Moamen Elmassry is a postdoctoral research associate in the Donia Lab in the Department of Molecular Biology. He earned a bachelor of pharmaceutical sciences from Cairo University and a PhD in microbiology from Texas Tech University. Moamen studies the human microbiome, specifically how gut microbes impact inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer patients. Outside the lab, he enjoys going for a run or going to a humanities talk. He believes that science does not exist in a vacuum and should be approached with a holistic perspective.