Associate Professor
National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo 12622
Egypt
Dr. Ghannam, is associate professor of medicinal chemistry at the Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Department - Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute - National Research Centre (NRC) - Cairo - Egypt since January 2023. Dr. Ghannam has her area of expertise in the design and synthesis of novel motifs targeting cancer (VEGFR-2 and RAF kinases inhibitors), anti-hyperlipidemia and anti-diabetic therapeutics (PPARα/ɣ agonists). Dr. Ghannam joined as principal investigator (PI) and Co-PI in several research projects funded from National Research Centre (NRC) and Science Technology Development Fund (STDF) – Egypt [2019-2023] and bilateral co-funded project with Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) - Italy and NRC – Egypt [2019-2021]. Dr. Ghannam co-supervised M. Sc. and PhD students at the Faculty of Pharmacy Cairo University [2018-2023] and co-authored several publications and reviewed many manuscript in international journals (SCOPUS); European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry Journal, Archiv der Pharmazie Journal and Organic and Bimolecular Chemistry Journal since 2012, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3176-0187