Elected: 2014
Country (Nationality)
Sudan
Discipline
Chemical Sciences
Bio
Accomplishments
- 2013 Organised and chaired the 15th NAPRECA Symposium in Khartoum, Sudan
- 2009-to date Scientific Adviser, International Foundation for Science (IFS), Stockholm, Sweden.
- 2007 Chairman of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Committee of Herbal Medicine, China
- 2005-2009 Temporary Advisor, Genomic and Drug Discovery Group, TDR/WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
- 1996-1997, Visiting professor, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 1989-1991 Band Aid International research award, London, United Kingdom.
- 1989 Research fellow (5 months), Walter Reed Research Institute, Washington, D.C., USA.
- 1987-1988 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Department of Structural Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany.
- 1986 Research grant, (USAID) Agency for International Development, USA.
Recognitions: membership in national and other academies, prizes, awards, etc
- Africa Coordinator, Research Network Natural Products against Neglected Diseases, since February 2014.
- Executive Secretary, Natural Products Research Network for Eastern & Central Africa since December 2013.
- Member of Research Initiative on Traditional Antimalarial Methods (RITAM), Oxford, UK, since 2000.
- Membership in American Chemical Society (USA) and Society of Medicinal Plants (Germany).