I finished my degree in Biochemistry at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich 1988, completed my PhD at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles 1994 did my postdoc at a major clinical laboratory in Munich Germany. In 1995 I established and supervised a large private clinical laboratory specialized in molecular and genetic diagnostics in Damascus.In 2001 I became a member of the faculty of medicine at the Uni. Damascus and established the laboratory for genetic research. I Co-Founded at 2004 the National Commission for Biotechnology where I became the head of the medical Biotechnology section. I taught molecular biology and medical genetics at the International University for Science and Technology IUST, and molecular epidemiology at the Ecole Doctoral of the Lebanese University. I moved to the USA in 2013 and was visiting scientist at Western University of Health Sciences. My current efforts are focused towards establishing and promoting a biotech company based on my stem cell research contributions. My current research and development centers on two major fields: regenerative medicine, and biotech pharmaceutical development and production.