Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Hilal Zaid is a full Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at the Arab American University (AAUP), Palestine. He is a member of the higher appointment committee at AAUP. Dr. Zaid received his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Ben-Gurion University, Israel in June 2005 and then was trained as a postdoctoral fellow at the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, the University of Toronto, Canada. In 2006, he joined the Program in Cell Biology at the Hospital for Sick Children as a postdoctoral fellow until July 2008. He was recruited temporarily to Ben-Gurion University as a research associate. At the beginning of 2009 (until now), he established his own lab of Cell Biology, Biochemistry and Animal Unite at AAUP and Al-Qasemi Research Center.

Publications: Dr. Zaid has over 120 refereed publications (most of them in highly rated journals and one book). Dr. Zaid acts as Editorial member/Guest editor at the journal ‘Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity’ (IF 6.5), Molecules (IF 4.4) ‘Current Drug Targets’’ (IF: 3.5) and a reviewer for tens of other journals. His papers total citations are over 3440 and his ‘i-10 index’ is 45 according to Google scholar (November 2024).

Over 700,000$ was received from national and international sources to fund the research projects. 

Advising and Training: Four PhD students and ten master's students.

Main Research Project: Medicinal plants anti-diabetic active ingredients: isolation, protein target and action mechanism.