Greetings! I’m Ahmed Oraby, and I hold a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Alberta under the guidance of Dr. Fred West. Hailing from the vibrant city of Giza, Egypt, I initially pursued a BSc in Pharmacy from Misr University for Science & Technology, followed by an MSc in Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry from Beni Suef University in 2016. In 2014, I embarked on a research journey as a visiting research scholar in the lab of Dr. Paris Georghiou at the Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland. My focus revolved around the design and synthesis of antimicrobial small molecules. In 2016, I joined the lab of Dr. Rod Russell at the Division of BioMedical Sciences, Memorial University to work on the design and synthesis of HCV inhibitors. Currently, I’m a Postdoctoral Fellow of Chemical and Structural Virology in the lab of Dr. David Marchant at the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology. My research is placed at the interface of medicinal chemistry, computational drug design, and virology, where I am building inventive pathways to tackle current and emerging viral infections.