Pharmacology

Biography

Obtained successively the MSc (1994) and PhD (1997) degree in pharmacology and toxicology at the Cairo University, Egypt. Was visiting scholar in 2002 at the Department of Veterinary Medicine of the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. In 2003 and 2005 he conducted a postdoc fellowship, respectively at the Pharamcogenetics Research Institute of the Central South University in Hunan, ChangSha, China and the Pharamcogenetics Research Center of the Inje University in Jin-Gu, Busan, Republic of Korea. Was visiting professor from 2005 to 2007 at the Natural Products Chemistry Laboratory at Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, and Foreign Assistant Professor at the Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. In 2009 he was appointed as full-time professor at the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University. Presented several communications at national and international congresses, and published a variety of papers in national and international peer reviewed journals. Received in 2009 an award of the Cairo University for the best scientist in Basic Sciences, and in 2011 the National Incentive Reward for Biotechnology and Agricultural Sciences and the Publication Award from Misr El-Khair Foundation

Research Interest

Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics Area of Pharmacodynamic/Pharmacokinetics interaction. Disposition kinetics and Biotransformation (in vitro and in vivo)studies of drugs Xenobiotic residue analysis in food commodities and animal products Natural Products.