Fouad Elmayet

Dr. Fouad S. Elmayet is currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology at Oklahoma State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. He holds a DVM and a master’s degree in Veterinary Virology. Dr. Elmayet completed his Ph.D. in Virology at Benha University, Egypt, in collaboration with Oklahoma State University, USA, in 2019. His doctoral research focused on herpesvirology. Following his Ph.D., Dr. Elmayet was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Virology at Benha University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, where he taught virology to undergraduate and graduate students. During this time, he also conducted research on picornaviruses, including duck hepatitis A viruses and FMDV, as well as astroviruses. Dr. Elmayet later moved to the United States to pursue postdoctoral research with Dr. Clinton Jones at Oklahoma State University, concentrating on alpha-herpesvirus infections, particularly HSV-1 and BoHV-1. Dr. Elmayet’s current research focuses on elucidating the mechanisms by which alpha herpesviruses establish, maintain, and reactivate from latency in neurons, with the ultimate goal of developing a vaccine to prevent or eliminate herpesvirus latency. Dr. Elmayet is also a full member of the American Society for Virology and serves on the editorial boards of peer-reviewed journals, including Frontiers in Microbiology and BMC Veterinary Research.