About
Mahmoud M. Naguib is a virologist specializing influenza A virus. His research focuses on exploring the interspecies transmission mechanisms of influenza viruses and how pandemics emerge, using a range of methodologies, encompassing both in vitro (e.g., Reverse genetics, whole genome sequencing, RNA-seq, single-cell genomics) and in vivo (animal experiments in birds, mice, and ferret model) approaches at BSL-2 and BSL-3 laboratories.
Mahmoud holds an MVSc from Cairo University, Egypt (2012) and earned his DVM in Virology from Leipzig University, Germany (2017). Following his PhD, he conducted post-doctoral research at Uppsala University, Sweden combined with EMBO short-term Fellowship at Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics and University of Konstanz - Germany. In 2022, he was appointed Docent in Experimental Virology at Uppsala University. In 2024, he was recruited to the University of Liverpool as a senior lecturer with focus on influenza virus.
Mahmoud is a member of the Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses, and is a committee member of the Swedish Pathogens portal. He has developed several international partnerships including Freiburg University - Germany, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, and the University of Georgia in USA, as well as a number of institutions in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.