PhD candidate · Frieboes Lab · J.B. Speed School of Engineering · University of Louisville

Half scientist, half engineer. I make drug delivery predictable.

I build mechanistic models of how therapeutic systems transport, release, and produce an effect. Those predictions guide controlled-release designs that I fabricate through 3D printing or electrospinning and evaluate in the lab. The resulting data recalibrate the model and guide the next design.

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I can help you…

BUILD

I can model your therapeutic question with data-driven (AI/ML) and mechanistic (ODE/PDE) approaches, from PK/PD to release and dose–response.

REFINE

Whether it's a formulation or the model itself, I use modeling and evidence to find what's missing and refine it toward your objective.

TEACH

I turn your quantitative science into clear, structured learning, from STEM curricula to explanations that help people see how the pieces connect.

DELIVER

I coach you to reach your audience through pacing, activities, and body language matched to their age and background. Or I'll take the stage myself.

The research

Four stages. One closed loop.

Models guide what I build. Experiments shape what I model next.

01 PREDICT

MODEL

mechanistic · data-driven

I use ODE/PDE and AI/ML models to predict transport, release, PK/PD, and biological response before anything is built.

Publications

2025 Drug and therapeutic intravaginal delivery targeting diseases in the female reproductive tract: A mathematical modeling perspective — Journal of Controlled Release FIRST AUTHOR

2025 Dual probiotic and antibiotic therapy targeting bacterial vaginosis: An integrated experimental/computational modeling perspective — Biomedical Engineering Advances FIRST AUTHOR

02 TRANSLATE

DESIGN

materials · geometry · release

I turn predictions into choices about materials, geometry, dose, and release, balanced against fabrication limits.

Publications

2025 Dual probiotic and antibiotic therapy targeting bacterial vaginosis: An integrated experimental/computational modeling perspective — Biomedical Engineering Advances FIRST AUTHOR

03 REALIZE

FABRICATE

3D printing · electrospinning

I turn computational designs into physical prototypes, controlling structure and composition so behavior can be tested.

Publications

2026 Fabrication of bioprints self-coated with thermally sensitive lactobacilli for CAUTI applications — European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

2025 3D-printed implants targeting gynaecological disease — Fundamentals and Future Trends of 3D Printing in Drug Delivery

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04 MEASURE · UPDATE

TEST

in vitro · in vivo

I compare predictions with release, efficacy, safety, and response data, then recalibrate the model with the results.

Publications

2024 Sustained dual delivery of metronidazole and viable Lactobacillus crispatus from 3D-printed silicone shells — Biomaterials Advances

the loop closes — evidence updates the model

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Teaching & content

I've taught STEM to kids as young as five and adults into their late twenties — and I developed every course myself.

2,000+ Students

5–27 Age range

4 Courses built

Programming, electronics, biology, chemistry — I've built the curriculum for all of it from scratch. And when the curriculum already exists somewhere else, I'll tell you what's actually missing from it.

Teaching a programming session to students at The STEM Hub. — The STEM Hub · session

Students building a circuit on a breadboard during a workshop. — Workshop · hands on

A cohort of students holding their certificates. — Cohort · certificates

Selected clients

Science communication

A knowledge-based society only works if everyone gets a way in.

So I write and speak the science — in English and Arabic, wherever it'll land.

Zewail City Science Festival

The festival brings science to the public through exhibits and workshops. I wrote and performed a play where three royals debate King Tutankhamun's death — 25+ shows, 500+ people, Sir Magdi Yacoub among them.

Syrian Researchers

"سنعيد كتابة العلم بأبجدية عربية" — "We will rewrite science in Arabic." That's the Syrian Researchers motto, and it's the work I do there: writing, translating, and editing Arabic biology and evolutionary-science content, for readers who range from the curious public to working scientists.

Travel

I grew up in Suez, where a canal was dug to connect the world. I've always wondered what was on the other side of it — I go wherever I can, and I'm nowhere near done.

54 Cities

11 Countries

4 Continents

It started in Suez · the map keeps filling in

Bassam was here Suez — where it started Louisville — now Follow the journey

Half scientist, half engineer. I make drug delivery predictable.

BUILD

REFINE

TEACH

DELIVER

MODEL

DESIGN

FABRICATE

TEST

I've taught STEM to kids as young as five and adults into their late twenties — and I developed every course myself.

A knowledge-based society only works if everyone gets a way in.

Tell me what you want to build, improve, or share.