Saif received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University – School of Medicine in Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry in 2014. After a brief period at UAE University as Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Saif was appointed as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Physiology at University of Pennsylvania – Perelman School of Medicine (2015 – 2018). He officially joined the College of Medicine at Mohammed Bin Rashid University in 2017. Saif’s research interests lie in understanding actin cytoskeleton regulation in health and disease, using structural and biophysical methods.
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physiology
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Professional Education
Post-doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins University - School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University - School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
B.Sc.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Teaching
- Teaching Structural Biochemistry to graduate students, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, 2015
- Teaching Biophysics and Organic Chemistry to graduate students, Johns Hopkins University – School of Medicine, 2011 – 2014
Honors and Awards
Sheikh Rashid Award for Scientific Excellence
Dubai Cultural & Scientific Association, Dubai, UAE
Travel Award to attend 58th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting
Scholarship Coordination Office, Ministry of Presidential Affairs, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Full Scholarship for B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees, Distinguished Student Scholar
Scholarship Coordination Office, Ministry of Presidential Affairs, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Publications
Membership of Professional Bodies and Associations
- Biophysical Society
- American Society for Cell Biology
Research Interests
- Actin cytoskeleton regulation in health and disease