2014 Elected fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (FAAS), Nairobi,
Kenya.
2014 Awarded a grant entitled: “In vivo screening for anticonvulsant activity of
Sudanese medicinal plants” by the Royal Society, London, UK.
2013 Elected Exudative Secretary, Natural Products Research Network for
Central and Eastern Africa (NAPRECA) since 10th of December 2013.
2013 Awarded (1000 CHF, Swiss Franc) for best paper for the year 2013, by the
Molecules journal. Manuscript entitled: “Quantitative Structure—
Antiprotozoal Activity Relationships of Sesquiterpene Lactones”.
2009-to date Scientific Adviser, International Foundation for Science (IFS), Stockholm,
Sweden.
2003-2006 President of Advisory Board, Traditional Medicine Research Institute and
WHO-Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine for the Eastern
Mediterranean Region, Khartoum, Sudan
1996 -1997 Visiting professor during my sabbatical leave, Department of Medicinal
Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen,
Copenhagen, Denmark.
1989 – 1991 Awarded a research grant entitled: “Sudanese Meliaceae as a source of novel
antimalarial agent(s)” by Band aid international, London, UK.
1989 Visiting Research fellow, Walter Reed Research Institute, Washington,
D.C., USA. (6 months)
1986 Awarded a research grant entitled: “Biochemical aspects unique to the
parasite (Striga) /host (Sorghum) system”, United States Agency for
International Development (USAID). USA.
1985 World Health Organization (WHO) fellow, Pharmacognosy Department,
Faculty of Pharmacy, Szeged University of Medical Sciences, Hungary.
1972-1974 Fellowship, Organization for International Technical and Scientific Cooperation,
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Szeged
University of Medical Sciences, Szeged, Hungary.
1972 Recipient of the National Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research
project on Biology and Chemistry, Hungary.