2014 Elected fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (FAAS), Nairobi,
\nKenya.
\n2014 Awarded a grant entitled: \u201cIn vivo screening for anticonvulsant activity of
\nSudanese medicinal plants\u201d by the Royal Society, London, UK.
\n2013 Elected Exudative Secretary, Natural Products Research Network for
\nCentral and Eastern Africa (NAPRECA) since 10th of December 2013.
\n2013 Awarded (1000 CHF, Swiss Franc) for best paper for the year 2013, by the
\nMolecules journal. Manuscript entitled: \u201cQuantitative Structure\u2014
\nAntiprotozoal Activity Relationships of Sesquiterpene Lactones\u201d.
\n2009-to date Scientific Adviser, International Foundation for Science (IFS), Stockholm,
\nSweden.
\n2003-2006 President of Advisory Board, Traditional Medicine Research Institute and
\nWHO-Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine for the Eastern
\nMediterranean Region, Khartoum, Sudan
\n1996 -1997 Visiting professor during my sabbatical leave, Department of Medicinal
\nChemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen,
\nCopenhagen, Denmark.
\n1989 \u2013 1991 Awarded a research grant entitled: \u201cSudanese Meliaceae as a source of novel
\nantimalarial agent(s)\u201d by Band aid international, London, UK.
\n1989 Visiting Research fellow, Walter Reed Research Institute, Washington,
\nD.C., USA. (6 months)
\n1986 Awarded a research grant entitled: \u201cBiochemical aspects unique to the
\nparasite (Striga) \/host (Sorghum) system\u201d, United States Agency for
\nInternational Development (USAID). USA.
\n1985 World Health Organization (WHO) fellow, Pharmacognosy Department,
\nFaculty of Pharmacy, Szeged University of Medical Sciences, Hungary.
\n1972-1974 Fellowship, Organization for International Technical and Scientific Cooperation,
\nDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Szeged
\nUniversity of Medical Sciences, Szeged, Hungary.
\n1972 Recipient of the National Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research
\nproject on Biology and Chemistry, Hungary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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