Position: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry. Professor Mayyada El-Sayed obtained her BSc and MSc with honors at the Department of Chemical Engineering in Cairo University. Her MSc thesis was on the thermal degradation of polystyrene polymer as a model for plastic waste recycling, she then worked as a teaching assistant as well as research assistant in a number of institutions including Akhbar El-Yom Academy, Cairo University, and National Research Center and the American University in Cairo. Afterward, El-Sayed pursued further studies at Cambridge University, UK, where she obtained her PhD in chemical engineering and biotechnology in 2010. Her PhD was in the field of bioprocessing and bio separations, particularly using ion-exchange for protein purification.

She is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Society of Chemistry and Industry (SCI), the Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), UK, and Cambridge Philosophical Society. She is also serving as a scientific reviewer for the Journal of Separation Science, Journal of Chromatography A, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules and others.