Personal Information

 Professor

Department of  Natural Products

Faculty of Pharmacy

Contact Information

Phone: 0126400000 Ext. 22157

Email: gahussein@kau.edu.sa

Gamal abd Allah Mohamed Hussein

 Professor

Profile

Dr. Gamal Abd Allah Mohamed Hussein was graduated from Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut with general grade excellent with honour in 1997. He worked as teaching assistant at the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University from 1997 till 2002 at this time he obtained master degree in pharmaceutical sciences, Pharmacognosy.  From 2002 till 2006 he worked as associate lecturer at Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University. He worked as research assistant at Pharmazeutische Biologie Institute der Universität Heinrich-Heine, Düsseldorf, Germany from 2002 till 2005 under supervision of Prof. Peter Proksch. In 2006, he got the PhD degree. From 2006 till 2012 he worked as assistant professor at the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University. From 2009 to 2010 he worked at Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Fatah University, Libya. After that he worked as associate professor at the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University from 2012 till now. Currently, he worked as professor at the Department of Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Education

  • 1997

    Bachelor degree from Pharmacognosy DepartmentFaculty of Pharmacy, Al Azhar University, اسيوط, مصــــــــر

  • 2001

    Master degree from Pharmacognosy DepartmentFaculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, اسيوط, مصــــــــر

  • 2006

    Doctorate degree from pharmacognosyFaculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, اسيوط, مصــــــــر

Employment

  • 2006-2011

    Associate professor, Associate Prof.- Faculty of Pharmacy-Al-Azhar University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2006-2012

    Associate Professor, Al-azhar University, اسيوط, مصــــــــر

  • 2011-حاليا

    Associate professor, King abdulazizi university, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

1- Isolation and identification of biologically active natural products from medicinal plants, marines and fungi.

2- Structure elucidation of natural products using different spectroscopic techniques e.g. UV, IR, MS, 1D, and 2D NMR.

3- Different chromatographic techniques such as TLC, CC, VLC, GC, and HPLC.

4- Biological evaluation of natural products.

5- Macro- and microscopical characterization of medicinal plants.

Scientific interests

Chemistry, isolation, structural elucidation, and biological evaluation of natural products from different natural sources as plants, marines, and fungi.

Courses

Natural Products and Alternative Medicine 301 NP
Structure Elucidation of Natural Products 820 NP

Areas of expertise

Isolation and structural elucidation of natural compounds from plants, marine and, fungi