Staff Profile

Prof. Khaled Abouzid Mohamed Abouzid

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Biography

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Dr. Khaled Abouzid is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Prominent Scholar in Drug Discovery, Co-founding Director of Center of Drug Discovery and Development Research ASU and former dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, University Sadat City. USC Dr. Abouzid’s research covers design of bioactive small molecules with special emphasis on cannabinoids, targeted anticancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral anti-microbial agents, enzyme inhibitors and organic chemistry. He has published over 130 research papers, two books and filed 12 patents in medicinal chemistry. He has Scopus H index of 30. He has supervised over 90 Master and PhD students in 7 universities. Dr Abouzid has research collaborations with German, British, Swedish, Canadian and US universities. He has also organized and presided over 32 international symposia and conferences Dr. Abouzid obtained his B.S. degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Cairo University in 1985, and his PhD. joint degree in Organic Chemistry from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University and, School of Pharmacy University of Connecticut, USA. Dr. Abouzid started his career in 1995 as a lecturer of Organic Chemistry at Cairo University, Faculty of Pharmacy. In 2001, he moved to the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Ain Shams University, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2003. He did postdoctoral work with Professor Jochen Lehman of the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany. He was recruited as a Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry in 2008. He served as the Department chair and vice dean of education and student affairs 2009-2018 before his current appointment as the dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, University Sadat City.