Education:
1994: Ph.D. – Natural Products Chemistry, Channel program with Kemisk Institute, Aarhus University, Denmark / Menoufia University. 1989: M.Sc.- Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Egypt. 1986: B.Sc. - Chemistry (Excellent with Hon’s) Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Egypt. Professional Experience: 2007- till now. Professor of Natural Products Chemistry, working in Department of Pharmacognosy, Uppsala Biomedical Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Sweden (mainly since 1995). 2003-2006. Assistant Professor, working between Lab. of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Dept. of Pharmacy, Geneva University, Switzerland. 2001-2003. Fellow of the prestigious Japanese Society of Promotion of Science (JSPS) as Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Japan. Established important & unique contact with Bedouins in South and North Sinai for herbal medicine (information of medical uses, locations and collection) since 1998 till now. Scientific Research Field: Professor Hesham R. El-Seedi working in the area of synthesis, isolation and structure elucidation of biologically active natural products from medicinal plants, marine and bee products. Recently, we started also a project on nanoparticles synthesis. Social academic post and honor: Member of “The Chemical Society of Japan”, Japan. Member of “Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences”, Sweden. Member of “Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE)”, The Netherlands. Member of Alumina Japanese Society of Promotion of Science JSPS. Teaching Courses: Organic Chemistry: (Principles of Organic Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Natural Products, Chromatography, Spectroscopy, and Special Topics); Biochemistry: (Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Enzymes, Hormones). Published papers: Professor Hesham R. El-Seedi has published more than 100 peer-reviewed international research articles and scientific papers, reviews, chapters in Peer-Reviewed International Journals among them: The Lancet (Current IF around 47), as well as Scientific Reports (Nature Group), Journal of Natural Products (single author and also within team work), European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Current Organic Synthesis, Phytochemistry, Tetrahedron, Tetrahedron Letters, PLOS ONE, Current Pharmaceutical Drugs, Current Medicinal Chemistry, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, Food Chemistry, ChemBioChem (including Cover Picture), ….etc in the American Chemical Society (ACS), Elsevier Science, Wiley, and Springer journals and he is functioning as a referee and co-editor for most of them. Main Scientific Research Projects: 2018, Grant award from Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) for 45 days to be in Japan for lectures, joined supervision and publications. 2018, Grant from Uppsala University, Sweden for co-operation with China for 3 weeks. 2016, Swedish Research Links grants for the 2017-2019 years, [2016-05908] with Dr. Ulf Göransson, Uppsala University, Sweden. Isolation, structure elucidation and synthesis of cytotoxic compound(s) from bee venom as anticancer lead in hepatocellular carcinoma model 2016, Swedish Research Links grants for the 2017-2019 years [2016-05885] with Dr. Sabrina Büttner, Stockholm University Bee products to counteract age-associated cellular decay, Patents: Scientific Research Achievements and Awards: 2018-2019 Appreciation Certificate from Keio University, Japan about lectures contribution at University of Tokyo, Keio, Chiba, Waseda and Tuskuba Universities. 2018 Shield of Appreciation in recognition of outstanding seminar, April, Taibah University, Saudi Arabian. 2017 Price for the best presentation and paper from Association of Arab Researchers in Bees (AARB) during the International Conference of ABU and APIMED, Dec. 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. 2017, Appointment as Adjunct Faculty Professor at the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Karachi, Pakistan. 2015, AWARD from STEFELSEN Foundation/Pharmacognosy: For many years of Scientific Contributions to Pharmacognosy Research and thereby increasing the knowledge about bioactive Natural Products and building contributions with Developing Countries. Nordic Natural Products Conference, Visby 2015. 2016, AWARD certificate and medal from University of Malakand, 27th National and 15th International Chemistry Conference, 2016, Pakistan. 2015, Certificate of Appreciation for Invited Oral Presentation in the Annual Colloquium on Drug Development from Natural Products, Center for Natural Product Research and Drug Discovery, UM, Malaysia. 2014, Certificate of Appreciation for Invited Oral Presentation in the Annual Colloquium on Drug Development from Natural Products, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia. 2014 Distinctive representation Internationally from Menoufia University VC. Number of postgraduates under supervision Number of supervised masters and Ph.D. Number of supervised undergraduates The above information updated Sep.2019 |