Prof. Bahlul Zayed Awen

(Professor of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Tripoli, Libya)

Prof. Bahlul obtained his MSc and PhD from Tohoku University in Japan. His research interests include isolation and identification of natural products, phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activities of medicinal plants, and synthetic studies of biologically active natural products. He has spent various periods as an invited researcher and in different Universities, including Nigatta and Tohoku Universities in Japan. He has served as head of the National Center for Food and Drug Control, as well as the Dean of the faculty of Pharmacy in 7th April University .

Prof. Sherif Fouad Hammad

(Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Egypt-Japan University pf Science and Technology, Alexandria, Egypt)

Sherif F. Hammad is one of the expert Egyptian medicinal chemists especially in the field of API industrial production. Dr. Hammad graduated from the Faculty of pharmacy, Alexandria University in 1997 with an excellent with honor grade after receiving the best ideal student award (first ranked over the university). He started his academic career in Helwan University where he earned a master's degree in Pharmaceutical chemistry followed by a Medicinal Chemistry PhD degree from Auburn University in Alabama State in the US and a postdoctoral fellowship in University of Maryland Baltimore County. His work in the US focused on the multistep total synthesis of DNA minor groove alkylators, carbocyclic nucleosides and other modified nucleotides targeting cancer, tuberculosis, and Hepatitis C virus. Upon returning to Egypt, he started his professional career both academically as an assistant professor of Medicinal Chemistry in Helwan University and other Universities as adjunct professor as well as industrially as a Research and development (R&D) consultant in Pharco group for pharmaceutical industries. He shared in the startup and establishment of the most modern API production facility in the Middle East (Pharco B for Chemicals) at the role of R&D and technical director with a significant contribution in the treatment of more than 2 million Egyptian patients from HCV in the last five years. He joined EDA (Egyptian Drug Authority) from its beginning as API and Quality consultant and He is the major R&D consultant for EVA Pharma in API projects. He served as a technical consultant with ACDIMA and EIPICO to establish ARAB API as the biggest API facility in the MENA region.

Prof. Hamdy M. Abdel-Rahman

(Professor of Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Dean of Faculty of Pharmacy, Badr University in Assiut, Assiut, Egypt)

Hamdy M. Abdel-Rahman received the Ph.D. degree in medicinal chemistry in 1999 in a joint supervision between Faculty of Pharmacy Assiut University, Egypt and Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Japan. After Two postdoctoral positions, from 2002-2004, at Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Japan and from 2006-2009 at institute of cancer therapeutics, Bradford University, UK; he returned to Assiut University, Egypt where he promoted to full professor in 2012. From 2014 he joined the Faculty of Pharmacy, Nahda University in Beni Suef (NUB), where he became the dean from 2018-2022. Finally, from 2022 till now he is the dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Badr University in Assiut (BUA).

Prof. Alaa M. Hayallah

(Prof. of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry and Dean of admission & registration, Sphinx University, Assiut Pharmacists Syndicate Chairman, Assiut, Egypt)

Prof. Hayallah received a B.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Assiut University, Asyut, Egypt in 1990, a M. Sc. In the Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry from Assiut University in 1996, and a Ph.D. in the Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry from Pharmaceutical Institute, Bonn University, Bonn, Germany in 2003. In 1992 he started his academic life as a demonstrator at Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department in Assiut University, and then he served as a Teaching Assistant and later as a Lecturer. He served as a Lecturer of "Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Biology" for the undergraduate and postgraduate students, LIMES Program Unit Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry, Bonn Uni. Germany (2005). Prof. Hayallah has a unique expertise in Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design as a Lecturer of "Instrumental tools for drug analysis and molecular biology" at Faculty of Pharmacy, Israa University, Jordan. Previous to his Deanship at Deraya University, Prof. Hayallah took the lead as the Head of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry at Asyut University. He is also Chairman of Assiut Pharmacists Syndicate and Vice president of operation smile committee in Egypt, in addition, he is a certified HR trainer. He supervised evaluated many of M. Sc & Ph. D thesis and published a lot of papers in the top journals of Organic and Medicinal chemistry, in addition to one paper in Nature Cell Biology. Also. he is acting a reviewer in many international journals and inspector for many scientific research projects. In 2015, Prof. Hayallah received a prestigious Assiut University Award, as the best-ever scientific research in field of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.

Prof. Korany Abdella Khallil

(Professor of Applied Organic and Medicinal Chemistry at the National Research Center, Egypt)

Prof. Yaseen Elshaier

(Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Vice Dean for Research and Postgraduate Studies, University of Sadat City, Egypt)

Yaseen A. M. M. Elshaier  is a professor in pharmaceutical chemistry and vice dean for research and postgraduate studies, faculty of pharmacy, university of Sadat City, Menufia, Egypt. He got his bachelor degree (2000) from faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Egypt, and master degree (2007) from faculty of pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt. On 2011, he got his PhD from Kanazawa University, Japan in the field of metal coupling chemistry toward total synthesis of natural products. On 2015, he travelled to USA for a postdoc scholarship at South Dakota State University, SD, USA. His work, there, focused on different molecular modelling techniques and computer aided drug design approaches. Additionally, he engaged in projects for design and synthesis of Cucurbitaceae analogues as anti-cancer agents.  Dr Elshaier has Scopus H index 24 with 1430 citation and two international patents. In the frame of pharmaceutical chemistry perspective, currently he is interesting in novel green chemistry methods, drug repurposing approaches and molecular modelling. Furthermore, he is working in utilizing artificial intelligence applications in drug development and drug discovery.

Prof. Fotouh Rashed Mansour

(Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.)

Fotouh Mansour is a Professor at Tanta University's Faculty of Pharmacy. He is also the director of the University's Scientific Research Development Unit. In 2013, he finished his PhD in chemistry at Miami University. Two year later, he joined the University of Tasmania in Australia as a research associate. With over 110 international publications, he has developed an H-index of 24. Prof. Fotouh was further acknowledged as one of the World's Top 2% Scientists in analytical chemistry for 2021 and 2022 by Stanford University's Ranking of the World Scientists. Prof. Fotouh's research interest includes green analytical chemistry, sample preparation, microextraction, deep eutectic solvents, carbon dots and metal organic frameworks in pharmaceutical analysis.

Prof. Ibrahim M. El-Sherbiny

Professor of Professor of Nanomaterials and Nanomedicine, Director of the Center for Materials Science, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt)

Prof. Ibrahim M. El-Sherbiny obtained his BSc in chemistry and his master's degree in polymers from Mansoura University. He moved to Massey University, New Zealand and obtain his PhD in smart drug delivery in 2007. In 2009, he was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship from the University of Michigan. In 2012, he received Prestigious STATE Incentive Award in Science given by the National Academy of Scientific Research, Egypt. In 2013, he was awarded the Venice Goda Award for Scientific Creativity for Young Researchers in the field of Materials Science and its applications also by National Academy of Scientific Research, Egypt. El-Sherbiny was a post-doctoral fellow in three different universities; Michigan University, University of New Mexico and Texas University, United States between 2008 and 2010. Prof. Ibrahim is currently an Egyptian Professor of Nanomaterials and Nanomedicine at the Zewail City of Science and Technology. He is the Director of Nanoscience Program and the Center for Materials Science of the institution. He is a member Biomedical Engineering Society and a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry.

Prof. Mahmoud Fahmy Ali Elsabahy

(Professor of Pharmaceutics and Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, Badr University in Cairo, Egypt)

Dr Mahmoud Elsabahy is a professor of pharmaceutical technology and nanomedicine, with more than 15 years of experience in the development of cutting-edge technologies for gene therapy, and for the delivery of biotechnology-related products. He is the vice president for graduate studies and research in Badr University in Cairo. He is a fellow of the Leaders in Innovation Fellowship Program (Royal Academy Engineering in London) which provided added skills in business and entrepreneurship, a pivotal bridge between academia and industry. He has completed MSc and PhD degrees from the faculty of pharmacy, University of Montreal "pharmaceutical nanotechnology" (Montreal, Canada). Dr Elsabahy has been the assistant director of a research facility at Texas A&M University (Texas, USA, 2011-2020), and currently he is a visiting scholar at Texas A&M University. He has been ranked in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 among the top 2% of scientists in the world and among the top 1% of scientists in the world in "Pharmacy and Pharmacology", as named by Stanford University World's Top 2% Scientists. He contributed to 130 publications, all in international top-profile peer-reviewed journals, and he is the principal investigator on several grants. He is the main inventor on several granted US and European patents. In May 2016, he received the State Award, and in August 2017, he received the Excellence Medal 'First Class' from the Egyptian President. In 2021, he won the 'Gold Medal' from the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva and was awarded the Obada Prize. Recently, in 2022, he won the State Award for Excellence in Advanced Technological Sciences.

Prof. Gamal Mohamed Mahmoud El Maghraby

(Professor and Head of Pharmaceutical Technology Department, Tanta University, Egypt)

Dr. El Maghraby is a Professor and Head of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University, Egypt. He received his Ph.D. in pharmaceutical Technology from the University of Bradford, UK in 2000. After brief stints as a postdoctoral fellow at Monash University, Australia (2001), he worked as a lecturer at Tanta University for 4 years before moving to University of Auckland, New Zealand for 1 year. He worked also at King Saud university in Saudi Arabia for 5 years before coming back to Tanta University. He published more than 150 international publications in addition to 12 book chapters. He was listed in the top 2% scientists worldwide by Stanford University for 4 consecutive years. His research interests include optimization of drug absorption using nanotechnology and crystalline structure modification.

Prof. Maha Fadel Mohamed Ali

(Professor of Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Nano-Technology and Laser Applications in Pharmaceutical Sciences, National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences, Cairo University, Egypt)

Dr. Maha Fadel is a Professor of Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Nano-Technology and Laser Applications in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Now she is the Vice Dean for Postgraduate Studies and Research at National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences (NILES), Cairo University. She was the head of Medical Applications of laser Dept., NILES. She has 55 publications on laser applications in pharmaceutical Sciences and nanotechnology in photodynamic therapy. She is a reviewer in many international scientific journals. She was the president of Medical Ethical Committee at NILES and member of Medical Ethical committee of the Medical Sector in Ministry of Defense in Egypt. She is a member in Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy promotion committee for Professors and associate professors at Supreme Council of Universities in Egypt. She had her PhD, MSc in pharmaceutics and Industrial pharmacy and Bachelor degree in pharmaceutical sciences from faculty of Pharmacy Cairo University.