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Honors and Awards

March 1983 Excellence in Pharmacy Award
Mansoura University, Egypt
July 1983 AbouOuaf's National Outstanding Academic Achievement Award in Medicinal Chemistry
Mansoura University, Egypt
1991 - 1993 Channel System Scholarship Recipient
Mansoura University, Egypt
July 1995 Dive Training: PADI Certified Open Water Diver
April 1996 Rho Chi Initiate
University of Mississippi
University, MS
July 1998 American Society of Pharmacognosy Active Members Travel Grant Award Receipient
June 2003 Egyptian State Award (Promotional Health Sciences)
June 2004 American Soceity of Pharmacognosy Undergraduate Research Award to Shenouda Yacoub
(Faculty Advisor, Development of the marine triterpene sipholenones as anticancer agents)
April 2005 American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Mentor
Award to Ashley Barbo (Optimization of antiangiogenic sipholanes using biocatalysis)
May 2005 The Klimer Prize Award to Swapnali Sawant
(Faculty Advisor, Anticancer marine cembranoids)
April 2006 American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Mentor, Award to J. Prestridge
May 2006 Outstanding Professor of the Year, ULM College of Pharmacy
April 2007 The Kilmer Prize Award to Sendeep Jain (Faculty Advisor, Novel Pgp-modulating marine triterpenes)
March 2008 American Society of Pharmacognosy Travel Award to Ahmed Orabi (Faculty Advisor, Novel tocotrienol analogs)

Professional Activities

  • 36 Scientific dives in the Gulf of Mexico and Red Sea

  • Several Plant Collection trips along Southeastern Egyptian Coast

  • Varian VXR-300, JOEL Eclipse-400, Bruker Avance-300 and DRX-400 NMR instruments