Mohamed Yassin is a senior researcher in the Department of Bioactive and Responsive Polymers (RP/C2) at IPF. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in chemistry from Mansoura University, Egypt, in 2008. In 2014, he obtained his PhD from the Technical University of Dresden under the supervision of Prof. Brigitte Voit, graduating summa cum laude. His doctoral research focused on “Controlled Permeable Polymersomes Decorated with Functional Antennae for Biomedical Applications”. Following his PhD, Dr. Yassin joined the National Research Centre (NRC) in Egypt as a postdoctoral researcher in the Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology group. In 2021, he was appointed as an Associate Professor at NRC. His research primarily explores the synthesis, modification, and applications of functional bio-based polymers using controlled polymerization techniques such as Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP).

• Synthesis of functional bio-based polymers using Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP)
• Antifouling and antimicrobial polymers for medical and packaging applications
• Self-assembly of stimuli-responsive polymers into nanostructured polymeric carriers for drug delivery and nanoreactors
• Enzyme immobilization on polymeric matrices for wastewater treatment
• Nanocomposites polymeric films for active packaging, incorporating metallic nanoparticles, cellulose nanocrystal, or grapheme