Congratulations to Mahmoud Shobair, a graduate student of Biochemistry & Biophysics, for receiving the 2016 Dissertation Completion Award.

Mahmoud received his B.S. from the University of Florida. He joined the department of Biochemistry and Biophysics in 2013 and is currently a member in the lab of Dr. Nikolay Dokholyan, Michael Hooker Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics. Mahmoud has been awarded an honorarium for the completion of his dissertation, titled 鈥淪tructure-function determinants of activation of the epithelial sodium channel鈥