Dr. Sallam started his M.Sc. in 2005 and has occupied a Research Assistant at the Department of Genetics in Assiut University up to 2010. In 2011, he started his P.hD studies at University of Göttingen for three years. After his P.hD. he became an Assistant Professor at the Department of Genetics, Assiut University. He worked as a Research Scientist at Department of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Lincoln-Nebraska, USA for two years 2016 and 2017. Dr. Sallam received a Ph.D. award from German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Postdoctoral fellowship from Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education. He received a recognition of high scholarship and outstanding achievement from Gamma Sigma Delta foundation.