was appointed as a Professor of Microbiology at the AUB. Then he worked as a Research Professor at Dr. Rath Research Institute in California, USA. Currently, he is a Professor at the Special Infectious Agents Unit – Biosafety Level 3 (SIAU). He is the Vice Chairman of the KFMRC Quality Control and Biosafety Committee, member of infectious disease research group. He has recently been appointed as a member of “Yousef Abdullatif Jameel Research Chair for Prophetic Medicine” and is already engaged with them in several ongoing research projects. He is the recipient of several awards and research grants and published over seventy papers in peer reviewed journals and contributed to publishing chapters in many international scientific books. Steve Harakeh received his BSc and MSc from the American University of Beirut (AUB). He was awarded his PhD degree in Microbiology from the University of Surrey, UK. He spent two years as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Microbiology and Immunology Department, School of Medicine at Stanford University, USA, and then he was appointed as a Research Associate (Research Assistant Professor) in the same department. He joined the Linus Pauling Institute for Science and Medicine where he worked and published with Professor Pauling who is the only holder of two unshared Noble prizes in the world. After that he was appointed as a Professor of Microbiology at the AUB. Then he worked as a Research Professor at Dr. Rath Research Institute in California, USA. Currently, he is a Professor at the Special Infectious Agents Unit – Biosafety Level 3 (SIAU). He is the Vice Chairman of the KFMRC Quality Control and Biosafety Committee, member of infectious disease research group. He has recently been appointed as a member of “Yousef Abdullatif Jameel Research Chair for Prophetic Medicine” and is already engaged with them in several ongoing research projects. He is the recipient of several awards and research grants and published over seventy papers in peer reviewed journals and contributed to publishing chapters in many international scientific books.

Gastroenterology