Editorial Board
Editorial Board – Updated on 31 August 2026
The Yemeni Journal of Life Sciences is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal committed to advancing knowledge across the life sciences.
Editorial Leadership
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Qais Yusuf M. Abdullah
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sana’a University, Yemen
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Email: editor@yjb-ye.org
Expertise: Microbiology
Managing Editor
Saad Al-Arnoot, PhD Student
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sana’a University, Yemen
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Email: managing.editor@yjb-ye.org
Expertise: Microbiology, Antimicrobial Resistance, Plant-derived Bioactives
Section Editors
Microbiology, Immunology & Medical Laboratory Sciences Section Editor
Dr. Wadhah H. Edrees
Department of Medical Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hajjah University, Hajjah, Yemen
Expertise: Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases
Botany, Plant Sciences Section Editor
Prof. Hassan M. Ibrahim
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sana’a University, Yemen
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Expertise: Plant Taxonomy, Plant Ecology, Palynology, Plant Cheotaxonomy, Phytogeography
Pharmacognosy Section Editor
Prof. Ali Al-kaf
Medicinal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sana'a University, Yemen
Expertise: Medicinal chemistry, Yemeni medicinal plants, analysis of drugs and antimicrobial resistance
Biological Chemistry Section Editor
Prof. Khalid Mohammed Naji
Department of Chemical Ecology/Biological Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Germany
Expertise: Biochemistry, Enzymology
Zoology, Animal Biology Section Editor
Dr. Elham Shukri Al-Shaibani
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sana’a University, Yemen
Expertise: Embryology, Histology
Ecology, Environmental & Marine Sciences Section Editor
Dr. Hisham Naji
Head, Environmental Sciences Department, Faculty of Petroleum and Natural Resources, Yemen
Expertise: Environmental Sciences, Marine Science
Molecular Biology & Molecular Medicine Section Editor
Dr. Eihab Al-Herwi
Medical laboratories department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ibb University, Yemen.
Expertise: Molecular medicine
Biotechnology & Bioprocessing Section Editor
Dr. Amira Ali Mohammed Al-Harethi
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sana’a University, Yemen
Expertise: Nanobiotechnology, Microbiology, Mycology, Mycotoxins, Enzymes
Editorial Board Members
Prof. Ahmed M. Al-Haddad
Department of Medical Laboratories, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hadhramout University, Mukalla, Hadhramout, Yemen
Expertise: Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases
Prof. Ramzi Mothana
Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Expertise: Pharmacognosy, Drug Discovery, Natural Products, Separation Techniques, Pharmacological Activities
Prof. Abdulghani Mohamed Alsamarai
Department of Medicine, Tikrit University College of Medicine, Tikrit, Iraq.
Department of Laboratory Techniques, College of Health and Medical Techniques, Al-Qalam University, Kirkuk, Iraq.
Expertise: Dermatology, Infectious Diseases and Medical Education
Prof. Dhary Alewy Almashhadany
Department of Medical Laboratory, College of Science, Science, Knowledge university, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
Expertise: Public Health, Food Safety.
Dr. Moneeb A. K. Othman
Centogene GmbH, Rostock, Germany
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Expertise: Oncology
Dr. Murad Al-Ahdal
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
Expertise: Clinical Immunology, Immunology, Microbiology, Neuroscience
Expertise: Cancer Immunomodulation Mechanisms
Dr. Fatima Alhadi
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sana’a University, Yemen.
Expertise: Plant Physiology, Medicinal plants, Taxonomy, Molecular Biology, Ecology
Dr. Marwan Mansoor Mohammed
Department of Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Microbiota Research Group, Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Expertise: Oral Microbiology, Microbial Biofilms, Antibiotic Resistance
Dr. Kamal Hezam
Department of Medical Laboratories, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Taiz University, Taiz, Yemen.
Expertise: Immunology, Microbiology, Stem Cell Therapy
Dr. Fadhl Alshaebi
Department of Neurology, Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, United States
Expertise: Cellular senescence, aging, neurodegeneration, immunotherapy
Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Alshawsh
Senior Research Fellow, Monash University, Australia
Honorary Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Australia
Expertise: Microbiome, Metagenomics, Molecular Pharmacology, Evidence Synthesis
Dr. Abeer Esmail
Medical Laboratories Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ibb University, Yemen
Expertise: Antimicrobial agents, Medical microbiology
Dr. Ali Ahmed Al-Hadheq
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Amran University, Yemen
Expertise: Microbiology, Virology, Molecular biology
Dr. Reem Al-Ariqi
Medical Laboratories Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Amran University, Yemen
Expertise: Immunology, Microbiology
Dr. Adel Mohammed Redhwan
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa – Türkiye.
Expertise: Helminthology, Parasitology, Systematic zoology
Advisory Board
Prof. Saed M. Al-Ghalibi
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sana’a University, Yemen
Expertise: Mycology
Prof. Hassan Al-Shamahy
Department of Medical Microbiology and Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sana’a University, Republic of Yemen.
Expertise: Medical Microbiology and Clinical Immunology
Prof. Maher Ali Almaqtari
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen
Expertise: Biochemistry, Enzymology, Analytical chemistry
