Ms. Salem is currently a Master's Student at Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, and working as a mycologist with particular interest in the taxonomy, biodiversity, and conservation of fungi and her specialist interest is members of ascomycete's group especially coprophilous fungi. Her research includes isolation, identification and taxonomic assessments of these fungi, with particular emphasis on those which produce bioactive materials. She has become interested in the effect of climate change on fungi, especially the impacts of ultraviolet light and ozone on fungi. This, in turn, led her to become involved in fungal conservation. She is member of the EMA European Mycological Association, and also a Founder Member of the International Society for Fungal Conservation, the first society in the world to be exclusively devoted to protecting fungi.