Mohamed Emam

PhD-trained nutritional physiologist with several years of postdoctoral research experience investigating lipid metabolism, tissue remodelling, inflammation, and responses to nutritional and physiological stress. Combines lipidomics, transcriptomics, pathway analysis, and multi-omics integration to identify mechanisms and predictive biomarkers in human samples and animal models. Experienced in experimental design, molecular validation, quantitative analysis, and collaborative research, with a strong interest in applying this background to adipose biology, metabolic inflammation, and weight-regain research.

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1. Postdoctoral Research Fellow

   Memorial University of Newfoundland, Ocean Sciences Centre

   May 2025 to Feb 2026

   Canada

   Principal Investigators: Dr. Matthew Rise, Dr. Christopher Parrish • Ocean Frontier Institute, leading nutrition-focused research programs investigating the effects of dietary microbial oil rich in DHA, as a full replacement of fish oil, on changes in lipid species, inflammatory markers and lipid metabolism genes • Investigating the effects of aquaculture-derived waste products as alternative feed sources on immune response, intestinal microbiota composition (16S sequencing), and tissue fatty acid profile • Investigating Atlantic salmon antiviral immune response (RNA-seq) • Collaborated with Mara Renewables, different aquaculture research leaders

2. Postdoctoral Research Fellow

   Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, University of Toronto

   Nov 2023 to Apr 2025

   Canada

   • Conducted unbiased lipidomics to define predictive markers in small extracellular vesicles for hypertensive disorders, connecting different pathological conditions. • Designed and executed clinical diet studies using preeclamptic mice models/ offspring from preeclamptic dams. • Applied advanced biomarker identification techniques including LASSO regression and multivariate statistics.

3. Postdoctoral Research Fellow

   Memorial University of Newfoundland, Ocean Sciences Centre

   Apr 2022 to Nov 2023

   Canada

   Principal Investigators: Dr. Matthew Rise, Dr. Christopher Parrish, Dr. Kelly Hawboldt • Led research on sustainable aquaculture through evaluation of algae and fishery residues as novel aquaculture feed ingredients, supporting circular economy and sustainability • Collaborated with local industry producers

4. Main investigator

   Memorial University of Newfoundland, Ocean Sciences Centre

   Apr 2020 to Apr 2022

   Canada

   Principal Investigators: Dr. Matthew Rise, Dr. Christopher Parrish • Established gill health research through Mitacs Accelerate program in collaboration with industry partners, identifying novel gill damage markers directly linked to environmental stressors, testing clinical diets to mitigate gill damage • Collaborated with Cargill, different aquaculture research leaders

5. Postdoctoral Research Fellow

   Memorial University of Newfoundland, Ocean Sciences Centre

   Mar 2018 to Apr 2020

   Canada

   Principal Investigators: Dr. Matthew Rise, Dr. Christopher Parrish. Integrated Pathogen Management of Co-infection research project (Genome Canada). • Led Investigating innate antiviral-like responses among divergent Atlantic salmon strains (Ocean Frontier Institute) • Collaborated with Dr. Ian Fleming on comparative immunology studies, investigating the genetic impacts of escaped farmed Atlantic Salmon on wild populations both locally (i.e., Newfoundland) and across the North Atlantic. • Conducted research in Ocean Frontier Institute and Integrated Pathogen Management of Co-infection projects to investigate the effects of sustainable feed ingredients on salmon health. Also, I investigated novel nutritional strategy to mitigate the inflammatory responses due to bacterin challenge. I also led research on the replacement of fish oil with plant-based oils on the lipid profile and lipid metabolism in different tissues, including brain, liver and muscle. • Developing clinical diets against co-infection and infestation.

6. Lecturer/ Junior Faculty position

   Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhur University

   Jun 2015 to Feb 2018

   Egypt

   Courses Taught: • Animal Nutrition: Macronutrients and micronutrients, nutritional disorders, ration formulation, dietary analysis, ecological nutrition • Species-Specific Animal Nutrition and Clinical Nutrition: Ration formulations, diet analysis, case studies, field trips • Fish Diseases (Applied Course) Graduate Supervision: • Master's thesis: "Efficacy of Phytase Supplementation to Low Phosphorus and Lysine Broiler Chicken Diet on Performance, Blood Parameters and Nutrients Digestibility" (Asmaa S. El-Far) • Animal Nutrition: Macronutrients and micronutrients, nutritional disorders, ration formulation, dietary analysis, ecological nutrition • Species-Specific Animal Nutrition and Clinical Nutrition: Ration formulations, diet analysis, case studies, field trips • Fish Diseases (Applied Course) • Master's thesis: "Efficacy of Phytase Supplementation to Low Phosphorus and Lysine Broiler Chicken Diet on Performance, Blood Parameters and Nutrients Digestibility" (Asmaa S. El-Far)

1. Damanhur University & Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA)

   Ph.D. in Veterinary Medical Sciences (Joint Supervision), Veterinary Medical Sciences

   Egypt & Spain

   Dissertation: "Geno-nutritional study on the effect of replacing fish meal and fish oil with plant protein sources and vegetable oils in Rainbow trout" • Focused on appetite control mechanisms and interconnected signaling pathways linking brain, liver, and GI system • Research funded by Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (AGL2011/23502) and AquaExcel • Conducted 24 months of laboratory work at IRTA Spain • Visiting researcher at INRAE, the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (AquaExcel project, 5 weeks) • PhD research laid the foundation for my independent research program in sustainable aquaculture nutrition and feed innovation.

2. Cardiff Metropolitan University & Arab Academy for Science and Technology (AAST)

   Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration

   Thesis: In progress

3. Damanhur University

   Master of Veterinary Medical Sciences (MVMSc.), Veterinary Medical Sciences

   Egypt

   2009 to 2011

   Thesis: "Effect of some Enzymes in Diets of plant and/or animal protein origin in broiler chickens"

4. Alexandria University

   Bachelor of Veterinary Medical Sciences (BVMSc.), Veterinary Medical Sciences

   Egypt

   2003 to 2008

   Graduated with "Very Good" distinction, ranked within top 10.

• Data analysis and artificial intelligence – Diploma

  Willis College

• TOEFL — Score 90 (R24, L26, S19, W21)

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