Muntaser Ibrahim
Professor Muntaser Ibrahim | |
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منتصر الطيب إبراهيم | |
| Born | June 17, 1957 |
| Nationality | Sudanese |
| Education | B.Sc. (1980), M.Sc. (1987), Ph.D. (1994) |
| Alma mater | Zagazig University, Egypt University of Khartoum University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Awards | C.N.R. Rao Prize for Scientific Research (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Human genetics, disease genetics |
| Institutions | University of Khartoum, Sudan |
Muntaser Eltayeb Ibrahim (Arabic: منتصر الطيب إبراهيم, born June 17, 1957) is a Sudanese geneticist and professor of molecular biology at the University of Khartoum, where he leads its Institute of Endemic Diseases. Science described him as "one of Sudan's most distinguished living scholars". His research focuses on human genetic diversity in Africa, human genetic variation contributing to susceptibility to infectious diseases such as malaria and leishmaniasis, and cancer genetics.
Ibrahim is a founding member of the African Society of Human Genetics and co-founded the Sudanese National Academy of Sciences (SNAS). He is also a member of The World Academy of Sciences. He has co-authored more than 180 original peer-reviewed research publications, including work published in Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature, Nature Genetics, and other major journals.