Ismail Saadoun
University of Sharjah, UAE
Biography
Prof. I. Saadoun has received his PhD. in Microbiology from Auburn University, Alabama-USA in 1995. During his PhD, he worked on physiology and genetics of production of off-flavor compounds by streptomycetes and cyanobacteria. Prof. Saadoun has published several scientific papers in different refereed and indexed Journals. Most of these papers were in the area of inhibitory/metabolites-producing Streptomyces spp. Also he has participated in several local, regional and international meetings to present his work. Meanwhile, his research is targeting to patent a novel metabolite compound(s) produced by one of the Streptomyces spp. isolated from different habitats.