Prof. Dr. Zeina Malek
Academic and researcher in Neuroscience and Physiology. She holds a PhD and a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the University of Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France, after obtaining a Master's in Neuroscience from the same university, specializing in biological rhythms and the circadian system during her PhD, and in myelin sheath diseases and cognitive neuroscience during her postdoctoral fellowship. She earned a Master's in Cell Biology and Physiology (specializing in Nutritional Physiology) from the University of Dijon, France, a Higher Diploma in Biochemical Life Sciences from the University of Damascus, and a Diploma in Biology from the same university.
She currently works as a Professor of Physiology at the Faculty of Pharmacy at both the Arab International University and Al-Sham Private University, where she teaches courses in Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Oral and Dental Physiology. She also serves as Head of the Biology Scientific Committee for the Syrian Biology Olympiad at the Authority for Excellence and Creativity, in addition to being a member of the editorial boards of international scientific journals. She has taught Physiology courses at several French universities (Strasbourg) and Syrian public and private universities (Damascus, Syrian Private, Al-Qalamoun, International, Al-Jazeera), and has contributed to curriculum development, supervision of scientific research and Master's students, and training of medical personnel.
She has received several prestigious awards and fellowships, including a fellowship from the French Foundation for Medical Research (FRM), a fellowship from the Polonium exchange program between France and Poland, as well as the Best PhD Thesis Award for 2007 from the European Doctoral College in Strasbourg.
Her research record includes over 40 peer-reviewed articles published in journals indexed in Scopus. She serves on the editorial boards of international scientific journals such as FMDB Neuroscience Letters and the Journal of Biomedicine and Chemical Sciences. She has participated in international scientific conferences and supervised postgraduate students in various fields.
Her research interests focus on: Neuroscience and Neurophysiology, Circadian Rhythms, Neuroendocrine Coordination, Stress Physiology, Serotonin Regulation, Neurobiological Techniques, and the Development of Medical Curricula.
ORCID: 0009-0006-7075-7991
