Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, 63rd International Conference of the Society
of Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, Budapest, Hungary, August 23 – 27,
2015
• Member, Research Network Natural Products against Neglected Diseases (ResNet
NPND), Germany – Since February 2014.
• Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, 61st International Conference of the Society
of Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, Münster, Germany, 1st – 5th September
2013.
• Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, International Organization for Chemical
Sciences in Development (IOCD) 2011 Symposium, African Plants: Unique sources of
drugs, agrochemicals, cosmetics and functional foods, Cape town, South Africa 12 – 16
January 2011.
• Ad hoc peer reviewer for the following Journals: Trends in Parasitology, Phytochemistry,
Phytotherapy Research, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Molecules.
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• Ad hoc grant proposal reviewer for International Federation of Science (IFS), Uppsala,
Sweden.
• Ad hoc grant proposal reviewer for TDR/WHO (Geneva)
• Ad hoc grant proposal reviewer for Wellcome Trust (UK).
• Associate Editor, Pharmaceutical Crops, a peer-reviewed open access journals Published
by Bentham Science, USA, since 2009.
• Organized 2nd symposium on natural products research in Sudan in collaboration with
Natural Products Research for Eastern and Central Africa (NAPRECA), University of
Science & Technology, Sudan, 21st July, 2008.
• Temporary Adviser, Steering Committee on Genomic and Drug Discovery, Special
Programme for Research & Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)/ WHO, Geneva,
Switzerland (since 2005).
• Temporary Advisor for TDR/WHO Working Group on Compounds Evaluation Network,
Geneva, Switzerland (since 2005).
• Appointed as a consultant to prepare the curriculum of the college of Pharmacy and
Health Sciences, Ajman University of Science & Technology, United Arab Emirates,
1996.
• Member, International Editorial Board, Journal of Tropical Medicinal Plants, Published
by Total Health Concepts Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia (2001-2004).
• Invited by WHO headquarter to attend experts meeting on antiparasitic natural sources
(Geneva, Switzerland, September 2000).
• Refereed more than 10 research proposal submitted to Wellcome Trust, London, United
Kingdom since 2000.
• Editor-in-chief, Al-Balqa, Scientific refereed journal Published by Deanship of Academic
Research, Amman University, Jordan (1999-2000).
• Member of Discussion Panel, Seminar on pharmacy curriculum development, Faculty of
Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan, May 1999.
• Organized, the 1st International Conference on Clinical Pharmacy, Amman University,
Amman, Jordan, April 1998.
• Member of the Regional Organizing Committee of the 7th NAPERCA symposium on
natural products, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, September 1997.
• Chairman, editorial board of experts on medicinal, aromatic and poisonous plants of the
Arab world Invited by the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development, League of
Arab States, to act as a (April – June, 1996).
• Member of the Regional Organizing Committee of the 6th NAPERCA symposium on
natural products, Kampala, Uganda, September 1995.
• Member of Editorial Board, The Sudanese Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
(SSTMH) newsletter (1994).
• Academic secretary, The Sudanese Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (SSTMH)
for period 1993-1995.
• Member of the Regional Organizing Committee of the 5th NAPERCA symposium on
natural products, Antananarivo, Madagascar, September 1993.