Prof. Dr.mohamed  A.  el-shanawany

Professor of Pharmacognosy

Department of Pharmacognosy

Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University

Assiut 71526, Egypt.

Personal Data :

         Name  : First                   Middle                             Family

                      Mohamed            Ahmed                            El-Shanawany

Date of birth  : October 2 , 1948

Place of birth : Assiut , EGYPT

Marital status : Married ,    two sons

Position : Vice- President Assiut  University for Community Services & Environmental Affairs.

Postal address: Assiut University,Vice-Presient office,

                        Assiut 71515, EGYPT.

Phone : 

Office:  002-088-2355253

            002-088-2352400

Home :  002-088-2324886

Mobile : 012 4776021

Fax:      002-088-2352400

E-mail :  E-mail Contact

Education :

B. Pharmacy                 1970  Assiut University, Egypt

M.Sc. Pharmacy           1975  Assiut University, Egypt

Ph.D. Pharmacy            1980  Assiut University, Egypt

Professional  and / or Experience:

• 8/2007 – to date     Vice-President Assiut University for community services & environmental affairs.

• 8/2002 -7/2007     Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University.

• 9/98 to 8/2002      Vice- Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut  University.

• 9/98 to 7/2002      Head of the Dept. of  Pharmacognosy, Faculty of pharmacy, Minia University.

• 12/90 to date      Professor, Dept. of  Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy ,Assiut University Egypt.

• 8/2001-11/2001      DAAD Research visit, Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, Braunschwige, Germany.

• 8/99 - 10/99     Scientific visit, Institute for Pharmaceutical  Biology, Bonn, Germany.

• 8/1998 – 8/2002     Editorial Secretary ,Bulletin of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assiut University.

• 8/2002 – to date     Editor in Chief, Bulletin of Pharmaceutical  Sciences, Assiut University.

• 10/92  -   9/96     Scientific Consultant, General Directorate for Research Grants Programs, King Abdel-Aziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, SA.

• 12/85---12/90    Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Egypt..

• 12/80---12/85     Lecturer, Dept of Pharmacognosy, Faculty       of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Egypt.

•  03/81---02/82   Postdoctoral Fellowship, Dept of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pennesylvania, USA.

•  12/75---12/80    Assistant Lecturer, Dept. of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

• 12/72---12/75     Demonstrator, Dept. of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Professional Membership:

1. Member the Council Egyptian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences

2. The American Society of Pharmacognosy (active member)  1981- 1985.

3. Member of the Council of Drug Research Center, Assiut University

4. Chief of  the Council of Natural Products Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University.

5. Member of the Council of Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology Center, Assiut University.

6. Member of the Scientific Association of Colleges of Pharmacy in Arab World.

7. The Arab Academy of Pharmacy, 1991 (Arab Union of Pharmacists).

8. Member of the Egyptian Pharmacists Syndicate .

9. Chief of the Council of  Pharmaceutical Services Center ( quality assurance and bioavailability studies ),faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University. 

10. Member of the Egyptian Society of Toxins.

11. Member of the Scientific Committee for Associate Professors.

12. Member of the Council of Mycology Center, Assiut University.

13. Member of the Committee  of Pharmacy Education (Supreme Council of  Universities).

14. External examiner for Pharmacy Students (3rd &4th year),Faculty  of Pharmacy, El-Fateh University, 2006,Troboli, Libya.

Scientific Meetings:

1. International African Conference, Cairo, 1975.

2. The Egyptain Pharmaceutical Society Meetings, Cairo (biannual).

3. The 22 nd Annual Meeting of the ASP, Boston, Mass, USA.1981

4. The Arab Union of Pharmacists Conference, Troboli, Libya, 1991.

5. The 60th International Congress of FIP ( Pharmacy World Congress), Vienna, Austria, 26-31 August 2000.

6. Assiut University Pharmaceutical Sciences Conferences, Assiut, Egypt, March 2000 and March 2002  (General Secretary). March 2004and March 2006, Chairman.

7. Conferences of The scientific Society of Faculties of Pharmacy in Arab World

• December  2003 Beirut, Lebanon.

• December  2004, Cairo, Egypt.

• December  2005,Ryiadh, Saudi Arabia.

 Fields of Interest:

1. Isolation and structure elucidation of natural products.

2. Biotechnological  Studies (Plant Tissue Culture ) for production of natural products.

3. Production of natural products of potential biological activity from fungi.

Supervision of Thesis:

1- Ph.D in Pharmaceutical Sciences ( Pharmacognosy ).

    -“ Phytochemical Study of Tavernarea  aegyptiaca Bois and Zygophellum album growing in Egypt.Co-Supervision with Prof.G.Franz

    - “ Phytochemical study of Balanites aegyptiaca and Salvadora persica  as anti-hyperglycemic plants. Co- supervision with Prof.OsamuTanaka,Horeshima University,Jpan.

    - “ Pytochemical Studies of Propolis ( Bee gum ) and Certain Solanum spp.Co-Supervision with Prof. T.Nohara.

    - “ Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies on Cardinolides of Pergularia tomentosa L Growing in Egypt”.

  2- Msc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences ( Pharmacognosy ).

      - “ Pharmacognostical Study of Salvia farinaceae ( Family Labiatae ) growing in Egypt”.

      - “Pharmacognostical Study of Cassia spectapelis ( Legumenose) cultivated in Egypt”.

      - “Phytochemical Study of Corchorus olitorius (Tiliaceae ) and Gladiolus segetum ( Liliaceae )”.

      - “Pharmacognostical Study of Centaurium pulcellum (Gentianaceae) Growing in Egypt”.

      - “ Pharmcgnostical Study of Eugenia jambolana (Syzgium cumini L.) Family Myrtaceae and Daucus carota L. roots Family Umbelliferae Cultivated in Egypt.”

      - “ Phytochemical Investigation of Allium sativum L. Cell Culture”.